Erica Field

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

Erica Field is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics. Previously, she was working at The Institute as a Cohort X Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research. Erica completed her Ph.D. in Economics in 2003 from Princeton University, and joined the Economics Department at Harvard University as an Assistant Professor in the spring of 2005. Her primary fields of interest are development and labor economics, with a regional focus on Latin America. Her past research has examined the household welfare effects of urban land titling programs in developing countries, including the impact of tenure security on labor supply, credit access and fertility. Her current research examines the link between health investments and economic mobility.