Dr. Andres Vargas

Associate Professor

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Biography

Dr. Andres J. Vargas is a Clinical Associate Professor of Economics at Purdue University. He has extensive expertise in macroeconomics and labor economics, with specific research interests focusing on health, immigration, and time use. His work addresses broad questions from the perspective of time use and examines the economic impact of immigrant assimilation. Utilizing a micro-econometric approach, he primarily focuses on the identification and estimation of causal effects through the use of household survey data. Dr. Vargas holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin, an M.A. in Natural Resources Agricultural Economics from the Toulouse School of Economics in France, and a B.A. in Economics from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia. His academic contributions include analysis related to data analytics, the Federal Reserve, future work trends, labor, macroeconomics, microeconomics, migration, and monetary policy.

Research Interests

Requirements for Purdue University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:14
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:18
Speaking
Required:18
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
GRE General
Prerequisites
Principles of Economics (Micro and Macro) Mathematics (Differential Calculus) Statistics Knowledge of Matrix Algebra
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Specialization Notes

GRE is required but no minimum score is set.