Abigail Wozniak

Contact information
Abigail Wozniak
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Econometrics
441 Flanner Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
574-631-6208
a_wozniak@nd.edu
www.nd.edu/~awaggone
Degrees
A.B., University of Chicago
M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Honors/awards
Rodney F. Ganey Collaborative Community-Based Research Mini-Grant (2007)
Notre Dame Seng Endowment Award (2006)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (1999-2002)
Educational research interests
Causal impacts of higher education on labor market outcomes, the role of identity in educational attainment, the relationship of non-cognitive skills and educational attainment and experience.
Bio
Prof. Abigail Wozniak is assistant professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame. Her research uses the tools of applied microeconomics to study the determinants of labor market outcomes. Wozniak’s ongoing research studies the relationship between migration and economic opportunity, with particular attention to the role of higher education in migration. A recent project examines the role of identity in determining educational attainment. Wozniak has also studied the effects of industry product market changes on compensation for workers of different skill levels. She is a former associate cconomist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and a research fellow at IZA.
Contact Information

Abigail Wozniak
Assistant Professor
441 Flanner Hall
574.631.6208
a_wozniak@nd.edu
http://www.nd.edu/~awaggone
Department/affiliation
Economics
Degrees
A.B., University of Chicago
M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Research interests
Causal impacts of higher education on labor market outcomes; the role of identity in educational attainment; the relationship of non-cognitive skills and educational attainment and experience.
Honors/awards
Rodney F. Ganey Collaborative Community-Based Research Mini-Grant (2007)
Notre Dame Seng Endowment Award (2006)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (1999-2002)
Bio
Abigail Wozniak is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. Her research uses the tools of applied microeconomics to study the determinants of labor market outcomes. Wozniak’s ongoing research studies the relationship between migration and economic opportunity, with particular attention to the role of higher education in migration. A recent project examines the role of identity in determining educational attainment. Wozniak has also studied the effects of industry product market changes on compensation for workers of different skill levels. She is a former Associate Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and a Research Fellow at IZA.