Patrick McEwan

Patrick J. McEwan is Luella LaMer Slaner Professor in Latin American Studies and Professor of Economics at Wellesley College, and Senior Fellow and Affiliated Economist with CBCSE. His research interests include the economics of education, development economics, and Latin American education and social policy. He conducts research on education and social policy in developing countries, especially in Latin America.  He is especially interested in identifying and explaining the causal impact of policies on the schooling, health, and economic outcomes of children and their families. In past research, he has explored the impact of conditional cash transfers and rural school reform in Honduras, of youth orchestras in Venezuela, and of private school vouchers and free school meals in Chile.  His work has received financial support from the the Inter-American Development Bank, the RAND Corporation, the Spencer Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.  It has been published in several books and many journals, including the American Economic Review, the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the Journal of Human Resources, and the Journal of Public Economics. At Wellesley, he enjoys teaching courses in introductory microeconomics, Latin American development, and the economics of education. He holds a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University.