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Mark Borgschulte is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on labor economics, health economics, environmental economics, and public policy. He has published extensively on topics such as the impact of air pollution on labor markets, the effects of the Affordable Care Act, and historical analyses of the civil rights movement. Borgschulte serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and is a Research Fellow at IZA. His work integrates empirical methods to address policy-relevant questions, with a particular emphasis on environmental and health-related labor market dynamics.
Research Interests: Labor Economics, Environmental Economics, Health Policy, Political Economy, and Demographic Studies. Recent studies explore wildfire smoke's labor market consequences, the socioeconomic roots of civil rights activism, and the interplay between public policies and individual behavior.
Key Contributions: His 2024 paper in Review of Economics and Statistics quantifies the economic costs of wildfire smoke on earnings and employment, highlighting labor market channels in air quality policy. Collaborative work on the ACA Medicaid expansion's mortality effects and analyses of youth disconnection during the pandemic underscore his interdisciplinary approach.
Grants & Affiliations: Supported by the National Institutes of Health and the W.E. Upjohn Institute, Borgschulte’s research bridges academia and policy. He contributes to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and collaborates with institutions globally, including the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the IZA Conference network.
Labs/Teams: Active in IZA’s labor market research initiatives and NBER’s environmental economics programs. His work often involves cross-disciplinary teams addressing complex societal challenges.
