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Office Location: 204 Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
Duke Box: 90097
Email Address: robert.garlick@duke.edu
Web Page: https://www.robgarlick.com/
Areas of Expertise
Education:
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2013
Research Description: Garlick works at the intersection of development economics, the economics of education, and labor economics. His current research focuses on the role of limited information in schooling decisions, job search, and employment outcomes. He also studies peer effects in education, focusing on methodological challenges in measuring peer group composition.
Teaching (Fall 2024):
Office Hours:
Graduate students can sign up for office hours at https://robertgarlick.youcanbook.me/.
Recent Publications
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Robert Garlick joined the economics department as an assistant professor in 2014. He previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the World Bank's Development Research Group and holds a PhD in economics and public policy from the University of Michigan. Garlick was born and raised in South Africa, where he studied economics, mathematics and philosophy at the University of Cape Town and managed a small education nonprofit.
Garlick studies education and labor economics in developing countries. He is currently working on peer and network effects in education, determinants of education investments by households, and transitions between education and the labor market. This work spans empirical and methodological topics, and includes primary data collection in and analysis of secondary data from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.