Overview
Professor Nechyba conducts his research within the fields of public finance, fiscal federalism, and the economics of education. His studies tend toward the investigation of function within local governments, public policy issues concerning disadvantaged families, and the economics behind primary and secondary education. He received funding for one of his latest projects, “An Empirical Investigation of Peer Effects in Schools and of Household Responses to School Policy Changes,” from a National Science Foundation grant. He also received support from the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy for his work, “Urban Sprawl;” from the Spencer Foundation for his study on, “The Role of Peers, Parental Choices, and Neighborhoods;” from the New Zealand Ministry of Education for a study on, “The Impact of Family and Community Resources on Education Outcomes;” and the Hoover Institution for the study, “The Implications of New Federalism.” He also received monetary support from the National Academy of Sciences for his investigation of the fiscal impact of immigrants, and from the Center for Economic Policy Research for various projects concerning education and welfare policy.
In addition to his individual research pursuits, Professor Nechyba is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Economics
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2003 - Present
Economics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Chair of Economics
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2020 - Present
Economics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Ecoteach in Economics
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2022 - Present
Economics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Interim Chair of the Department of Cultural Anthropology
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2024 - Present
Cultural Anthropology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
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2011 - Present
Sanford School of Public Policy
Recent Publications
ImPACT: A networked service architecture for safe sharing of restricted data
Journal Article Future Generation Computer Systems · April 1, 2022 In this paper we describe an architecture developed and prototyped in the course of the NSF-funded project called ImPACT—Infrastructure for Privacy-Assured CompuTations. This architecture addresses the common problems that arise from the need to securely s ... Full text CiteTiebout sorting and competition
Chapter · January 20, 2020 Over 60 years ago, Charles Tiebout hypothesized that decentralized provision of public services (such as public schools) through local governments can result in efficient levels of such services (Tiebout, 1956). His key insight was that residential mobilit ... Full text CiteWhat should students learn in intermediate microeconomics? To think conceptually from the fundamentals of the discipline
Journal Article Journal of Economic Education · July 3, 2019 Full text CiteRecent Grants
Evaluating the effects of music education programming in low-income communities: A longitudinal randomized control study assessing executive function and social emotional development
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Endowment for the Arts · 2020 - 2023NSF - IGE: Enhancing Data Skills and Professional Readiness through Vertically-Integrated Interdisciplinary Data Science Capstone Projects
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2023CC*Data: ImPACT - Infrastructure for Privacy-Assured compuTations
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2017 - 2022View All Grants