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Maria Padilla-Romo

Maria Padilla-Romo

Assistant Professor and Haslam Family Faculty Research Fellow
Office Location: Room - 130, Cherokee Mills 865-974-1698 mpadill3@utk.edu

Maria Padilla-Romo is an assistant professor of economics in the Haslam College of Business at The University of Tennessee. Her research interests include labor economics, development economics, and economics of education. At the core of her research is an interest in improving policy design to reduce inequality and improve the well-being of vulnerable populations. Recent and current work focuses on evaluating the intended and unintended consequences policy changes have on education, labor, crime, and health outcomes.

Before arriving at UT in 2017, Padilla-Romo earned a Ph.D. in economics from Texas A&M University, and an M.A. in economics and a B.A. in mathematics from the Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico.

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    2017 Texas A&M University, Ph.D., Economics

    2009 Universidad de Guadalajara, M.A., Economics

    2006 Universidad de Guadalajara, B.A., Mathematics


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