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Alicia Adsera is a Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and also serves as the Director of Graduate Studies at the Office of Population Research. Her work primarily focuses on understanding fertility behavior and preferences, particularly in low-fertility settings. She analyzes how individual employment characteristics, local labor market institutions, and economic conditions influence fertility and household formation decisions. Additionally, she has a broad interest in migration topics, including immigrant fertility, the impact of language and political conditions on welfare provisions, determinants of migration flows, the well-being of child migrants, and the labor market performance of migrants across European countries. Prior to joining Princeton, Adsera was a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Research Affiliate at the Population Research Center of the University of Chicago. She has also taught at Ohio State University and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
Princeton School of Public and International Affairs • Princeton, NJ
Current position focusing on economic demography and related research.
University of Illinois at Chicago • Chicago, IL
Tenured faculty position focusing on research and teaching.
Ohio State University • Columbus, OH
Conducted lectures and engaged in academic research.
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona • Barcelona, Spain
Lectured in economics and engaged in demographic research.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.