Economics Department

Research interests: Economist. Fiscal and other types of macroeconomic policy, consumer behavior, and household finances.

Research Interests: Public Economics. Use of “big data” to understand how we can give children from disadvantaged backgrounds better chances of succeeding. Combining empirical evidence and economic theory to help design more effective government policies...

Research interests: Finance, macroeconomics, and behavioral economics.

Research interests: Behavioral economics, with emphasis on household finance, macroeconomics, aging, and intertemporal choice. 

Research interests: Labor economics and the economics of education. Barriers preventing workers from achieving efficient employment outcomes; barriers preventing students from optimally investing in human capital; and the effects of social networks on...

Research interests: Public economics and labor economics. Optimal design of the tax system, taking into account important labor market features, more complex social preferences, and long-term effects such as human capital acquisition and productive...

Research interests: Labor economics and the economics of social problems. History of U.S. economic inequality and the roles of technological change and the pace of educational advance in affecting the wage structure. Impacts of neighborhood poverty on...

Research interests: Economic historian and labor economist. Women in the U.S. economy; female labor force; income inequality, technological change, and education; the gender gap in pay; college women's achievement of career and family; increase of women's...