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Jeffrey Flory is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, Claremont McKenna College; and a Research Director at the Science of Diversity and Inclusion Initiative (SODI.org). Professor Flory uses field and lab experiments to deepen our understanding of labor market inequalities across gender/race/age, our knowledge of how different incentives affect worker behavior, and more broadly our understanding of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) in the workplace. His research aims to leverage novel experiment designs to uncover key relationships and answer important open questions in economics, as well as to help employers, organizations, and practitioners advance their goals. His research has been published in top economics journals such as the Review of Economics Studies, the Journal of Human Resources, and the Journal of Development Economics. He has been working with industry the last 8 years to advance the research in DEI and to translate research into action---work that led him to launch the Science of Diversity and Inclusion Initiative (SODI) in 2017 while a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago Economics Department. SODI, co-founded with another experimental economist and two corporate DEI practitioners, comprises a network of over 150 behavioral scientists and leaders in DEI around the world committed to deepening and advancing the science of DEI, and closing the gap between research and practice in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Professor Flory also does work in development economics, with a focus on financial services for the poor, with research stemming from field experiments in Malawi. He has advised major US corporations, governments, multilateral aid agencies, and international NGOs – designing and running field experiments to test questions of top priority for policymakers and practitioners, while at the same time conducting research to advance our understanding of economics and human behavior. He has received research grants from the National Science Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the World Bank, DFID, and the Low Institute of Political Economy, and his research has been featured in media outlets such as Time Magazine, ABC News, Freakonomics, and Science Daily.
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Building on his past research on the economics of diversity equity and inclusion, Professor Flory is developing a series of experiment ideas centered on the economics of social identity with applications to inequalities in labor markets, financial markets, and education in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. one project will focus for example on the different incentives, barriers, and implications of switching race/ethnic affiliation (“passing”, when race/ethnicity is ambiguous) compared to socioeconomic class affiliation (social mobility)
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