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The main conclusion of this strand of my research is: Multiple skills matter. As early as Marshall (1890), economists have considered that workers learn skills from each other, skills are introduced through immigration, and skills are better matched in a thicker labor market. Yet the empirical analysis of skills in cities had taken a narrower approach, equating worker education with skills. My research in this area documents the spatial distribution of multiple skills, how it relates to agglomeration economies, how skills can explain gender differences, among others. 

Bacolod, Marigee, Bernardo S. Blum, Marcos Rangel, and William C. Strange (2023). Learners in Cities: Agglomeration and the Spatial Division of Cognition, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 98. 

Bacolod, Marigee, Jorge De la Roca, and Maria Marta Ferreyra (2021). In Search of Better Opportunities: Sorting and Agglomeration Effects Among Young College Graduates in Colombia, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 87.

Bacolod, Marigee and Marcos A. Rangel (2017). Economic Assimilation and Skill Acquisition: Evidence from the Occupational Sorting of Childhood Immigrants, Demography, 54, 2, 571-602.

Bacolod, Marigee, and Bernardo S. Blum (2010). Two Sides of the Same Coin: U.S. `Residual Inequality' and the Gender Gap, Journal of Human Resources, 45, 1, Winter, 197-242.

Bacolod, Marigee, Bernardo S. Blum, and William C. Strange (2009). Skills in the City. Journal of Urban Economics, 65, 2, Mar, 136-153.

A theme that unites my research is the application of rigorous econometrics with data most suited to answer compelling questions. My work in this area includes estimating the effects of distance learning on student outcomes, the impact of school accountability incentives, and showing how the expansion of professional opportunities for women contributed to the decline in the quality of American schoolteachers.

Bacolod, Marigee and Latika Chaudhary (2018). Distance to Promotion: Evidence from Military Graduate Education, Contemporary Economic Policy, 36, 4, 667-677.

Bacolod, Marigee, John DiNardo and Mireille Jacobson (2012). Beyond Incentives: Do Schools Use  Accountability Rewards Productively? Journal of Business and Economics Statistics, 30, 1, Jan, 149-163. 

Bacolod, Marigee (2007). Do Alternative Opportunities Matter? The Role of Female Labor Markets in the Decline of Teacher Quality, 1960-1990, Review of Economics and Statistics, 89, 4, Nov, 737--751.

My academic research and policy experiences have helped me craft rigorous studies of talent management for the U.S. Dept of Defense. Here are some examples.

Bacolod, Marigee, Jennifer Heissel, Yu-Chu Shen (2023). Spatial Analysis of Access to Psychiatrists for US Military Personnel and their Families, JAMA Network Open.

Bacolod, Marigee, Jennifer Heissel, Laura Laurita, Matthew Molloy, and Ryan Sullivan (2022). Mothers in the Military: Effect of Maternity Leave Policy on Take-Up, Demography, 59, 2, 787-812.

Bacolod, Marigee, Jennifer Heissel, Ansley White (2022). Job Performance When Workers Work in Locations They Prefer, Applied Economics Letters, 1-8.