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ProfDebra Shepherd

Associate Professor

Economics

Orcid identifier0000-0003-3609-8583
  • Associate Professor
    Economics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research focuses on applied microeconometrics and development economics, with particular interests in:

  • Inequality, poverty, and economic exclusion
  • Identity, social comparison, and subjective wellbeing
  • Redistribution and political economy
  • Labour markets, education, and social mobility
  • Applied econometrics and causal inference
  • Machine learning and data science for the social sciences
  • Economics education and the scholarship of teaching and learning

 

Across these areas, I seek to generate evidence that improves our understanding of how individuals interact with economic and social institutions, and how policy can foster more inclusive and equitable development.