Match-Specific Quality in Education
Despite dramatic expansions in access to schooling in low-income countries, learning levels remain low. For example, in rural Pakistan, 25% of primary school students don’t experience any test score gains over the course of year. This has led to substantial …
The Intergeneration Impact of the Freedman’s Bank Failure
In the U.S. today, there exist large racial disparity in economic outcomes. In wealth, the median white household had more than ten times the wealth of the median African American household. Addressing the racial gap in economic outcomes is a …
Within the Economics department, many faculty have research that addresses issues of diversity and inequality. Here are some examples of papers written or published in recent years.
Upstream and Downstream Impacts of College Merit-Based Financial Aid for Low-Income Students: Ser Pilo Paga in Colombia
By Juliana Londoño-Vélez, Catherine Rodríguez and Fabio Sánchez
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Quality of Classroom Interactions and the Demographic Divide: Evidence From the Measures of Effective Teaching Study
By Olivia Osei-Twumasi and Bernardette J. Pinetta
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Changes in between-group Inequality: Computers, Occupations, and International Trade
By Ariel Burstein, Eduardo Morales and Jonathan Vogel
We provide a unifying framework to quantify the impact of several determinants of changes in US between-group inequality. We use an assignment framework with many labor groups, equipment types, and occupations in …
Felipe Goncalves
Assistant Professor of Economics
“My commitment to becoming an economist grew out of my interest in issues of race in America. I discovered economics in high school in Alabama when studying the debate over affirmative action. I encountered an article by two economists arguing that the discussion around affirmative action ignored how the intentions of various proposed policies differed from the likely outcomes they would generate. I was drawn in by their appeal to thinking about individuals’ incentives and understanding the empirical realization of policy. I was amazed by the tools economics offered to make clear and falsifiable statements about politically charged topics. Ever since, my interest in economics has been based on its value for understanding important social issues related to race and inequality.”
