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Marissa Eckrote‑Nordland

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor
Economics University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Marissa Eckrote‑Nordland Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Assistant Professor

Economics

Specialty area(s)

Education Economics, Labor Economics, Public Economics

Brief biography

Marissa Eckrote-Nordland is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse and a proud UWL alum. Her research spans the economics of education, labor economics, and retirement, with a focus on how institutional structures and policy design shape individual decision-making and long-term outcomes. Much of her work uses large administrative datasets and quasi-experimental methods to study topics such as student persistence and major choice, the role of faculty advising and instruction in higher education, and how individuals and firms make decisions related to retirement and financial security.

At UW–La Crosse, Dr. Eckrote-Nordland teaches courses in microeconomics and econometrics and is committed to mentoring undergraduate researchers.

She earned her Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University and her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. Returning to UWL as a faculty member has been a meaningful full-circle moment, allowing her to teach, mentor, and conduct research at the university that first inspired her interest in economics.

Current courses at UWL

ECO 110- Microeconomics and Public Policy

ECO 307-Introduction to Econometrics

Education

Ph.D. Economics, Michigan State University 2021

M.A. Economics, Michigan State University 2018

B.S. Mathematics & Economics, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 2016

Career

Teaching history

ECO 230- Data Analysis for Business Applications

ECO 350- Health Economics

Research and publishing

Publications:

Collins, J. M., & Eckrote-Nordland, M. (2026). Never retire? Financial planning and farm families. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 1-22.

Berg, P., Eckrote‐Nordland, M., Hamman, M., Hochfellner, D., Piszczek, M. M., & Ruhm, C. J. (2025). Pension Reforms and Personnel Decisions. LABOUR, 39(2), 89-100. 

Eckrote-Nordland, M., Hamman, M. K., McDermott, M., Solverson, N., & Vaughn, C. N. (2024). The signals we send: math placement and business major persistence among male and female college students. Applied Economics Letters, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2024.2306181 

Research in Progress:

"Who Teaches Matters: The Impact of Instructor Gender on the Persistence of Women in Economics,'' (with Lisa Giddings, Laurie Miller, John Nunley, and Garrett Soper) submitted. 

"Instructor Gender, Retention, and Graduation: Evidence from Administrative Course Assignments,'' (with Lisa Giddings, Laurie Miller, and John Nunley) in progress.

"Instructor Gender, Advisor Gender, and Women’s Progression in Economics,'' (with Lisa Giddings, Laurie Miller, and John Nunley) in progress.

Kudos

interviewed

Marissa Eckrote-Nordland, Economics, was interviewed by Kate Archer Kent of Wisconsin Today-WPR on Friday, March 13.

Submitted on: Mar. 13

published

Marissa Eckrote-Nordland, Economics, and J. Michael Collins, University of Wisconsin-Madison, co-authored the article "Never retire? Financial planning and farm families" in The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension published on Feb. 13 by Taylor & Francis.

Submitted on: Feb. 16

interviewed

Marissa Eckrote-Nordland, Economics, was interviewed by Rob Ferrett on Wisconsin Today-Wisconsin Public Radio on Dec. 17.

Submitted on: Dec. 22, 2025

published

Marissa Eckrote-Nordland, Economics, co-authored the article "Pension Reforms and Personnel Decisions" in "Labour" published on Feb. 25 by Wiley. Eckrote-Nordland and her coauthors use a unique dataset of employment records in Germany to determine if pension reforms in the country that may be costly for employers led employers to decrease hiring or downsize their workforce. While they find that firms with larger shares of older workers tended to decrease hiring, the overall effects on downsizing in the country are very small and statistically insignificant.

Submitted on: Mar. 17, 2025