Alan Barreca

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. University of California, Davis

Research interests: labor, health, public, development

203 Tilton Hall

504-862-8346

abarreca@tulane.edu

Personal website: www.alanbarreca.com

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Short bio

Alan graduated from Santa Clara University in 2000 with a B.S. in Economics, and from the University of California, Davis in 2008 with a Ph.D. in Economics. His general research and teaching interests include: labor, health, public, and development economics.

During his Ph.D. studies, Alan researched the the economic effects of exposure to malaria during early childhood as well as the health effects of a changing climate. At Tulane, Alan plans to continue researching the effects of malaria and the consequences of climate change as well as embark on several new projects; specifically, he plans to investigate the socioeconomic determinants of malaria in the United States in the early 20th century, the impact of weather on individual wellbeing in Kenya, and the effects of alcohol consumption on fertility.