Kathy Krynski joined Kenyon's Economics Department in 1986. Before that she taught at Pomona College and the University of Notre Dame. She has taught a broad array of applied economics courses including labor economics, the economics of women and work, and the economics of education as well as core courses in microeconomics and econometrics. She was trained as a labor economist and spent a year as a visiting economist at the Social Security Administration working on labor supply and retirement issues.

More recently, she has conducted joint research with David Harrington on the economic effects of state regulations on funeral markets and the earnings of funeral directors. They are also investigating whether native workers are being displaced due to the entry of Vietnamese into the market for manicurists and how the displacement rate is affected by differences in state regulations. She also served as Associate Provost from 1999-2002.

Education

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A. Pomona College

Selected Publications

"The Gender Gap in Funeral Directors: Burying Women with Ready-to-Embalm Laws" with Alison Cathles and David Harrington. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 48(4), December 2010, pp. 688-705.

"The Impact of State Licensing Laws on Low-skilled Immigrants: The Case of Vietnamese Manicurists," with Maya Federman and David Harrington. American Economic Review, 96(2), May 2006, pp. 237-241.

"Vietnamese Manicurists: Are Immigrants Displacing Natives or Finding New Nails to Polish?" with Maya N. Federman and David E. Harrington. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 59(2), January 2006, pp. 302-318.

"The Effect of State Regulations on Cremation Rates: Testing for Demand Inducement in Funeral Markets," with David Harrington, Journal of Law and Economics, 65(1), April 2002, pp. 199-226.

"State Pricing of Vanity License Plates," with David Harrington, National Tax Journal, 42(1), March 1989, pp. 95-99.

Courses Taught

ECON 101: Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 201: Microeconomic Theory
ECON 344: Labor Economics
ECON 378: Economics of Women and Work
ECON 382: Economics of Education
ECON 397/497: Junior and Senior Honors Seminar