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Jonathan Smith

Jonathan Smith

Research Fellow

Georgia State University

jsmith500@gsu.edu

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Research Interests

education and inequality education disparities education policy higher education post-secondary education

Jonathan Smith is an Associate Professor of Economics at Georgia State University and a faculty fellow with the Georgia Policy Labs.

Dr. Smith's research focuses on the behavioral and institutional factors that determine how students transition from high school to college and the consequences of those decisions. His research is published in leading economics, policy, and education journals including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the New York Times.

Prior to GSU, he worked as a Policy Research Scientist at the College Board. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Boston University and a B.A. in economics from Tufts University.

Jonathan Smith joined IZA as a Research Fellow in December 2020.