Linus Yamane, Professor of Economics and Asian American Studies

Linus Yamane

Professor of Economics

On Sabbatical 2023-2024

With Pitzer Since: 1988
Field Group: Economics
Campus Address: Fletcher 216

Phone: 909.607.3769
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: See Faculty Directory

Educational Background

MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests

Macroeconomics, Japanese Economy, Econometrics, Labor Economics

Recent Courses

Statistics (ECON 91)

Macroeconomic Theory (Econ 104)

Econometrics (ECON 125)

Macroeconomic Policy: Case Studies (ECON 132)

The Japanese Economy (ECON 142)

Senior Seminar (ECON 198)

Selected Publications

“Biracial Asian and White: Demographic and Labor Market Status” Theoretical and Applied Economics, Winter 2018, pp. 47-62.

“Asian Americans, Glass Ceilings and Ph.D.s,” Asian American Policy Review, vol. 22 (2012).

“Labor Market Discrimination: Vietnamese Immigrants,” Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, vol. 7 (2012).

Selected Conference Presentations and Invited Talks

“The Impact of the GOP Tax Cuts,” Democratic Club of Claremont, Claremont, CA, March 9, 2018.

Panel discussant, “Race and Gender in the U.S. Economy,” Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Seattle, WA, June 2013.

“The Labor Market Experience of Vietnamese and East European Immigrants,” paper presented at the Western Economic Association International 86th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, June 30, 2011.

Additional Information

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