This dissertation explores topics in applied econometrics, pursuing two main themes: inferring relationships in the presence of unobserved time-varying preferences and Bayesian estimation methods. The …
This dissertation studies three different topics, all of which are relevant to health economics. Chapter 1 studies how home pregnancy tests give early fertility information …
This dissertation is composed of two self-contained chapters, exploring topics in Labor Economics. Both papers broadly explore the question of how we define labor markets. …
This dissertation explores the employment and welfare effects of social insurance programs and government interventions aimed at reducing inequalities, focusing on individuals' and firms' behavioral …
Private firms are vital in lifting millions of individuals in developing countries out of poverty. Yet, relative to their advanced economies counterparts, private firms in …
The subject of this dissertation are spillover effects in labor and education markets. In the first chapter, joint with Maor Milgrom, we study the spillover …
This dissertation studies how changes in economic conditions and policies affect labor and housing markets, focusing on the role of labor market institutions in shaping …
In this dissertation, I study applied market design and incomplete information problems using microeconomic theory. In Chapter 1, I explore the determinants of matching-platform users' …
Abstract of Essays on Monetary Economics, by Georgios Angelis, Ph.D., Brown University, October 2020. This work consists of three essays. The first essay explores the …
My dissertation aims to increase the understanding of the impact of government programs on household economic outcomes in developing countries. My research uses empirical methods …
This dissertation is composed of three self contained chapters, exploring topics in the Economics and Econometrics of Information. The first chapter is motivated by the …
This dissertation studies how behavioral elements can distort economic choices that individuals make. In my first chapter, I study how overconfidence, a widely documented behavioral …
This dissertation studies economic inequality through the lens of intergenerational mobility and tax evasion. The first two chapters investigate intergenerational mobility in Sweden and the …
This dissertation studies household, labor and political economy issues in developing countries. Chapter 1 estimate the effects of randomly disclosing spousal income on productivity in …
This dissertation focuses on topics related to human capital investment and how individual decisions affect their welfare. Chapter 1 conducts an experiment to improve high-school …
