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Maurice Kugler

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Professor of Public Policy

Contact Information

mkugler@gmu.edu
Mason Square, Van Metre Hall, Room 534
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
MSN: 3B1

Biography

Maurice D. Kugler is a professor of public policy in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason 鶹. His research expertise is on the role of new technologies in boosting economic growth and labor productivity (aka endogenous growth theory). His work encompasses analyses of productivity growth, global labor markets, foreign direct investment, global value chains, human capital formation, international trade, and international migration.

Kugler was head of research of theHuman Development Report, the UN’s annual flagship publication on international economic development after he was senior economist at the World Bank. Prior, he was Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government and Research Fellow at the Growth Lab of the Center for International Development, both in Harvard 鶹 (2006-10).

His research has been widely published in top economics academic journals, including theAmerican Economic Review,Economic Development and Cultural Change,Economics Letters,Journal of Development Economics,Journal of Human Resources,Journal of Public Economics,Review of Economic Dynamics,Review of Economics and Statistics,Review of Economic Studies, and theWorld Bank Economic Review. This work has been recognized in awards (McTaggart at the London School of Economics and Polticial Science and AEA/FRB at 鶹 of California, Berkeley), grants (National Science Foundation, MacArthur Foundation and U.K. Economics and Social Sciences Research Council), and prizes (Global Development Forum and Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association).

Before joining the faculty at Mason, Kugler has taught full time at Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia), 鶹 of Southampton (United Kingdom), Stanford 鶹 (Palo Alto, California), Harvard 鶹 (Cambridge, Massachusetts), and Wilfrid Laurier 鶹 (Waterloo, Ontario). He has been consultant for the World Bank Group (both through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corporation) and the Inter-American Development Bank, as well as principal investigator for the U.S. Department of Labor.

He earned a PhD in economics at the 鶹 of California, Berkeley, under the guidance of Nobel Laureate Paul M. Romer, after getting BSc and MSc degrees in economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

External links

  • ԻatResearch Papers in Economics/RePEc
  • at theNational Bureau of Economic Research

Curriculum Vitae

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mkugler@gmu.edu
GeorgeMason鶹
ScharSchool of Policyand Government
3351Fairfax Drive,MS3B1,ArlingtonVA,22201,U.S.A.

Dr. Kugler is Professor of Public Policyat the Schar School of Policyand Government in GMU, with research expertise about the impact of new technologies on global labor markets, catch-up economicgrowth, human capital, and wageinequality. His work encompasses analyses of global value chains, international trade, entrepreneurship, migration, foreign direct investment, and vocational training. Kugler was Head of Research of the Human Development Report, the UN’s annual flagship publication on international development. Prior, he was Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government and Research Fellow at the Growth Lab of the Center for International Development at Harvard 鶹. He published in top economics academic journals, such as American Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Public Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economics and Statistics and Review of Economic Studies.Research recognition includes awards (McTaggart at LSE and AEA/FRB at UC Berkeley), grants (NSF, MacArthur Foundation, and UK Economics and Social Sciences Research Council) and prizes (Global Development Network and Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association). Policy activitiesinvolvedgovernmentadvice,consultingfortheWorldBankGroup(withbothIBRDand IFC), the Inter-American Development Bank, and principal investigator for the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He earned a Ph.D. in economics at UC Berkeley, under Nobel Laureate Paul Romer, after B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees at the LSE.

Education

Ph.D.,Economics,鶹ofCaliforniaatBerkeley,2000
M.Sc.,Economics, LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience,1991
B.Sc.,Economics,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience,FirstClassHonours, 1989

ProfessionalExperience

GeorgeMason鶹
Arlington,VA
ProfessorofPublic Policy andProfessorofEconomics(bycourtesysince 2023)
2018 – Now

WorldBank
Washington, DC
Senior Consultant
2017 – 2018

IMPAQInternational,LLC
Washington, DC
Principal ResearchScientist
2014 – 2017

United Nations DevelopmentProgramme
NewYork,NY
Head of Research of the HumanDevelopmentReport
2012 – 2014

WorldBank
Washington,DC
Senior Economist
2010 – 2012

Harvard 鶹
Cambridge,MA
Visiting ProfessorofPublic Policy
2008 – 2009

WilfridLaurier 鶹
Waterloo,ON,Canada
CIGIChairof InternationalPublicPolicy
2007 – 2011

Harvard 鶹
Cambridge,MA
Research Fellow
2006 – 2010

Stanford鶹
PaloAlto,CA
Visiting AssistantProfessorofPolicyStudies
2002 -2003

鶹ofSouthampton
Southampton,United Kingdom
AssistantԻAssociateProfessorof Economics
1999 – 2006

Universidaddelos Andes
Bogotá,Colombia
Assistant Professorof Economics
1996 – 1999

鶹ofCalifornia
Berkeley,CA
Research andTeachingAssistantto ProfessorPaulM.Romer
1994 – 1996

SelectedPublications

“LDzԲCOVID:Theevolutionofhouseholdwelfareindevelopingcountriesduringthepandemic,” BenBrunckhorst,AlexandruCojocaru,YeonSooKim,andMauriceKugler,WorldDevelopment,Vol. 175, pp. 106485-501, January 2024.

“How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the DevelopingWorld?”, Maurice Kugler, Mariana Violaz, Daniel Duque, Isis Gadis, David Newhouse, Amparo Palacios- Lopez and Michael Weber, World Development, Vol. 170, pp. 106331-47, October 2023.

“What Effects Could Global Value Chain and Digital Infrastructure Development Policies Have on Poverty and Inequality after COVID-19?” with Ximena del Carpio, José Cuesta, Gustavo HernándezandGabrielPiraquive,JournalofRiskandFinancialManagement,Vol.15,No.2,pp. 1-29, January 2022.

“LDzԲ-Term Education Consequences of Youth Vocational Training in Colombia: Impacts on Trainees, Their Relatives and Potential Mechanisms,” with Adriana Kugler, Juan Saavedra and Luis Herrera, The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 178-216, January 2022.

“Migration and Cross-Border Financial Flows,” with Oren Levintal and Hillel Rapoport, The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 32, Issue 1, pp. 148–162, 2018.

PayrollTaxBreaksStimulateFormality?EvidencefromDZdz’sڴǰ,”(𲹻article) with Adriana Kugler and Luis Herrera, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1-40, DzԴdzí, 2017.

Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience,as Head of Research with Khalid Malik et al., and Senior Technical Reviewer: Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, Human Development Report, United Nations Development Programme, New York, NY, 2014.

“Trade Reforms and Market Selection: Evidence from Manufacturing Plants in DZdz,” with Marcela Eslava, John Haltiwanger and Adriana Kugler. Review of Economic Dynamics, Volume 16, No. 1, pp. 135 -158, 2013.

Human Progress and the Rising South, with Khalid Malik (Eds.), United Nations, New York: UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2013. 0

The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World,as Head of Research jointly with KhalidMaliketal.,andastheSeniorTechnicalReviewer:ProfessorAmartyaKumarSen,Human Development Report, United Nations Development Programme, New York, New York, 2013.

“Prices, Plant Size, and Product Quality,” with Eric Verhoogen, Review of Economic Studies, Volume 79, No. 1, pp. 307 – 339, 2012.

“Factor Adjustments after Deregulation: Panel Plant Evidence from DZdz,” with Marcela Eslava, John Haltiwanger and Adriana Kugler, Review of Economics and Statistics, Volume 92, No. 2, pp. 378 – 391, 2010.

“Factor Reallocation in Latin ,” with Marcela Eslava, John Haltiwanger and Adriana Kugler, in Norman Loayza and Luis Serven (Eds.), Business Regulation and Economic Performance, The World Bank Press, 2010.

“TLaborMarketEffectsofPayrollTaxes:EvidencefromDZdz,”withAdrianaKugler, EconomicDevelopmentԻCulturalChange,Vol.56,No.2,pp.335–58,U.ofChicago,2009.

“Plants and Imported Inputs: New Facts and Interpretation,” with Eric Verhoogen, American Economic Review, Volume 99 , No. 2, pp. 501 – 507, 2009.

“FactorEndowmentsand FDI,”inK.ReinertԻR.Rajan(Eds.),PrincetonEncyclopediaofthe World Economy, Princeton 鶹 Press, 2008.

“EǰGrowthinColombia:TheDestinationandFirmѲԲ,”wٳM.Eslava,J.Eatonand J.Tybout,inE.Helpman,D.MarinԻT.Verdier(Eds.),TheOrganizationofFirmsinaGlobal Economy, Harvard 鶹 Press, Cambridge, MA., 2008.

“MԳRemittances,HumanCapitalandJobCreationExternalitiesinCentral,” with E.Lotti,Integration&TradeJournal,Vol. 27,No.2, pp.105–34,2007.

“Migration and Foreign Investments across the European Union: What Are the Links?” with H. Rapoport and S. Yaman, Revue Economique, Vol. 58, No.3, pp. 725–34, 2007.

ԳٱԲپDzԲLaborandCapitalFlows:Complementsorܲپٳܳٱ?”withHillelRapoport, EconomicsLetters,Vol.92,No.2, pp.155–162, 2007.

“MԳRemittances,HumanCapitalCreationandJobCreationExternalitiesinDZdz,” CoyunturaSocial, Vol.34, pp.45 –74, 2006.

“Plant Turnover and Structural Reforms in DZdz,” with Marcela Eslava, John Haltiwanger, andAdrianaKugler,InternationalMonetaryFundStaffPapers,Vol.53,No.2,pp.58–75,2006.

“Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Within or Between Industries?” Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 80, Issue 2, pp. 444 – 477, 2006.

“OԾ,Crime, CorruptionandPunishment,” withThierryVerdier and Yves Zenou,Journal of Public Economics, Volume 89, Issues 9-10, pp. 1639 – 1669, 2005.

“C𳦰andBalances:AnAssessmentoftheInstitutionalSeparationofʴDZپʴǷɱ,”with H.Rosenthal,Ch.2inA.Alesina(Ed.),InstitutionalReformsinColombia,MITPress,2005.

“T Effects of Structural Reforms on Productivity and Profitability Enhancing Reallocation: EvidencefromDZdz,”withMarcelaEslava,JohnHaltiwanger,and AdrianaKugler, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. 333-371, 2004.

“Eڴڱ𳦳ٲofTariffsandRealExchangeRatesonJobReallocation:EvidencefromLatin,” with John Haltiwanger, Adriana Kugler, Alejandro Micco and Carmen Pagés, Journal of Policy Reform, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 189 – 208,2004.

“Manufacturing Growth and Financial Development: Evidence from OECD Countries,” with K. Neusser, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 80, No. 4, pp. 628–46, 1998.

Researchin Progress

“U.S. Robots and their Impacts in the Tropics: Evidence from Colombian Labor Markets,” NBERWorkingPaperNo.28034,Cambridge,MA,withA.Kugler,L.RipaniandR.Rodrigo.

ٳǴDZVouchers,LaborMarketsandVocationalܳپDz,”withE.Bettinger,Michael Kremer, C. Medina, J. Posso and J. Saavedra, 鶹 of Chicago.

“TInteractionof IndividualCharacteristicsandSocio-EconomicContextasDeterminantsof ImmigrantԳٰԱܰ󾱱,”withJamesWitteandWenjingWang,GeorgeMasonUnivesity, Institute for Research on Migration.

“WGrowth,LandPricesandExportPerformance:TheImpactofHumanCapitaland Housing on China’s Competitiveness,” with Ming Lu; Shanghai Jiao Tong 鶹.

“Inside the War on Drugs: Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the (In) Effectiveness and UnintendedConsequencesonCommunityOutcomesofaLargeIllicitCrop-EradicationProgram inDZdz,”withAlbertoAbadie,MariaAcevedoandJuanVargas;Dept.ofEconomics,MIT.

“MDzAccessExpansionandPriceInformationDiffusion:FirmPerformanceafterEthiopia’s Transition to 3G in 2008,” with K. Abreha, J. Choi, W. Kassa and Monica Kim, World Bank.

“OǰٳܲԾٲandNecessityEntrepreneurshipbyMigrantsintheԾٱ峧ٲٱ,”withAbu BakkarSiddique,JamesWitteandWenjingWang,GeorgeMason鶹, Institutefor Research on Migration.

“CDzԾپvs.Non-cognitiveskillsindetermininglabormarketoutcomesandhowbestto deliver non-cognitive skills” with Diego Angel and Narae Lee, World Bank

SelectedRecent ProjectsAwardedand Led

NationalScienceFoundation–FutureofWorker-AI Teaming
2021

This four-year project is based on the design of collaborative robotics technology to enable neurodiverse workerswithADHDdiagnosticstooperate inconstructionsitework environments, and performing a cost-benefit analysis to assess the private and social gains of enabling new workerstoaccessconstructionjobsintermsofproductivityandavoidedco-morbidityrisks,such as substance abuse and criminal behavior, that reduce individual and social costs of ADHD.

[Co-PrincipalInvestigatorwithBehzadEsmaeiliԻSogand Mohammadhasanzadeh]

U.S.DepartmentofHomelandSecurity–CryptoMoneyLaunderingGrant
2019

This three-year project includes the design of heuristic and machine learning algorithms for the detection of transaction patterns in crypto currency markets of histories in digital wallets of exchanges associated with the illicit use of assets for criminal purposes based on the linking of particular addresses with former investigations leading to prosecutions in federal cases. The algorithms’aimistoprovideevidenceofmoneylaunderingforinvestigativepurposesratherthan for prosecutorial objectives.

[Co-PrincipalInvestigatorwithFoteiniBaldmitsiԻJiasun Li]

U.S.DepartmentofLabor(DOL)/ILAB–EvaluationofOCFTLivelihoods Projects
2015

Thisthree-yearprojectcomprisedmixed-methodsevaluationsofdifferentinterventionsfundedby the Office for Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking (OCFT) of the International LaborAffairsBureau(ILAB)toreducechildlaborandforcedlaborinmultipleDOLgranteesites (Brazil, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Peru, Rwanda, and Uganda). The research questions to be answered included (i) whether boosting household incomes effectively results in mitigation of the worst forms of child labor, including hazardous child labor and forced labor, and (ii) whether the evidencesupportsthetheoryofchangethatpovertyԻvulnerabilityaretherootcausesforparents prompting children to work rather than encouraging them to pursue human capital accumulation.

[PrincipalInvestigatorforIMPAQ International]

U.S.SmallBusinessAdministration–EntrepreneurshipinLow-IncomeAreas
2015

This one-year research project analyzed benefits from entrepreneurship in low-income areas in termsofjobcreationdynamics.Businessownerandestablishmentcharacteristicsweremappedas well.Theobjectivewastoidentifybarrierstoself-employment,entrepreneurship,andjobcreation.

[ProjectDirectorԻPrincipalInvestigatorforIMPAQInternational]

U.S.Departmentof Labor(DOL)/ILAB–ClosingtheEvidenceGaponChildLabor
2014

This five-year project comprised five randomized control trial (RCT) evaluations of different interventions to reduce child labor, respectively in Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Malawi and Rwanda.Theresearchquestionsaddressedinclude(i)whethermakingeducationmoreaccessible effectivelyresultsinmitigationoftheworstformsofchildlabor(includinghazardouschildlabor),

(ii)whether thereis differential effectiveness ofprogram services forpopulation sub-groups (e.g. girls vs. boys), and (iii) whether there are synergies between policies, calling for holistic approaches, to reduce child labor supply and policies to reduce child labor demand.

[PrincipalInvestigatorԻSeniorTechnicalAdvisorforIMPAQ International]

Seminars(Alphabeticalorder)

American鶹(SchoolofInternationalStudies)2020 UniversidaddelosAndes(DepartmentofEconomics)1996
UniversidadܳóԴdzdeBarcelona(InstituteforEconomicAnalysis)2000
鶹 of Birmingham (Economics Departmental Seminar) 2005
鶹ofCaliforniaatBerkeley(DepartmentofEconomics)2000and2003 CERGE (Prague) 2002
CitiesontheFrontlineSeries-ResilientCitiesNetwork(WorldBankandRockefeller)2020
Columbia 鶹 (Development Seminar) 2006
DELTA(Paris)2002
鶹 of Exeter (Economics Departmental Seminar) 2005 GeorgeMason鶹(ScharSchoolofPublicPolicy) 2017
Harvard 鶹 (International Economics) 2007
Harvard鶹(KennedySchool)2008and2009 鶹 of Houston 2005
Inter-AmericanDevelopmentBank2003
International Monetary Fund 2023
LondonBusinessSchool (CentreforEmergingandNewMarkets)2001
LondonSchoolofEconomics(CentreforEconomic Performance)2001and2006
鶹 College London (Institute for Fiscal Studies) 2005 and 2006
MIT(DevelopmentEconomics)2007
鶹ofNottingham(InternationalEconomics)2001
鶹 of Reading (Department of Economics) 2006
Royal Holloway College 2005
Universidad de San Andres 1998
Université de Lille 2005
鶹ofSanFrancisco2005
鶹ofCalifornia,SantaCruz(DepartmentofEconomics)2000
Shanghai 鶹 of Finance and Economics (SUFE) 2019
Stanford鶹(DevelopmentSeminarLaborSeminar)2002and2003
The World Bank 2002 and 2009
TheWorldTradeOrganization2003
U.S.DepartmentofLabor2015
U.S.InternationalTradeCommission2009
U.S.SmallBusinessAdministration2017
Yale鶹(InternationalTrade Seminar)2005

ConferencesandMeetings(Chronologicalorder)

LACEA-LAMES,Bogota, November2023
WashingtonAreaDevelopmentEconomics Symposium,WADES,GWU,May2023
Mid-Atlantic International Trade Workshop, 鶹 of Richmond, April 2023
Washington Area International Trade Symposium, WAITS, GMU, April 2023
LACEA-LAMES, Lima, Peru, November 2022
AfterthePandemicPublicPolicyLessons Conference,InternationalCentreforEconomic Analysis, 11/13/2021
ResilienceandDigitalEntrepreneurshipWorkshop,IndianaU.,CreativeSparkBerlin,November 2021
5thCEnSEUrbanandRegional EconomicsWorkshop,Gothenburg,October2021
Data for Policy Conference, 鶹 College London, September 2021
Jobs and Development Conference, IZA and World Bank, September 2021 Washington AreaInvestmentandTradeSymposium,American鶹,May2021
WashingtonAreaLaborEconomics Symposium,GeorgeWashington鶹,February2021 2nd International Research Colloquium on Government Auditing, Lima, Peru, December 2019
APPAM Annual Research Conference, Chicago, IL., November 2017
NBERSummerInstitute,InternationalFinanceandMacroeconomics,Cambridge,MA,July2016
U.S.DepartmentofLabor, ResearchonChildLaborWorkshop,WashingtonDC,March2016
NBER Labor Studies Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 2016
LACEA,Bolivia,October2015
NBEREducationConference,WashingtonDC,November2014
LACEA, Santiago, November 2011
ILOConferenceonGlobalizationand LaborMarkets,Geneva, June2011
WorldBank/IZAEmploymentandDevelopmentConference,Mexico,May2011
LACEA, Medellin, November 2010
Society of Labor Economists Conference, London, June 2010
International MigrationConference,World Bank,September2009
NBERInter-AmericanEconomicsConference,Santiago,November2008
LACEA, Bogotá, November 2007
Stanford鶹,ConferenceonMigrationandHumanDevelopment,April2007
CEPR Conference on Globalization, Firms and Markets, Munich, February 2007
LACEA, Mexico DF, November 2006
Stanford鶹,ConferenceonTradeandDevelopment,April2006
NBERProductivityGroupMeeting Cambridge,Massachusetts,USA,March2006
European Trade Study Group, 鶹 College Dublin, September 2005
Econometric Society World Congress
鶹College London,August2005
NBERSummerInstitute,Cambridge,Massachusetts,USA,July2005
RoyalEconomicSociety,Nottingham,March2005
PacificDevelopmentConference,鶹ofSanFrancisco,March2005
Inter-AmericanDevelopmentBankConferenceonMigrantRemittances,February2005
CESifo Global Economy Conference, December 2004
LACEA,SanJose,CostaRica,November2004
EuropeanTradeStudyGroup, Nottingham鶹,September2004
Econometric Society, Brown 鶹, June 2004
IndustrialDynamicsandEconomic Development,LSE,November2003
Econometric Society, UCLA, June 2002
RoyalEconomicSociety,Warwick, March2002
Econometric Society, Atlanta, January 2002
ConferenceonDiscrimination,CEPR, 鶹ofLeMans2002
European Economic Association, Lausanne, August 2001
Econometric Society, UMCP, June 2001
RoyalEconomicSociety,Durham, April2001
Global Development Network Annual Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 2001 ConferenceonLaborMarketReform inLatinAmerica, Stanford鶹,2001
Conference on FDI and Multinational Corporations, CEPR and CREI, Barcelona, 2001 InvitedPanelonForeign DirectInvestment,EconometricSocietyMeetings,UDESA,2001
Conferenceon Foreign Direct InvestmentandEconomic Integration,鶹of Nottingham, 2000
ConferenceofLACEA’s PoliticalEconomyGroup, Cartagena,Colombia, 1999and1998

Awards,Grants,Prizes andKeynotes

Awards

  • McTaggartAwardforUndergraduateScholarshipExcellence,LondonSchoolofEconomics, 1989.
  • American Economic Association and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Ph.D. Scholarship, 1995.
  • EntriesinMarquisWho’s Who®inAmerica:2009– 2023.
  • The2018AlbertNelsonMarquisLifetime Achievement Award

ResearchGrants

  • Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, The Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier,“AI Technology to Enable ADHD Workers Access to Construction Jobs,” 2021, 4 years, $2 M.
  • Co-Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Criminal InvestigationsԻNetwork Analyses(CINA),“CryptoMoneyLaundering,”2019,3years, $400K(ScharSchooljointwithComputerScience andBusinessǴDZ–bothGMUalso).
  • Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)/Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), “Multi-Site Evaluation of Livelihoods Projects Funded by the Office for Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking (OCFT),” 2015, 3 years, $1.5 M.
  • PrincipalInvestigator,U.S.Small BusinessAdministration,“ResearchonEntrepreneurship in Low-Income Areas,” 2015, 1 year, $150K (for IMPAQ International LLC).
  • PrincipalInvestigator,U.S.DepartmentofLabor(DOL)/ILAB,“ClosingtheEvidence Gap on Child Labor,” 2014, 5 years for 5 randomized control trial (RCT) evaluations, $4.5 M
  • Co-Principal Investigator, MacArthur Foundation Grant, “Migration, Capital Flows and Development: Diaspora Network Effects,” 2008, 2 years, $320K (for Center of International Development at Harvard 鶹, with JeffreyFrankel and H. Rapoport).
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Harvard 鶹’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Grant, “LDzԲ-Term Impact of Secondary School Vouchers on Human Capital and Employment,” 2008, 1 year, $20K (with Michael Kremer).
  • Co-PrincipalInvestigator,UKESRC/DfIDGrant,“TradeLiberalization,JobReallocation andPoverty:EmploymentԻEarningLossesafterWorker Displacement,”2007,2years, $450K,(withMarcela Eslava,JohnHaltiwangerandAdrianaKugler).
  • Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant,“Plant-Level Prices, Productivity Measurementand IndustryDynamics,”2006,3 years,$420K, (withMarcela Eslava, John Haltiwanger and Adriana Kugler).
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Tinker Foundation Grant,“Market Institutions: Firm and Job TurnoverinDZdz,”2004,2years,$80K,(withMarcela Eslava,JohnHaltiwangerand Adriana Kugler).

Prizes

  • Juan Luis Londoño Prize, presented to best paper on social policy in the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association Conference program, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, October 15-17, 2015. (“Educational, Labor Market, and Welfare Impacts of Scholarships for Private Secondary School: Evidence from DZdz,”co-authored with Eric Bettinger, Michael Kremer, Carlos Medina, Christian Posso and Juan Saavedra).
  • First Prize for Best Contribution in the area of “Globalization, Regulation and Development” intheGlobalDevelopmentNetwork AnnualConferenceProgram, Prague, Czech Republic, January 16-18, 2010. (“Trade Reforms and Market Selection: Evidence from Manufacturing Plants in DZdz,”co-authored with Marcela Eslava, John Haltiwanger and Adriana Kugler).

PlenaryAddresses

  • InvitedPanel onRobots,AIԻEmploymentinLatinAmerica, “TImpactofU.S.Robots intheTropics,”LatinAmericanԻCaribbeanEconomics Association(LACEA),Bogota, Colombia, November 16-19, 2023.
  • KeynoteSpeaker,“Robot technology for neurodiverse workers in construction projects,” 2nd Global Meet on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Barcelona, Spain, October 19-21, 2023.
  • Keynote Speaker, “The use of collaborative robot technology to expand the supply of workers in the construction sector,” 2nd International Meeting on Infrastructure and Construction (INFRAMEET2023), Paris, France, June 5-7, 2023.
  • Distinguished Speaker,es Vocational Training Beget Formal Education? Evidence from Two RCTs in DZdz,” Work Integrated Learning and Graduate Employability Virtual Summit, October 2022.
  • Keynote Address,“Urban Policies to Save Lives and Livelihoods in the Face of the Pandemic Challenge,” COVID-19 Urban Policy Symposium, 鶹 of Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 2020.
  • InvitedPanelon Well-BeingԻTheFutureofWorkconvenedbyWorldBankand Inter- American Development Bank, “Vocational Training Impact on Long-term Employment and Wages: Evidence for two RCTs,” Latin American and Caribbean Economics Association Annual (LACEA)Meetings, Puebla, Mexico, November 2019.
  • KeynoteAddress, “TImpactofRobotsonGlobalValueChainsԻEmploymentalong the Supply Chain.” 2nd Annual Conference on Regional Sustainable Development, Regional Science Academy, Guangzhou, China, October 2019.
  • Keynote Address,“Money Laundering in Crypto Currency Markets,” Future of Money, GovernanceԻtheLawConference,GovernmentBlockchainAssociation,ScharSchool of Policy and Government, September 2019.
  • Keynote Address,“U.S. Robots and Labor Market Outcomes in Latin America: Evidence fromBrazil,Colombia andMexico,”4thBiennialChinaDevelopmentStudiesConference, Shanghai Jiao Tong 鶹, China, July 2019.

ProfessionalActivities

鶹Service

  • FacultyChair:Retention,PromotionԻTenureCommittee,PublicPolicy& Administration,ScharSchoolofPolicyԻGovernment,George Mason鶹,2019–
  • AdvisoryCommitteePanelMember:ADVANCE Program,NorthernVirginia Community College – George Mason 鶹, 2019 – 2021.
  • Examiner:Ph.D.QualifyingComprehensiveExamsinPublicPolicy,ScharSchoolof Policy and Government, George Mason 鶹, 2019 and 2022.
  • Convener:MPA(InternationalDevelopment),DissertationWorkshop,Kennedy Schoolof Government, Harvard 鶹, 2007 – 2009.
  • Director:M.Sc.Economics&EconometricsProgram, DepartmentofEconomics, 鶹 of Southampton, 2003 – 2006.

CommunityService

  • AdvisoryCouncilMember: GlobalBlockchain BusinessCouncil,NewYork, NY.
  • SeniorAdvisor:GlobalBlockchainAssociation,WashingtonDC.
  • Lecturer:ENCORE,Course onCryptoCurrencies,April-May, 2022.

RefereeingandSelection Panels

American Economic Review, Annales d’Economie et de Statistique, Bulletin of Economic Research,Economic Journal,Economia,Canadian JournalofEconomics,U.K.Economic and Social Research Council, European Economic Review, International Economic Review,JournalofDevelopmentEconomics,JournalofEconomicGrowth, Journalofthe European Economics Association, Journal of International Development, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Risk and Financial Management,Labour Economics,U.S.National ScienceFoundation,QuarterlyJournal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Industrial Organization,Canada Social Science Research Council, Scandinavian Journal of Economics,U.K. Department for International Development, U.S. Aid, World Bank Economic Review and World Development.

NewsMediaCoverage

  • MiddleEastern BroadcastingNetworkInc.–FromtheCapital,WashingtonDC,

about the global macroeconomic impact of the COVID-19 shock, multipleappearancesin7/2021-10/2023,broadcastedin22countriesinMiddleEast and Northern Africa (wider regional coverage than the BBC).

  • Global Development Network– GlobalDev Blog, “,” with Ximena del Carpio and Jose Cuesta, April 26, 2022.
  • BrookingsInstitution –FutureDevelopmentBlog,“,” with Shakti Sinha, July 13, 2020.
  • DainikJagran–“,” with Shakti Sinha, in India and the World’s largest circulation daily newspaper, July 12, 2020.
  • Hindustan Times–“,”with Shakti Sinha, in India’s largest circulation English daily newspaper, April 30, 2020.
  • CCTVNews– Chinese Government TV,Guangdong, China, interview about the effect of robotics on geographic configuration and specialization pattern in global value chains connected to China (Robot Proliferation and Global Value Chains),October 19, 2019.
  • NBC Universal– National Broadcasting Corporation, Noticias Telemundo,Washington D.C.,interview on inflation impact of Saudi oil supply drop after drone attacks (Ataque en Arabia Saudita Amenaza los Precios de la Gasolina en EE.UU.), September 15, 2019.
  • Yahoo!Finance – GlobeNewswire,interview about crypto money laundering and the projected impact of Schar’s symposium on The Future of Money, Governance & Law (Government and Industry Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Leaders), September 3, 2019.
  • Wall Street Journal –WSJ, Coverage in article about school choice ofpaper ٳǴDZ Vouchers, Labor Markets and Vocational ܳپDz,” co-authored with 2019 Nobel Laureate Michael Kremer and others (Columnby Jason Bedrick and Corey DeAngelis), April 28, 2019.
  • NBC Universal– National Broadcasting Corporation, Noticias Telemundo,Washington D.C.,interviewontheFederal ReserveBoard’slowerinterestratechoice(ReservaFederal reduce tasa de interés en un cuarto de punto: Primera vez desde 2008), July 31, 2019.
  • NPR– National Public Radio,Washington D.C., Live Panel Participation addressing strategic aspects in Thinkprogram on June 27, 2019.
  • World Finance– Markets & Technology, London, U.K., interview on the Economics of Ideas conceptual framework byNobel Laurate Paul Romer (Romer’s endogenous growth theory could provide a solution for global problems), January 15, 2019.

ConferenceScientificProgram Committees

  • EuropeanEconomic Association(EEA)Meetings,2002
  • LatinAmerican andCaribbeanEconomics Association(LACEA)AnnualConference, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2023.
  • LatinAmericanMeetingoftheEconometricSociety(LAMES),2022Ի2023.
  • LatinAmericanԻCaribbeanEconomicAssociation(LACEA)-RIDGELabor2024

Ph.D.Supervisor
(Graduationyear,university,andfirstemploymentplacement)

  • ZhengWang (2003,U.ofSouthampton, WorldTradeOrganization)
  • EmanuelaLotti (2005,U.ofSouthampton,Surrey 鶹)
  • JohnsonAsiama (2005,U.ofSouthampton,BankofGhana)
  • ZulZakaria(2006,U.ofSouthampton,MalaysianTechnical 鶹)
  • SourayaYaman (2006,U.ofSouthampton,WorldTrade Organization)
  • NormazwanaIsmail (2007,U.ofSouthampton,鶹Putra Malaysia)
  • PhawaratKhonsomboon(2007,U.ofS,UKDepartmentforInternationalDevelopment)
  • HyunJuKim (2021,GMU,鶹ofNewHampshire)
  • MuhammadSalarKhan (2022,GMU,RochesterInstitute of Technology)
  • AbuBakkarSiddique(2022,GMU,Florida Atlantic 鶹)
  • DanielGrimaldi(CurrentStudent,GMU,main advisor)
  • NaraeLee(Currentstudent, GMU,mainadvisor)
  • AngeloSantos(CurrentStudent, GMU,mainadvisor)

Areas of Research

  • Africa
  • Economic Development
  • Economic Growth
  • Economic Policy
  • Foreign Direct Investment
  • Human Capital
  • International Economic Development
  • International Economics
  • International Migration
  • International Trade and Global Labor Markets
  • Labor Policy
  • Latin America
  • Macroeconomics
  • Political Economy
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Regional Development
  • South Asia
  • Trade Policy
  • U.S.