Research/Areas of Interest

Behavioral / Experimental Economics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Diversity/Discrimination

Education

  • PhD Economics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States, 2013
  • BA Economics, Barnard College, New York, United States, 2004

Biography

Laura K. Gee is an Associate Professor of Economics at Tufts University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California San Diego, and her B.A. from Barnard College at Columbia University. She has published articles in peer-reviewed journals including the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, the Journal of Public Economics, Management Science, and Experimental Economics. Her research has also been covered in the popular press in outlets such as CBS News, Fast Company, Forbes, the Boston Globe and the Wall Street Journal. She currently has two main lines of research. One is about the relationship between behavioral factors and labor markets with an emphasis on inequalities. The second is about the provision of public goods including charitable contributions. Her studies rely on both lab and field experiments, as well as observational data.