Alfonso Flores-Lagunes
Professor, Economics
Melvin A. Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Degree
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2001
Specialties
Labor economics; applied and theoretical econometrics
Courses
Summer 2018
Not Teaching
Biography
Dr. Alfonso Flores-Lagunes is
a professor of economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public
Affairs and Senior Research Associate at the Center for Policy Research as of
August 2014. He is a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor
(IZA), an international network of researchers around labor market research and
policies, since 2008. Dr. Flores-Lagunes has held faculty appointments at the
State University of New York at Binghamton, University of Florida, and
University of Arizona. He has been a visiting fellow at the Industrial
Relations Section and the Department of Economics of Princeton University, and
visiting scholar or lecturer at Cornell, The Ohio State, CEPS/INSTEAD
(Luxembourg), and the Central Bank of Mexico. He holds a B.A. in economics from
Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) in Mexico, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
in economics from The Ohio State University. Full Biography
Publications
Selected Papers
Research Interests
Evaluation of Public Programs
Causal Inference
Economics of Education and Educational Policies
Spatial Econometrics
Research Grants and Awards
“Work Transitions in a Dynamic Labor Market,” Collaborative
effort with the iSchool and Principal Investigator, Martha A.
Garcia-Murillo. Collaboration for Unprecedented Success and
Excellence (CUSE) Grant Program. 5/1/18 - 4/30/20.
“Preparing for a Post-Work Future?” Collaborative effort with
the iSchool and Principal Investigator, Martha A. Garcia-Murillo. Collaboration for Unprecedented Success and Excellence (CUSE) Grant
Program. 5/1/18 - 4/30/20.
Selected Professional Activities
Research Fellow, Institute
for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Research Fellow, Global Labor Organization (GLO)