Alessandra Gonzalez

Alessandra L. González is Assistant Research Professor of Economics at Duke University. Her research centres around three topics: gender, development, and organizations. Dr. González studies the role of culture on gender inequality, particularly measured by economic outcomes such as labour force participation, occupational segregation, and executive leadership in organizations. Her background in a variety of data collection methodologies due to her training in sociology uniquely equips her to work at the forefront of economic research on the mechanisms of discrimination and labour market preference formation of job seekers and employers. She designs survey instruments for unique data sets; conducts in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation; works with original datasets compiled from public sources; and designs field experiments in order to understand dynamic responses for proposed policy interventions. Dr. González's current research agenda is focused on women's economic participation in previously all-male organizations by analyzing information provision and female labour force participation, preference formation of labour market entrants, and adaptation and agency of employers using original and administrative datasets.