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Michele Belot is a Professor of Economics at the ILR School, Cornell University, specializing in applied microeconomics with a focus on experimental work in labor, health, and education. She has held appointments at prestigious institutions including the University of Edinburgh, Oxford University, and the University of Essex. Belot earned her Ph.D. in Economics from Tilburg University in the Netherlands in 2003. Her research encompasses significant topics such as randomized controlled trials to design and test interventions aimed at improving health behaviors and aiding job seekers with relevant information. As a co-founder of the Cornell Job Search Lab and co-director of the Labor Dynamics Institute, she has committed herself to pioneering experimental research in job search behavior. As the President of the European Association of Labour Economists from 2020 to 2023, she has contributed to understanding structural changes in the labor market. Her work has been widely published in well-respected journals, and she actively participates in conferences worldwide, presenting research on dietary habits, stressors in low-income families, and the impacts of COVID-19 on job searching.
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