Murphy-Economics Seminar: John Holbein
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education at the University of Virginia
The Murphy Institute Seminar Series in Economics
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Each semester The Murphy Institute sponsors a series of seminars organized by the Tulane Department of Economics that provides an opportunity for faculty, researchers, and practitioners to present their latest research and pressing issues related to topics in political economy. Research presented covers all aspects of contemporary economics, including the economics of education, health economics, and public economics, as well as in economic history, international economics, and core areas in political economy.
John Holbein is an associate professor of public policy, politics, and education. Holbein is a Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellow, selected in the 2023 inaugural cohort. He studies political participation, political inequality, democratic accountability, political representation, and education policy. His work has been published in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, and Nature Human Behavior (to name a few). His research has been supported by two National Science Foundation grants.
Holbein's book, Making Young Voters: Converting Civic Attitudes into Civic Action, was published in 2020 by Cambridge University Press. It explores ways to increase perpetually low rates of voter participation among young people. His work has been covered by outlets such as the Washington Post, Vox, New York Magazine, the Boston Globe, NPR, Bloomberg, Politico, Fast Company, Salon, Business Insider, the 74, VoxEu, and FiveThirtyEight, and he has served as an expert witness in voting rights cases in several states.
