John A. Schwendel

John A. Schwendel serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Indiana University Bloomington's College of Arts and Sciences.

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2020
• Bachelor's in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Focus

• Historical analysis of income inequality
• Statistical methodologies for fitting distributions to economic data
• Implications of heavy-tailed distributions in health policy formulation
• Effects of evolving retirement patterns on income distribution dynamics

He teaches undergraduate courses including Principles of Economics, Introductory Microeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, and Economics of Personal Finance. Office hours are available by appointment in Wylie Hall 247, with contact via joschwen@iu.edu or (812) 856-7930.