Todd Pugatch is a Professor of Economics at Oregon State University 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 Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16252
Gautam Anand, Aishwarya Atluri, Lee Crawfurd, Todd Pugatch, Ketki Sheth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15367
Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder, Nicholas Wilson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13634
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 149, 102583
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13489
published in: American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 123-127
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13233
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
Lee Crawfurd, Todd Pugatch
forthcoming in: Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Education
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12117
published in: World Development, 2019, 117, 172-182
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10784
Nicholas Wilson, Todd Pugatch
published in: Economics of Education Review, 62 (2018): 151-161
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9560
published as: "Non-tuition Costs, School Access and Student Performance: Evidence from the Gambia," Journal of African Economies, 2017, 26 (2): 140-168.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9129
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2019, 33 (1), 185-208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8621
published in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2018, 10(2): 249-276.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7842
published in: Demography, 2015, 52 (5), 1543-1570
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7723
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 41, 120-136
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7015
published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2014, 3:8
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6305
published in: Labour, 2018, 32(2): 205-242.
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