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About Me

I am a Professor of Economics and Associate Chair of the Economics Department at Williams College. I am also an Associate Editor at Economic Development and Cultural Change and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development. I am affiliated with BREAD, IPA, IZA, and J-PAL.


Current Teaching

ECON 370: Data Science for Economics Analysis

ECON 460: Women, Work, and the World Economy


New Working Papers

Preprimary Education and Early Childhood Development: Evidence from Government Schools in Rural Kenya
Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming
Joint with Owen Ozier, Lia C.H. Fernald, and Heather A. Knauer

Understanding the Impacts of Paid Maternity Leave on Women’s Labor Market Outcomes
Joint with Lillian Bates and Oliver Hall


Other Activities

Williams Record Op-Ed on reduced childcare hours

Open letter to the AEA Executive Committee


Find Me

Email: pj5@williams.edu
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