I am a Fellow/Assistant Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, and a Research Affiliate at IZA. 

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I received my Ph.D. in Managerial Economics from The University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management in 2018, worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Columbia Business School from 2018 to 2020, and worked as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of Economics, University of Nottingham from 2020 to 2024. I received an M.A. in Economics from The New Economic School and an M.A. and B.A. in Oriental and African Studies from Moscow State University.

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My research interests focus primarily on gender, cultural norms, discrimination, and social justice. I am an associate editor for the Journal of Economics, Management, and Religion.

You can find my Google Scholar profile here.

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Research areas: Applied Microeconomics/Labor, Political Economy, and Development.

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Contact Information:

e-mail: michael.poyker@gmail.com