Conor J. Lennon

Associate Professor of Economics

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Conor Lennon smiling in a grey suit, blue shirt, and tie

I am an applied microeconomist with research interests in health, labor, urban, and economic history. I completed my PhD in Economics at the University of Pittsburgh in 2016. Before that I completed a Master's degree at NUI Galway and my Bachelor's degree at University College Dublin in Ireland.

Since 2022, I have been an Associate Professor of Economics and the Alma and H. Erwin Hale Chair at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Before coming to RPI, I was an Associate Professor at the University of Louisville.

Email: lennoc [at] rpi [dot] edu

Publications

  1. Lennon, C., Teltser, K. F., Fernandez, J., & Gohmann, S. (2023). How morality and efficiency shape public support for minimum wages. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 205, 618-637.
  2. Lennon, C. (2023). Women’s educational attainment, marriage, and fertility: Evidence from the 1944 GI Bill. Explorations in Economic History, 90, 101539.
  3. Lennon, C. (2022). Employer-sponsored health insurance and labor market outcomes for men in same-sex couples: Evidence from the advent of pre-exposure prophylaxis. Economics & Human Biology, 47, 101156.
  4. Lennon, C. (2022). Did the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid eligibility expansions crowd out private health insurance coverage?. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
  5. Lennon, C. (2021). How do online degrees affect labor market prospects? Evidence from a correspondence audit study. ILR Review, 74(4), 920-947.
  6. Lennon, C. (2021). Are the costs of employer-sponsored health insurance passed on to workers at the individual level?. Economics & Human Biology, 41, 100995.
  7. Teltser, K., Lennon, C., & Burgdorf, J. (2021). Do ridesharing services increase alcohol consumption?. Journal of Health Economics, 77, 102451.
  8. Lennon, C. (2021). GI Jane goes to college? Female educational attainment, earnings, and the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944. The Journal of Economic History, 81(4), 1223-1253.
  9. Lennon, C., & Shohfi, T. (2021). Unbridled spirit: Illicit markets for bourbon whiskey. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 191, 1025-1045.
  10. Lennon, C. (2021). Did the affordable care act increase the availability of employer‐sponsored health insurance?. Southern Economic Journal.
  11. Lennon, C., Fernandez, J., Gohmann, S., & Teltser, K. (2019). Minimum wages, morality, and efficiency: A choice experiment. AEA Papers and Proceedings 109, 176-181.
  12. Lennon, C. (2019). Employer‐sponsored health insurance and the gender wage gap: Evidence from the Employer Mandate. Southern Economic Journal, 85(3), 742-765.
  13. Lennon, C. (2018). Who pays for the medical costs of obesity? New evidence from the employer mandate. Health Economics, 27(12), 2016-2029.
  14. Lennon, C. (2016). Slave escape, prices, and the fugitive slave act of 1850. The Journal of Law and Economics, 59(3), 669-695.

Teaching

I teach a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, including: