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Texas State University

Dr. Kendall James Kennedy

  • Assistant Professor - Finance & Economics
  • MCOY 504
  • tel:+15122452547
  • fxz22@txstate.edu
  • Grants
  • Scholarly/Creative work
  • Awards
  • Service

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/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/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: //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/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

  1. Member

    Search and Interview Committee for new faculty hiring in microeconomics

    2025 - 2026
  2. Reviewer / Referee

    Scientific Reports

    2025
  3. Reviewer / Referee

    International Economic Journal

    2025
  4. Member

    General Education -- Individual and the Society

    2025 - 2025
  5. Member

    Institutional Effectiveness Committee

    2023 - 2025
  6. Reviewer / Referee

    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

    2024
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