#  Kirabo Jackson: Reducing Inequality Through Dynamic Complementarity | PIER Seminar 

 



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 **October 30, 2018** 

 04:15PM - 05:30PM EDT 

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 **HGSE Larson 106**  



 

 



 

 **Kirabo Jackson**, *Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University*.

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PARTERNING IN EDUCATION RESEARCH (PIER) PUBLIC SEMINAR  
Co sponsored by Inequality & Social Policy

   
**Reducing Inequality Through Dynamic Complementarity: Evidence from Head Start and Dynamic Complementarity**  
  
How early education investments followed by sustained education investments can help to break the cycle of poverty.  
  
*American Economic Journal: Economic Policy* (2019)  
[View paper](https://works.bepress.com/c_kirabo_jackson/32/) (New!)

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**About the speaker**

 Dr. **C. Kirabo Jackson** is Full Professor at the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University, a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, and i a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is also currently co-editor of the *Journal of Human Resources*. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.

 His research interests span the fields of labor economics, public finance, and applied econometrics, with a focus on the economics of education. His research has focused on the role of teachers in the K-12 system, the causal effect of public school spending on students, and other education related topics.

 His work has appeared in economics journals such as the *Quarterly Journal of Economics*, the *Journal of Political Economy*, the *Review of Economics and Statistics*, the *American Economic Journal*, the *Economic Journal*, the *Journal of Labor Economics*, and the *Journal of Public Economics*. His research has been featured in numerous news outlets including the *New York Times*, the *Wall Street Journal*, the *Washington Post*, *Globe and Mail*, and *USA Today*.  
  
Learn more about C. Kirabo Jackson's work  
[works.bepress.com/c\_kirabo\_jackson](https://works.bepress.com/c_kirabo_jackson/)



 

 



 

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