Jamie McCasland

Professional Title: 
Assistant Professor
Office: 
COB1 353
Research Interests: 
  • Labor markets and firms in low- and middle-income countries 
  • homelessness policy
  • local government and municipal institutions 
  • household cognitive load.
Bio: 

Jamie McCasland is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Merced. She is an applied microeconomist whose research uses field experiments and quasi-experimental methods to study labor markets, firms, and public policy. She received her PhD in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, her BA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and was previously an Assistant Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia. She is an affiliate of J-PAL and CEGA.