Conor J. Lennon | Associate Professor of Economics

I am an applied microeconomist with research interests in health, labor, urban, and economic history. I completed my PhD in Economics at the University of Pittsburgh in 2016. Before that, I completed a Master's degree at NUI Galway and my Bachelor's degree at University College Dublin in Ireland.

Since 2022, I have been an Associate Professor of Economics and the Alma and H. Erwin Hale Chair at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to coming to RPI, I was an Associate Professor at the University of Louisville.

Email: lennoc [at] rpi [dot] edu

Conor Lennon smiling in a grey suit, blue shirt, and tie

Publications

[15] Lennon, C., Maclean, C. J., Teltser, K. F. (2025). Ride-sharing and Substance Use Disorder Treatment. Journal of Health Economics, 99, 102941. [Also NBER working paper w33077]

[14] Lennon, C. (2025). Did the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid eligibility expansions crowd out private health insurance coverage?. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 44, 1, 208-235.

[13] Lennon, C. (2024). Did the Affordable Care Act increase the availability of employer‐sponsored health insurance?. Southern Economic Journal, 91, 2, 713-757.

[12] Lennon, C., Teltser, K. F., Fernandez, J., & Gohmann, S. (2023). How morality and efficiency shape public support for minimum wages. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 205, 618-637.

[11] Lennon, C. (2023). Women’s educational attainment, marriage, and fertility: Evidence from the 1944 GI Bill. Explorations in Economic History, 90, 101539.

[10] Lennon, C. (2022). Employer-sponsored health insurance and labor market outcomes for men in same-sex couples: Evidence from the advent of pre-exposure prophylaxis. Economics & Human Biology, 47, 101156.

[9] Lennon, C. (2021). How do online degrees affect labor market prospects? Evidence from a correspondence audit study. ILR Review, 74(4), 920-947.

[8] Lennon, C. (2021). Are the costs of employer-sponsored health insurance passed on to workers at the individual level?. Economics & Human Biology, 41, 100995.

[7] Teltser, K., Lennon, C., & Burgdorf, J. (2021). Do ridesharing services increase alcohol consumption?. Journal of Health Economics, 77, 102451.

[6] Lennon, C. (2021). GI Jane goes to college? Female educational attainment, earnings, and the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944. The Journal of Economic History, 81(4), 1223-1253.

[5] Lennon, C., & Shohfi, T. (2021). Unbridled spirit: Illicit markets for bourbon whiskey. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 191, 1025-1045.

[4] Lennon, C., Fernandez, J., Gohmann, S., & Teltser, K. (2019). Minimum wages, morality, and efficiency: A choice experiment. AEA Papers and Proceedings 109, 176-181.

[3] Lennon, C. (2019). Employer‐sponsored health insurance and the gender wage gap: Evidence from the Employer Mandate. Southern Economic Journal, 85(3), 742-765.

[2] Lennon, C. (2018). Who pays for the medical costs of obesity? New evidence from the employer mandate. Health Economics, 27(12), 2016-2029.

[1] Lennon, C. (2016). Slave escape, prices, and the fugitive slave act of 1850. The Journal of Law and Economics, 59(3), 669-695.

Teaching

Prior to RPI: Principles of Microeconomics & Macroeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, American Economic History, Senior Seminar.