Miguel Sarzosa, PhD

I am an applied microeconomist. I am a Lead Economist at the MITRE Corporation where I provide technical expertise to projects across the Federal government, including the Department of Commerce, the Department of State, and the IRS.

 

My previous research focuses on the impact various contexts have on the accumulation of skills in infants, children, and adolescents, and how these skills can affect their outcomes later in life. I examined factors such as prenatal health, grade retention, in-classroom social interactions, teacher quality, gender norms, and discrimination. I investigated how children learn, how resource scarcity and peer interactions can affect learning, and how learning differentials affect success in adulthood. My work emphasizes socio-emotional skills (also known as noncognitive, or soft skills) as essential components of the learning process and critical drivers of social interactions and adult outcomes.