NBER Working Paper
Cristian Pop-Eleches
Professor of International and Public Affairs
Personal Details
Focus areas: Health (early childhood interventions in Malawi), education (student allocation and teacher effort), demography (the impact of population policies)
Cristian Pop-Eleches' primary research area is applied development and labor economics with particular interest in demographic issues. He teaches courses in economic development and microeconomics.
His publications include "The Impact of an Abortion Ban on Socio-Economic Outcomes of Children: Evidence from Romania" and "The Supply of Birth Control Methods, Education and Fertility."
Cristian Pop-Eleches received his BA (1998) and PhD (2003) in economics from Harvard University.
Education
- PhD in Economics, Harvard University
- BA in Economics, Harvard University
Honors and Awards
- Organizing committee: ERMAS Conference, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Special Lecture at KDI School in Seoul, Korea
Research And Publications
Journal of Labor Economics
Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press
THe Journal of Human Resources
In The Media
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