Erika Povea

I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), affiliated with FAIR. I am interested in applied microeconomics, particularly in topics related to education and inequality.

I study how early-life circumstances shape individual outcomes across the life course, from childhood development to labor market trajectories. Using quasi-experimental methods and administrative data from Norway, Colombia, and Ecuador, my work examines the roots of inequality and the mechanisms that foster  (or hinder) social mobility.

During the 2024–2025 academic year, I visited the Department of Economics at Brown University, hosted by Anna Aizer.