#  Alicia Sasser Modestino 

PhD in Economics, 2001.

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics, Northeastern University

Director of Research, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy.

 

 

 



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The Brookings Institution, Non-resident Scholar, 2016-present.  
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT, Invited researcher, 2018-present.  
  
Previously, Modestino was a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, where she led numerous research projects on regional economic and policy issues.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Alumni department
    
     [Economics](/alumni-department/economics)
- ## Alumni year
    
     [2001](/alumni-year/2001)
- ## Roles
    
     [PhD Alumni](/alumni)