Laurel Wheeler
@laurelbethw
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Joined April 2016
Faculty Feature! @laurelbethw has been awarded a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant to explore resource revenue-sharing frameworks in collaboration with Treaty Six First Nations and University of Calgary partners. Another step toward research that informs policy.
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Read my paper with Larry Chavis on #Indigenous approaches to #teachingeconomics, published with @SpringerNature in @JEconRacePolicy :
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We thank Lakota Vogel (@Four_Bands), Pete Upton (@nativecdfis), and Adrienne Smith (@OppFinance) for the insights they shared in our webinar on new research on #NativeCDFIs. Visit the event page for @laurelbethw's presentation and the event recording. ⬇️ https://t.co/mpQx62M483
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.@FedIndianCenter's July 11 webinar on #NativeCDFIs features Pete Upton (@nativecdfis), Lakota Vogel (@four_bands), Adrienne Smith (@OppFinance), @laurelbethw (CICD), & Michou Kokodoko (CICD). Learn more and register to attend! ⬇️ https://t.co/m0FQKdes5T
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Second event in the Center for Indian Country Development’s 2023 webinar series Cultivating Native Economies in the 21st Century
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Our July 11 webinar on #NativeCDFIs features Pete Upton (@nativecdfis), Lakota Vogel (@four_bands), Adrienne Smith (@OppFinance), @laurelbethw (CICD), & Michou Kokodoko (CICD). Learn more and register to join us! ⬇️
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Second event in the Center for Indian Country Development’s 2023 webinar series Cultivating Native Economies in the 21st Century
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📕 CORE Econ's @simondhalliday's will chair a panel on race, inequality, and economic instruction - with: ✅ Eric Bottorff @the_torff co-author of our Insight on race inequality in the US ✅ @JorgenHarris ✅ Mary Lopez ✅ Laurel Wheeler @laurelbethw Can't miss it! 2/2
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NEW from CICD: Casino-style gaming is an important economic development strategy for many #tribes. Research Fellow @laurelbethw examines the local labor market effects of tribal #gaming in a new working paper from CICD. ⬇️
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A few peaks from among the many breakout group sessions that took place last week at the first major gathering of enCOREage project participants at CASBS. enCOREage is devoted to greater inclusion & diversity in economics education. Learn more: 🧵 📷: LiAnne Dick
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Our latest article shares findings from the first systematic quantitative analysis of lending in the #NativeCDFI industry. Results from 11 Native CDFI loan funds provide evidence that client relationships can reduce uncertainty in lending outcomes. Read:
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Client relationships reduce uncertainty in lending outcomes
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What tools are needed to connect people with the jobs or enterprises they are prepared for and passionate about, so that society can make productive use of their available labor? Check out Chapter 12 written by Patrick Shaw and me:
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How can innovators and organizations discover, implement, evaluate, and scale inventions to improve peoples’ lives in LMICs? Our DevEng textbook is the first how-to guide:
The Development Impact Lab, co-managed by CEGA & @Blum_Center, have released the first (open-access!) textbook about development engineering that presents case studies, best practices, and the history, ethics, and philosophy of development engineering. https://t.co/21GIXJvHBt
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.@four_bands @lakotavogel and CICD’s @laurelbethw discuss “Beyond Conventional Models: Lending by Native Community Development Financial Institutions” at the 2022 #CICDResearchSummit. Event livestream: https://t.co/1Bx1a2MSqG
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I look forward to participating in @FedIndianCenter’s 2022 #CICDResearchSummit: Unlocking Our Full Economic Potential. Join me Dec 1-2 in discussing the latest research on key questions that matter to #IndianCountry. Learn more and register: https://t.co/Hjtv3GZE6t
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In combination with job readiness training, #LinkedIn training increased #employment and hours worked for young, low-income job seekers in South Africa’s largest cities. Read more here:
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Young job seekers in many countries face higher rates of unemployment, underemployment, and unstable employment than older groups, caused in part by information barriers. Researchers conducted an...
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🧵 on new paper w/ @abicadams, @KristiinaHuttu2 & @ningzhang0927: "Violence Against Women at Work" #MeToo demonstrated assaults b/w colleagues are an internationally relevant phenomenon. We study consequences of realized assaults for perpetrators, victims & wider firm. [1/18]
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COVID-19 threatens to undermine an industry responsible for economic growth in many Indigenous communities. In a new blog post, I discuss the implications of COVID-19 for the Indigenous gaming industry. #CriticalGambling
https://t.co/Wva1pZvJad
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“He is a racist demagogue presiding over an increasingly diverse country; an isolationist in an interconnected world; a showman forever boasting about things he has never done, and promising to do things he never will.”
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My professor teaching to class on zoom: 🧑🏻🏫 Me, trying to prevent my professor from teaching into the void: ◼️◼️◼️🙂◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️ ◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️
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