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.
| Office Location: | 204 Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097 |
| Office Phone: | +1 919 660 1800 |
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| Web Page: | https://www.robgarlick.com/ |
Teaching (Spring 2024):
| Ph.D. | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 2013 |
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.