Randall K. Q. Akee

Research Fellow

University of California, Los Angeles

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Randall Akee is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles in the Department of Public Policy. He completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University in June 2006.

Prior to his doctoral studies, Randall earned a Masters degree in International and Development Economics at Yale University. He also spent several years working for the State of Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs Economic Development Division.

His main research interests are Labor Economics, Economic Development and Migration.

From August 2006 until August 2009 he was a Research Associate at IZA, where he also served as Deputy Program Director for Employment and Development. Since September 2009, he has been an IZA Research Fellow. Prior to UCLA, he was an Assistant Professor 2009-2012 at Tufts University and spent a year at the Center for Labor Economics at University of California, Berkeley for AY 2011-2012.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15546
Native American "Deaths of Despair" and Economic Conditions
Randall K. Q. Akee, Donn. L. Feir, Marina Mileo Gorzig, Samuel Myers Jr
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12779
The Impact of Medicaid on Medical Utilization in a Vulnerable Population: Evidence from COFA Migrants
Timothy J. Halliday, Randall K. Q. Akee, Tetine Sentell, Megan Inada, Jill Miyamura
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11705
Unintended Consequences of China's New Labor Contract Law on Unemployment and Welfare Loss of the Workers
Randall K. Q. Akee, Liqiu Zhao, Zhong Zhao
published in: China Economic Review, 2019, 53, 87-105
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10416
Excess Mortality, Institutionalization and Homelessness Among Status Indians in Canada
Randall K. Q. Akee, Donn. L. Feir
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6754
Constitutions and Economic Development: Evidence from the American Indian Nations
Randall K. Q. Akee, Miriam Jorgensen, Uwe Sunde
revised version published as 'Critical junctures and economic development – Evidence from the adoption of constitutions among American Indian Nations' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2015, 43 (4), 844 - 861
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6226
Transnational Trafficking, Law Enforcement and Victim Protection: A Middleman Trafficker's Perspective
Randall K. Q. Akee, Arjun S. Bedi, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau
revised version published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57 (2), 349-386
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5142
Ethnic Fragmentation, Conflict, Displaced Persons and Human Trafficking: An Empirical Analysis
Randall K. Q. Akee, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Melanie Khamis
published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing: 2010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5135
Does More Money Make You Fat? The Effects of Quasi-Experimental Income Transfers on Adolescent and Young Adult Obesity
Randall K. Q. Akee, Emilia Simeonova, William Copeland, Adrian Angold, Jane E. Costello
published as 'Young Adult Obesity and Household Income: Effects of Unconditional Cash Transfers', American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5 (2), 1-28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5120
Skin Tone's Decreasing Importance on Employment: Evidence from a Longitudinal Dataset, 1985-2000
Randall K. Q. Akee, Mutlu Yuksel
revised version published as 'The Decreasing Effect of Skin Tone on Women's Full-Time Employment' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2012, 65 (2), 398-426
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3897
A Note on Measures of Human Capital for Immigrants: Examining the American Community Survey and New Immigrant Survey
Randall K. Q. Akee, Mutlu Yuksel
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