Bruce Sacerdote

Professor of Economics at Tuck School Of Business At Dartmouth College

Bruce Sacerdote is Richard S. Braddock 1963 Professor in Economics; Chair of Economics Department at Dartmouth College. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Ecoconomic Research and has published work on peer group formation, colonialism and the slave trade, as well as the impact of education on income, health, and well-being; the effect of relocation after Hurricane Katrina on students’ educational outcomes; why there are fertility differences across developed countries; the incentives for criminal activity; and the life chances of adopted children living in different family environments. Bruce received a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1997.