Todd Pugatch

Research Fellow

Oregon State University

todd.pugatch@oregonstate.edu

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Todd Pugatch is an Associate Professor of Economics in the School of Public Policy at Oregon State University. He completed his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan and his B.A. at the University of North Carolina. Todd's research interests are in development economics, labor economics and the economics of education. His current work focuses on education policy in Rwanda and The Gambia, youth unemployment in South Africa, Mexican immigration to the United States, and promoting student success in U.S. higher education. He worked at the World Bank before beginning graduate studies at Michigan.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in 2012 and was appointed as Research Fellow in 2014.

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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, 62 (2018): 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," 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 P. Blimpo, Ousman Gajigo, Todd Pugatch

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2016.

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