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Associate Professor of Economics & Strategy
Rady School of Management
University of California, San Diego
I am an Associate Professor of Economics and Strategy at the Rady School of Management at UCSD and a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER.
I use experiments to address questions about how economic theory can predict behavior in the areas of education, philanthropy and health. I co-founded the Science of Philanthropy Initiative - a $5m project that brings together academics and charities to revolutionize our understanding of how we do philanthropy. Over the past 15 years, I have managed CHECC, a large-scale education experiment that follows 2,000 families who received different early childhood programs. In 2020, I was the recipient of the Vernon L. Smith Ascending Scholar Prize.
I have published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals and have been featured in media outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Today.com, NPR and the Freakonomics podcast.
Raising Generous Humans
Report for the Gates Foundation, 2025
As part of my consulting work, I recently wrote a report with the Gates Foundation on how to raise generous humans. This review combines my expertise in early childhood development and philanthropy and uses the existing literature to develop a framework for parents to teach children how to be generous. [ Read the report ]
How Experiments with Children Inform Economics
Journal of Economic Literature, 2023
Experimental methods have revolutionized economics, offering deep insights into human behavior and early-life influences. We develop a framework for measuring economic preferences in children and survey key empirical studies, outlining methods for conducting effective experiments with kids. With 10 practical tips for successful experiments, we predict that the study of children’s economic behavior will be a major growth area in social science as researchers recognize kids as active participants in markets. [ Read the paper ]
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