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Contact Information

Name: Emily A. Beam
Department: Department of Economics, University of Vermont
Email: emily.beam@uvm.edu
Phone: +1 802 656 5735
Website: https://eabeam.github.io

Education

2013
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Economics University of Michigan
2008
M.A. in Economics University of Michigan
2006
B.S. in Economics, Mathematics, and Spanish (summa cum laude) University of Michigan

Academic Appointments

2022–
Associate Professor of Economics Department of Economics, University of Vermont
2016–22
Assistant Professor of Economics Department of Economics, University of Vermont
2013–16
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics Department of Economics, National University of Singapore

Affiliations

2025–
Affiliate Faculty UVM Graduate College
2025–
Affiliate Gund Institute for Environment
2023–
Invited Researcher Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
2017–
Research Fellow Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
2013–17
Research Affiliate Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
2016
Visiting Scholar Population Studies Center, University of Michigan

Teaching

University of Vermont
  • Economics of Discrimination (HCOL185 / HCOL2000), 2022–25
  • Principles of Microeconomics (EC012 / ECON1450), 2017–25
  • Applied Econometrics (EC200), 2016–22, 2026
  • Econ Book Club (EC096), 2022
  • Economic Development (EC140), 2017–21
  • Using Data for Economic Policy (EC137), 2021
  • Principles of Macroeconomics (EC011), 2017
National University of Singapore
  • Foundations for Econometrics (EC2303), 2013–15
  • Applied Population Economics (EC4363), 2015

Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

2025
  • $200,000 J-PAL Innovation in Government Initiative: Adapting the Graduation Approach for Scale in Government Livelihood Programs in the Philippines
  • $250,000 Jobs and Opportunity Initiative: Employer Demand for Soft Skills: Evidence from Brazil (co-PI with Ricardo Dahis, Ursula Mello, and Laia Navarro-Sola)
2024
  • $100,000 Jobs and Opportunity Initiative Brazil: Bridging the Soft Skills Gap Through Technology (with Ricardo Dahis, Ursula Mello, and Laia Navarro-Sola)
  • $167,000 Livelihood Impact Fund: Improving Childcare Quality through Social Franchising (with Anne Fitzpatrick)
2023
  • $5,000 UVM Faculty Research Support Award: Discrimination against Transgender Jobseekers
  • $375,000 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Improving Childcare Quality through Social Franchising (with Anne Fitzpatrick)
  • €400,000 Gender, Growth, and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries Programme (G2LM|LIC): Improving Childcare Quality through Social Franchising (with Anne Fitzpatrick)
  • £225,000 Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries Programme: Gender norms at work: Impacts on women's hiring and workplace experiences in Bangladesh (with Josh Merfeld)
2022
  • $9,430 J-PAL Jobs and Opportunity Initiative Brazil: Improving employability and matching through soft skill assessment and development (with Laia Navarro-Sola and Ricardo Dahis)
2021
  • Economic Inquiry Best Article Award
  • $9,890 J-PAL Innovation in Government Initiative: Bridging the learning gaps in the time of COVID (with Dean Yang)
2020
  • £15,000 International Growth Center (IGC): Strategies and resource gaps among vulnerable households (with Priya Mukherjee)
  • $255,163 World Bank Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF): Take-up, Use, and Effectiveness of Remote Learning Technologies: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic (with Priya Mukherjee and Laia Navarro-Sola)
2018
  • AUD$245,218.40 Basic Education Sector Transformation program, DFAT: Leadership and Development Trial Baseline Study
  • £18,133 Department for International Development (DFID): Youth Education and Skills for Economic Growth (with Priya Mukherjee)
2017
  • $50,000 J-PAL Government Partnership Initiative: Institutionalizing Evidence at the Department of Education, Philippines (with Dean Yang)
2015
  • $424,993 International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie): Evaluation of the DOLE Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES)
  • $19,500 Asian Development Bank: Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2015 (with Joshua Hyman and Caroline Theoharides)
  • SGD$4,907 (US$3,595) FASS Staff Research Support Scheme: Labor Market Demand in the Philippines (with Joshua Hyman and Caroline Theoharides)
  • $74,685 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation: Promoting Preventive Health Care in Michigan (with Yusufcan Masatioglu, Tara Watson, and Dean Yang)
2014
  • SGD$97,500 (US$76,947) JY Pillay Comparative Asia Research Centre Global Asia Institute: Demographic Transitions in Asia (with Slesh A. Shrestha)
2013
  • Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship
2012
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for Advanced Filipino (declined)
  • Doctoral Research Award, Center for International Business Education
2011
  • International Research Grant, Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund
  • Small Research Grant, Population Studies Center
  • Doctoral Research Award, Center for International Business Education
2010
  • Small Research Grant, International Policy Center
  • Rackham Graduate Student Research Fellowship
2009
  • Graduate Student Fellowship Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation
2007
  • Peter and Julie Borish Dissertation Fellowship
  • Phi Beta Kappa, University of Michigan

Professional Service

Reviewer
  • American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Review, Demography, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economic Inquiry, Economics Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Labour Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics
Proposal Reviewer
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Innovations for Poverty Action Social Protection Program, J-PAL Schmidt Sciences AI at Work, BIGD Women's Economic Empowerment and Digital Connectivity
Scientific Committee
  • Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, 2020–22; Philippines Socioeconomic Panel Survey Focus Area Committee, 2023–24; MDev Conference, 2024 and 2026
Session Organizer
  • ASSA Meetings, January 2026: Economic Impact of Childcare Interventions
  • Society for Research in Education Effectiveness Conference, September 2021: Leveraging technology to promote student and parental engagement and learning
Session Chair
  • 2022: NEUDC annual conference, Learning and Misinformation
  • 2021: NEUDC annual conference
  • 2020: NEUDC annual conference, Recruitment and Job Search
Discussant
  • Allied Social Science Association Meeting, PEI Technical Workshop (2024), Northeast Universities Economic Development Consortium (NEUDC) annual conference (2023), CSAE annual conference (2022), NOVAFRICA Conference (2022), Midwest International Economic Development Conference (2022), IZA/World Bank/NJOD Conference on Jobs and Development (2018), Eastern Economics Association annual conference (2017), Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) annual conference (2017)
Mentor
  • 2024: CeMENT, Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP)
  • 2021: AMIE Workshop in Applied Microeconomics, Association for Mentoring and Inclusion in Economics
  • 2020: Successfully Navigating Your Economics PhD Virtual Mentoring Workshop, CSWEP
Instructor
  • 2024: IZA/FCDO G²LM|LIC, J-PAL MENA and UNICEF Egypt Advanced Course on Evaluating Social Programmes

University Service

University of Vermont
  • Chair, Faculty Standards Committee, 2025–
  • Member, Economics NTT Search Committee, 2025–26
  • Member, Faculty Standards Committee, 2022–25
  • Member, Academic Integrity Council, 2021–
  • Member, CDAE Faculty Search Committee, 2021–23
  • Member, Department Honors Committee, 2021–23
  • Member, Economics NTT Search Committee, 2022
  • Chair, College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee, 2020–21
  • Member, College of Arts and Sciences Honors Committee, 2018–21
  • Member, Department Honors Committee, 2016–18
National University of Singapore
  • Coordinator, Applied Economics Brown Bag Seminar, 2014–15

Selected Invited Seminars and Presentations

2026
  • ASSA Meetings, Philadelphia; Partnership for Economic Inclusion, World Bank
2025
  • The Ohio State University, Bowdoin College, University of Minnesota
2024
  • University of Richmond CDES Sustainable Development Conference, Prato, Italy; MDev, University of Michigan; Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, Northeastern University
2023
  • IPA & GPRL Researcher Gathering, Evanston, IL; CSAE Conference, Oxford University
2022
  • Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, Yale University; University of Nevada-Reno; NOVAFRICA Conference; Advances with Field Experiments, University of Chicago; Asian Impact Webinar; Midwest International Economic Development Conference, Minneapolis, MN
2021
  • KDI School-World Bank DIME Conference on Impact Evaluation; Research Methods and Measurement Conference, IPA-Northwestern; Society for Research on Education Effectiveness Conference; AEA/ASSA Annual Meetings; University of Oklahoma
2020
  • From Research to Policy in Youth Employment Webinar, Innovations for Poverty Action; International Policy Research Institute; New Directions in Graduation Research Conference, Innovations for Poverty Action
2019
  • Asian Development Bank, Mandaluyong, Philippines; Midwest International Economic Development Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison; University of Texas at Austin; KDIS-sje-ADB Impact Evaluation Conference, Seoul, Korea
2018
  • Eastern Economics Association Conference, Boston, MA; ADB-ADBI-University of Tokyo Conference on Behavioral and Experimental Economics for Development Policy, Tokyo, Japan; Colby College; Middlebury College; IZA/World Bank/NJD Conference on Jobs and Development, Bogotá, Colombia; Dartmouth College
2017
  • Asian Development Bank, Mandaluyong, Philippines; Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Makati, Philippines; Northeast Economics of Education Workshop, University of Connecticut; Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, Tufts University
2016
  • World Bank Development Research Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2015
  • University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Wollongong, University of the Philippines School of Economics
2014
  • 17th Australasian Labor Econometrics Workshop, University of Otago, New Zealand; sje-ADB Making Impact Evaluation Matter, Manila, Philippines
2013
  • Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, Harvard University
2012
  • 7th IZA/World Bank Conference: Employment and Development, New Delhi, India; University of Michigan Economic Development Seminar; Population Association of America

Supervision and Advising

Honors Theses (Primary Advisor)
  • 2025: David Richardson (in progress)
Undergraduate Theses
  • 2023: Ivy Stanton, Labor market discrimination for transgender individuals
  • Zach Miller, Labor force impacts of the 2008 recession: Evidence from the Philippines
Master's Theses
  • 2015: Akshaya Gautham, Impact of conditional cash transfers on women's autonomy and the use of contraception: an empirical study of the Pantawid Pamilyang Program in the Philippines
  • Xie Teleisi Tracy, Do exchange rate fluctuations affect international student mobility?
  • 2014: Lim Ting Fan Vanessa, The impact of immigration on natives' self-reported happiness
Independent Study / Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
  • Stephanie Loo Ming (2014), Lim Hui Min Cheryl (2014), Ng Woon Chian (2014)