Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Economics
Purdue University Main Campus, 2018
Master's Degree
MS in Economics
Purdue University Main Campus, 2015
Featured grants
- Kennedy, Kendall James (Principal), Cortes, Kalena (Principal), Batistich, Mary Kate (Principal). Collaborative Research: Southern Lynchings and Children’s Educational Outcomes, National Science Foundation, Federal, $305415. (Funded: March 2022 - April 2025). Grant.
- Kennedy, Kendall James. SEC Travel Grant, Southeastern Conference, Competitive travel grant sponsored by SEC. (Funded: 2021 - Present). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Kennedy, K. J., & Shen, D. (2024). Education, crowding-out, and Black-White employment in youth labor markets: Evidence from No Pass, No Drive policies. Economic Inquiry, 62(4), 1579–1597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.13228
- Jiang, X., Kennedy, K. J., & Zhong, J. (2023). When Opportunity Knocks: China’s Open Door Policy and Declining Educational Attainment. Labour Economics, 81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102312
- Kennedy, K. J. (2022). Hidden schooling: endogenous measurement error and bias in education and labor market experience. Journal of Population Economics, 36, 2691–2723. https://doi.org/https:%20//doi.org/10.1007/s00148-022-00918-w
- Kennedy, K. J. (2019). The Unexpected Effects of No Pass, No Drive Policies on High School Education. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 39(1), 191–217. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22182
- Kennedy, K. J. (n.d.). Grade Retention. In Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer Nature.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: W.E. Upjohn Institute Early Career Research Award, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. 2021
Featured service activities
- Member
Search and Interview Committee for new faculty hiring in microeconomics
- Reviewer / Referee
Scientific Reports
- Reviewer / Referee
International Economic Journal
- Member
General Education -- Individual and the Society
- Member
Institutional Effectiveness Committee
- Reviewer / Referee
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy