Keelyn (Kiki) Shim is a senior studying economics and global affairs, who is interested in the intersection between gender, family planning, and economic outcomes. She is working under Professor Eva Dziadula, a professor of economics who focuses on the impact immigration has on marital outcomes, family planning, and citizenship acquisition. Shim previously assisted with Professor Dziadula’s project on the relationship between hate crimes and an Indian online matrimonial platform’s traffic patterns, and she plans to assist with various projects on topics including immigrant utilization of state family planning policies and the effect of transnational marriage on trade outcomes. For her own research work, she plans to write an economics senior thesis that explores the differences in household task allocation between same-sex and opposite-sex couples using the American Time Use Survey.
This past summer, Shim interned with the Lab for Economic Opportunities. In her role as a Research Operations Intern, she used statistical programming languages to clean and merge complex datasets, drafted proposals, and presented findings to a research team. Shim also previously worked for the Department of Transportation in Washington, DC where she researched the impacts of proposed construction projects on endangered species. In the summer of 2023, she participated in the Institute for Social Concerns’ NDBridge program and interned at Hopeprint, a nonprofit in Syracuse, NY. On campus, she is involved in the Jubilee Initiative for Financial Inclusion and is passionate about non-profit work that helps individuals to find financial freedom and empowerment.
Thesis Title: Gendered Roles and Domestic Equity: An Examination of Household Task Distribution in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Relationships
Thesis Adviser: Kasey Buckles