Rate My Professor Eric Edmonds

Eric V. Edmonds is Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, where he joined as Assistant Professor in 1999, was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2005, and became full Professor in 2012. He holds a B.A. in Economics with honors and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago (both 1993), an M.A. from Princeton University (1997), and a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University (1999). At Dartmouth, he created the curriculum in development economics, teaches Economics 24 and 64, and serves as faculty lead for the Human Development Initiative. His research focuses on child labor, forced labor, human trafficking, youth migration, and human capital in poor countries, aiming to improve policies that shape adolescents' and families' choices about schooling, work, and well-being. Current projects span South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Edmonds is Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Senior Fellow at the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development, and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor.

Edmonds serves as Editor-in-Chief of the World Bank Economic Review and was Associate Editor of Economic Development and Cultural Change from 2006 to 2016. His key publications include 'Advancing the Agency of Adolescent Girls' with B. Feigenberg and J. Leight (Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021), 'The Short Term Impact of a Productive Asset Transfer in Families with Child Labor: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines' with C. Theoharides (Journal of Development Economics, 2020), 'Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor' with N. Schady (American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012), 'Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform' with N. Pavcnik and P. Topalova (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010), 'Child Labor in the Global Economy' with N. Pavcnik (Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005), and 'The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Child Labor' with N. Pavcnik (Journal of International Economics, 2005). He edited 'Child Labor and the Transition Between School and Work' (Emerald, 2010). Awards include the American Economic Review Excellence in Refereeing Award (2012), Rockefeller-Haney Prize (2008), and Phi Beta Kappa (1993). His scholarship has advanced understanding of globalization's effects on labor markets and human capital in developing economies.