Alan Spearot

Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Alan Spearot is an associate professor of economics at University of California, Santa Cruz. His research focus is international trade, development, and applied econometrics. He received his Ph.D in economics from University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2007, and his BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2001.

Recent work by Alan Spearot

The challenge of measuring intimate partner violence via self-interviewing

Self-interviewing survey techniques substantially increase reported levels of intimate partner violence, but this may be driven by respondents’ misunderstanding

Methods & Measurement

David Sungho Park Shilpa Aggarwal Dahyeon Jeong Naresh Kumar Jonathan Robinson Alan Spearot

Published 21.07.23

The dynamic effects of cash transfers: Evidence from Liberia and Malawi

Cash transfers improve food security for up to two years, but without an increase in food expenditures and non-agricultural income

Public Economics

Shilpa Aggarwal Jenny Aker Dahyeon Jeong Naresh Kumar David Sungho Park Jonathan Robinson Alan Spearot

Published 22.05.23