Todd Pugatch

Research Fellow

University at Buffalo, SUNY

tpugatch@buffalo.edu

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Forschungsinteressen

Todd Pugatch is an Associate Professor of Economics at University at Buffalo and a Research Fellow at IZA. His research focuses on understanding the drivers of disparate outcomes in education and rigorously evaluating approaches to improve them. He earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan. He has conducted experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations of teacher salary increases, elimination of school fees, and the expansion of early childhood education in The Gambia; teacher training to implement curricular reform in Rwanda; and interventions designed to increase diversity and promote student success in US higher education. His work has been published in Journal of Development Economics, World Bank Economic Review, Journal of Human Resources, Economics of Education Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, and elsewhere.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13233

The Influence of Hidden Researcher Decisions in Applied Microeconomics

Nick Huntington-Klein, Andreu Arenas, Emily A. Beam, Marco Bertoni, Jeffrey R. Bloem, Pralhad Burli, Naibin Chen, Paul Greico, Godwin Ekpe, Todd Pugatch, Martin Saavedra, Yaniv Stopnitzky

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2021, 59 (3), 944 - 960 https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12992

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12985

Teacher Labor Markets in Developing Countries

Lee Crawfurd, Todd Pugatch

published in: Brian P. McCall (ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Education, Routledge, 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12163

Improving Access and Quality in Early Childhood Development Programs: Experimental Evidence from the Gambia

Moussa Blimpo, Pedro Carneiro, Pamela Jervis, Todd Pugatch

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 70 (4), 1479 – 1529

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12117

Tropical Storms and Mortality under Climate Change

Todd Pugatch

published in: World Development, 2019, 117, 172-182

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10784

Nudging Study Habits: A Field Experiment on Peer Tutoring in Higher Education

Nicholas Wilson, Todd Pugatch

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 62, 151 - 161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9560

Informal Fee Elimination and Student Performance: Evidence from The Gambia

Leanne Giordono, Todd Pugatch

published as 'Non-tuition Costs, School Access and Student Performance: Evidence from the Gambia' in: Journal of African Economies, 2017, 26 (2), 140-168.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9129

Financial Constraints and Girls' Secondary Education: Evidence from School Fee Elimination in The Gambia

Moussa Blimpo, Ousman Gajigo, Todd Pugatch

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2019, 33 (1), 185-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8621

Teacher Pay and Student Performance: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance

Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder

published in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2018, 10(2): 249-276.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7842

U.S. Border Enforcement and Mexican Immigrant Location Choice

Sarah Bohn, Todd Pugatch

published in: Demography, 2015, 52 (5), 1543-1570