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Catherine Michaud-Leclerc is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Université Laval in Canada. She is an applied microeconomist with research interests in the economics of education and development. Her research currently focuses on education systems in the context of Pakistan, Malawi, Brazil and Canada. The topics covered in her work include the interactions of public and private education, the use of technology as a study tool, and college students' achievement. Most of her work uses empirical methods such as reduced-form estimations and randomized controlled trials. She has published her research in the Journal of Development Economics and Economics Letters. She completed her PhD in Economics at the University of Toronto in 2021. During her PhD, she was a visiting researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles (2019) and at Georgetown University (2020-2021).
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Catherine will advance her research agenda on the interactions between public and private schooling, and their impact on education attainment, labour market outcomes, and individual well-being. She will build partnerships with educators in Latin America to design interventions that aim at improving the provision of education and school resources. Furthermore, she hopes to develop strong research partnerships between Quebec and Argentina.
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October 28th, 11am ART.
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