Suzanne Duryea
Research Economist, Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank.
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Dr. Duryea specializes in research on economics of education and labor markets in Latin America. She has studied the effects of economic fluctuations on children's school attendance and labor supply in Brazil; investigated the mechanisms through which parents' schooling affects fertility and investments in children; and, more recently, conducted an impact evaluation of a conditional transfer program in Costa Rica.
Recent Publications
Books
Duryea, Suzanne, Alejandra Cox Edwards, and Manuelita Ureta. 2003. Critical decisions at a critical age: adolescents and young adults in Latin America. Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank.
Journal Articles
Duryea, Suzanne, David Lam, and Deborah Levison. 2007. "Effects of Economic Shocks on Children's Employment and Schooling in Brazil." Journal of Development Economics, 84(1): 188-214. PMCID:PMC2094529. DOI:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.11.004. Licensed Access.
Levison, Deborah, Jasper Hoek, David Lam, and Suzanne Duryea. 2007. "Intermittent child employment and its implications for estimates of child labour." International Labour Review, 146(3-4): 217-251. PMCID:PMC2546602. DOI:10.1111/j.1564-913X.2007.00014.x. Licensed Access.
Other Reports
Duryea, Suzanne, and Andrew Morrison. 2004. "The Effect of Conditional Transfers on School Performance and Child Labor: Evidence from an Ex-Post Impact Evaluation in Costa Rica." Inter-American Development Bank Department Working Papers 505 .
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Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"
Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report
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