David Figlio

David Nicholas Figlio (born October 14, 1970)[1] is an American economist at Northwestern University. He is the Dean of the Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy and serves as the Orrington Lunt Professor of Education and Social Policy. He is also the former director of Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research. He is known for studying school accountability and school choice,[2][3][4] as well as the relationship between children's names and their later educational outcomes.[5][6] He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Human Resources.[7] In 2017, he was elected to the National Academy of Education.[8]

David Figlio
David Nicholas Figlio
Born	October 14, 1970
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Children	Elizabeth Figlio
Scientific career
Fields	Economics, education policy
Institutions	Northwestern University
Thesis	Property Tax Limitations, School Services, and Education Production (1995)
Doctoral advisor	John Karl Scholz

References

1. "David N. Figlio CV" (PDF).
2. Resmovits, Joy (3 March 2017). "President Trump wants to create a national private school choice program. Here's how it could work". Los Angeles Times.
3. O'Connor, John (12 August 2013). "New Standards Will Require Rewriting Expectations, But Not School Grading Formula". State Impact. NPR.
4. Lewin, Tamar (9 September 2013). "Study Sees Benefit in Courses With Nontenured Instructors". The New York Times.
5. Bryner, Jeanna. "Baby names have long-lasting effects, for better or worse". Christian Science Monitor.
6. Kremer, William (11 April 2014). "Does a baby's name affect its chances in life?". BBC News.
7. "Figlio Named Dean of School of Education and Social Policy" (Press release). Northwestern University. 3 February 2017.
8. "Figlio, Schapiro Elected to the National Academy of Education" (Press release). Northwestern University. 2 March 2017.

External links

• Faculty page
• David Figlio publications indexed by Google Scholar