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Petra Todd is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a Research Associate at Penn’s Population Studies Center as well as the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Todds's research primarily focuses on social program evaluation, labor economics, and microeconometrics. Her published works involve econometric methods assessing the effects of various program and policy interventions, understanding determinants of cognitive achievement, and investigating labor market disparities based on race and gender. Furthermore, she has explored the implications of pension program design, conditional cash transfer programs, and is currently engaged in projects analyzing the influence of personality traits on labor market outcomes, evaluating grade retention in Portugal, and studying the effects of local minimum wage policies and preschool reforms in Mexico.
University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, PA
Teaching and conducting research in economics with a focus on social program evaluation and labor economics.
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