Liesl Eathington
ReCAP Assistant Scientist
Contact Information
Iowa State University175 Heady Hall
Ames, IA 50011
(515) 294-2954
leathing@iastate.edu
Education
- B.S., Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1989
- Master, Business Administration, Iowa State University, 1998
Research Interests
Regional industrial and labor force analysis; socio-economic data sources and uses; geographic information systems application development; input-output modeling and analysis.
Selected Publications
- Eathington, Liesl; Swenson, David A., Selected Measures of Iowa's Research and Development Performance, January 2010
- Eathington, Liesl; Swenson, David A., Summary of 2000-2007 Population Changes in Iowa's Cities, July 2008
- Swenson, David A.; Eathington, Liesl, Evaluating the Industrial and Occupational Foundations of the Iowa Lakes Region, March 2008
- Eathington, Liesl; Swenson, David A., Muscatine County Indicators: 2007 An Array of Community Well‐Being Measures, November 2007
Awards and Honors
- ISU Professional & Scientific CYtation Award, Fall 2007
- 2006 Award for Excellence in Economic Development Research, University Economic Development Association
ReCAP Assistant Scientist
Liesl Eathington has worked in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University as a full-time staff researcher since 1998. Liesl also provides technical assistance in support of regional economic development efforts by the Iowa State University EDA University Center, which is housed in the Center for Industrial Research and Service. Liesl currently coordinates the Regional Economics & Community Analysis Program (RECAP), which provides demographic and economic data and analysis to Iowa’s communities. Visit the RECAP Web site at www.recap.iastate.edu.
ISU Economics Working Papers Series
- Imerman, Mark D.; Eathington, Liesl; Jintanakul, Kanlaya; Otto, Daniel, Preliminary Investigations of Hospital Geography and Patient Choice in Iowa, WP #06023, May 2006
