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Position: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Bard College
Email: mmartell@bard.edu
Mike Martell is Associate Professor and Chair of Economics at Bard College. Martell’s research investigates how LGBTQ+ individuals experience the economy. His research contributes to an understanding of unequal labor market outcomes, the impacts of formal (equal rights laws) and informal (prejudice) institutions, and the intrahousehold dynamics of LGBTQ+ individuals. His work has been supported by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the AU Innovative Research in Gender Economics program. Martell is a Fellow at the Global Labor Organization and a member of the AEA Committee on the Status of LGBTQ+ Individuals in the Economics Profession (CSQIEP).