Trevon Logan facts for kids

Trevon D'Marcus Logan is an American economist. He is a special professor at Ohio State University. There, he teaches economics and helps lead the College of Arts and Sciences. He also works as a researcher at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

In 2014, he became the youngest-ever president of the National Economic Association. In 2019, he was a first-time professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2020, he started leading a group at the National Bureau of Economic Research. This group studies race and economic differences. His main research looks at how people lived in the past. This includes studies on African American movement and how people shared resources in families. He also looks at how living standards have changed, especially for different races in the United States.

About Trevon Logan

Logan comes from an African-American family. They are from St. Paul, Minnesota. His family's history includes working as sharecroppers in the southern United States.

Education and Career

He earned his first degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1999. He then got two master's degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in 2003. He finished his PhD in economics from Berkeley in 2004.

At 32, he became a full professor of economics at The Ohio State University. He has also visited other universities like Princeton University. Outside of his university work, he helps lead a group of charter schools. He also works with groups in Columbus that help prevent HIV.

What He Studies

Trevon Logan studies economic history, which is about how economies and people's lives have changed over time. He also studies economic demography, which looks at how population changes affect the economy. He uses applied microeconomics, which applies economic ideas to specific situations.

Living Standards and History

His research in economic history looks at how to measure "living standards." This means how well people lived in the past. He uses old family surveys to understand things like education's value long ago. He also studies how people made choices within their families.

With another researcher, John Parman, he found that racial separation increased in the U.S. from 1880 to 1940. This happened even in rural areas. He has also studied how Black politicians affected public money and violence. He looked at how African American soldiers received pensions after the Civil War.

In a speech, Logan used his own family's records. He talked about how people lived and worked during the Jim crow era in the American South. This was a time when laws kept Black and white people separate. He believes that personal stories can help guide economic studies.

Other Research Areas

Logan also studies different topics in economic demography. For example, he looks at dowries in South Asia. He wants to see if the reasons for dowries have changed over time.

He has also studied the economics of sports. With other researchers, he looked at fairness in college football betting. They tested if betting markets can predict outcomes well. They also looked at how people's feelings might affect college football rankings.