Alfredo Burlando

Graduate Fellow
burlando@bu.edu
617 358 4000

Education

B.A., Economics, University of California; Davis, CA; M.A., Economics, University of California; Davis, CA.

Expertise

Development, Micro Theory, Empirical Micro, International Organizations, Labor Economics

Biography

burlandoAlfredo Burlando is a doctoral candidate in the department of Economics at Boston University and a graduate fellow at BU’s Frederick Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. His research focuses on issues of economic development, including infrastructure development and health. Currently, Alfredo is analyzing data he collected in Tanzania for a paper that estimates the short and long run effects of a month-long blackout there. His other research includes a study on the impact of malaria on human capital accumulation in Ethiopia, and theoretical papers on the incentives behind anti-corruption mechanisms. A national of Italy, he has lived and worked in Tanzania for over two years.