David N. Figlio

Research Fellow

Northwestern University

    David Figlio is Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Orrington Lunt Professor of Education and Social Policy and of Economics at Northwestern University.

    He conducts research on a wide range of education and health policy issues from school accountability and standards to welfare policy and policy design. Figlio is the editor of the Journal of Human Resources and serves as associate editor of several other leading journals.

    David joined IZA as a Research Fellow in July 2016.