I am a post-doctoral fellow at Tulane University’s Department of Economics and Murphy Institute. I received my Ph.D. in economics from the University of Houston in 2023. I use labor and applied microeconomics techniques to study the intersection of social identities and economic outcomes. My research focuses on discrimination, identity, immigration, education, and health. My primary topics of interest are:
Discrimination against Minorities and Ethnic Identity
I compared the children of inter-ethnic couples to quantify labor and education markets discrimination against people with Hispanic-sounding last names.
I examined how state-level variation in bias influences Hispanics’ decisions to identify with, or not identify, their ethnic minority status.
Quantifying Discrimination Using Audit Field Experiments
In two working papers, I study discrimination using audit field experiments.
In one audit, we quantify discrimination in access to the mortgage market against same-sex couples and racial minorities.
In another audit, we study discrimination in access to education, with an emphasis on differences between traditional, private, and charter schools against children who are LGBTQI+, racial minorities, have behavioral issues, or have IEP status.
Applied Microeconomics: Education, Labor, and Health
My applied microeconomics research also includes studying education, labor, and health. This involves analyzing how disparities in access and outcomes across different demographic groups affect labor and education markets, and health outcomes.
In other research, I explore the impact of peer mental health on individual mental health outcomes, education, and labor market outcomes.