Alessandro Tarozzi

Alessandro Tarozzi joined Duke's faculty in the Fall, 2002, after receiving his Ph.D. from Princeton University. He received his B.A. in Economics (1995) from Universita' di Bologna, and M.A. in Economics (1996) from Universita' Bocconi in Milan. His research interests encompass applied development economics, program evaluation, and more generally applied and theoretical microeconometrics. Professor Tarozzi's research so far has focused on the evaluation of a large poverty alleviation program, the Indian Public Distribution System, and on issues related to poverty measurement in India. He teaches a course in econometrics for undergraduates, and a graduate course in applied microeconometrics.
Recent Research
The Indian Public Distribution System as Provider of Public Security: Evidence from Child Anthropometry in Andhra Pradesh, Research Program in Development Studies Working Paper no. 214, Princeton University, 2002.
Estimating Comparable Poverty Counts from Incomparable Surveys: Measuring Poverty in India, Research Program in Development Studies Working Paper no. 213, Princeton University, 2002.
Prices and Poverty in India (with A.S. Deaton), Research Program in Development Studies Working Paper no. 196, Princeton University, 2000.
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(919) 660-1877
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