Overview
Charles Becker is interested in exploring the economies of such countries as Kazakhstan, India, sub-Saharan Africa, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan. His research has focused on economic demography, social security system forecasting, CGE modeling, mortality and disability risk, determinants of health care utilization, computable general equilibrium simulation modeling, and urban economics. His on-going projects involve assessing infant mortality rates, poverty in developing countries, accidental …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Research Professor of Economics
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2004 - Present
Economics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of PhD Placement for MA Program in the Department of Economics
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2023 - Present
Economics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Affiliate of the Duke Center for International Development
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2023 - Present
Duke Center for International Development,
Sanford School of Public Policy
Recent Publications
Race and Subprime Lending Frequency: Understanding Subprime Lending's Role in the St. Louis Vacancy Crisis
Journal Article Review of Black Political Economy · September 1, 2024 Using loan-level data, this analysis considers the intersection of race, subprime home loans, and the current vacancy crisis in St. Louis, Missouri. Borrowers in Black areas in the north of St. Louis City and St. Louis County received subprime home loans a ... Full text CiteMoving mountains: Geography, neighborhood sorting, and spatial income segregation
Journal Article Journal of Regional Science · September 1, 2024 Using a novel geospatial panel combined with data from the 2015 American Community Survey (ACS), we investigate the effect of topography—altitude and terrain unevenness—on income segregation at the neighborhood level. Specifically, we perform large-scale c ... Full text CiteHealthcare reforms and achievements
Chapter · January 1, 2024 This chapter reviews and analyses the healthcare system of the Republic of Uzbekistan since its independence and the recent reforms and policy initiatives of the government under the new presidency of Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The country implemented several maj ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
American Economic Association Summer Program and Minority Scholarship Program
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2005 - 2008American Economic Association Summer Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2003 - 2005View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Princeton University ·
1981
Ph.D.
Grinnell College ·
1976
B.A.