Scholar
Patrick Button
Google Scholar ID: aWeN2WMAAAAJ
Tulane University, Economics, & Director, Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Science; NBER; J-PAL
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,276
H-index
16
i10-index
19
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Contact
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - Research and projects funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Aging, J-PAL, Sloan Foundation, Social Security Administration, Haynes Foundation, and Borchard Center for Law and Aging, among others
- - Research topics include quantifying discrimination using audit field experiments, effects of recessions and COVID-19 on older workers, age discrimination in employment, effects of disability employment discrimination laws, discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people, and economic impacts of tax incentives for the film industry
Research Experience
- - Created the Discrimination, Disparities, and Data Lab (D3L) research collective
- - Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research
- - Research Fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics
- - Invited researcher with J-PAL North America
Education
- No specific educational background information provided.
Background
- Associate Professor of Economics at Tulane University and Executive Director of the Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Science. Primarily researches discrimination, focusing on age and disability, but also sexual orientation, gender identity, race, and ethnicity.
Miscellany
- Personal interests include rugby
Co-authors