Sedefka Beck, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

Contact

(219) 464-6573

ASB 368

Ph.D. in Economics,

University of Illinois at Chicago (2013)

M.A., Economics

University of Illinois at Chicago (2000)

Program Adviser

Certificate in Applied Econometrics and Data Science Foundations

Research & Teaching Interests

Labor Economics
Earnings and Wealth Inequality
Economics and Religion
Econometrics
Data Visualization
Generative AI Applications in Economics and Education

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Beck, S.V., & Brodersen, D.M. (May 2025). Fostering Generative AI Literacy in Economics: A Hands-on Approach. Journal of Economics Teaching.

Beck, S. V., & Brodersen, D. M. (Fall 2024). Health, Religion and The Great Recession in the United States. Faith and Economics, 83.

Beck, S. V., & Gundersen, S. J. (2023). Religion and Gender. In Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_407-1

Beck, S. V., & Brodersen, D. M. (2021). Wages, Religion and the Great Recession in the United States. Journal of Economics, Management and Religion, 2(02).

Beck, S.V. (2018). Returns to Education in the United States: Differentials among Christian Affiliations by Gender. Faith and Economics, 72, 3-34.

Beck, S.V. and Brodersen, D.M. (2018). The Great Recession and Wealth in the United States: Differentials by Religious Affiliation. International Journal of Social Economics, 45(9), 1335-1354.

Beck, S. V. (2016). Within Religion Wage Differentials in the United States: Does Religious Participation Matter? Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 55(3), 558-578.

Beck, S.V. and Gundersen, S. (2016). A Gospel of Prosperity? An Analysis of the Impact of Religion on Income in Ghana, the Most Religious Country in the World. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 55 (1), 105-129.