Meet the Faculty: Alejandro Estefan

Alejandro Estefan is an assistant professor of development economics at Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs. The main focus of his research is to understand the causes of economic development to inform policy decision-making. He studies many essential topics in the field of development economics, including the factors lifting individuals out of poverty; the effects of public investments in schooling; female labor force participation and its impacts; and state capacity and tax revenue collection.