Education & Professional History
University of Chicago, MA; PhD
Dr. Nathan Grawe is a Professor of Economics at Carleton College where he has served on the faculty since 1999. His work as a labor economist examines intergenerational connections in education and labor market outcomes. Among other topics, Nathan has written extensively on demographic forces and their connections to higher education demand including Demographics and The Demand for Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018) and The Agile College (Johns Hopkins University Press 2021). Outside the classroom, Nathan served as Associate Dean of the College from 2009 to 2012.
Nathan has participated in the leadership of Carleton’s Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge (QuIRK) initiative and has shared what Carleton has learned through this initiative through invited talks and professional development workshops at dozens of colleges and universities across the US and Canada. Since 2015 he has served as Senior editor of Numeracy, the flagship journal of the National Numeracy Network. In 2018 he took on the role of Executive Editor of the journal.
At Carleton since 1999.
Current Courses
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Winter 2025
ECON 111: Principles of Microeconomics
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ECON 264: Health Care Economics
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Spring 2025
ECON 391: Independent Study
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Fall 2025
ECON 111: Principles of Microeconomics
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ECON 263: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Performance
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IDSC 121: Entrepreneurship and the Liberal Arts
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Winter 2026
ECON 111: Principles of Microeconomics
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ECON 278: Industrial Organization and Firm Behavior
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Spring 2026
ECON 111: Principles of Microeconomics