Laura Giuliano

I am a Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.  I am also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and an associate editor for the Journal of Labor Economics.  Previously I held positions at UC Berkeley, UC Merced, the University of Miami, and the University of Virginia, and I served as Senior Economist for labor, education, and welfare for President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. I received my PhD in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.  

My research addresses topics in labor and education, including hiring discrimination, minimum wages, relative pay among coworkers, and the long-run effects of gifted education and tracking programs.