Background

Alison Doxey is a PhD student in the Harris School of Public Policy. Before graduate school, she received a BS in Economics from Brigham Young University and worked as a research professional at UChicago’s Booth School of Business. She has primarily worked on economic research using historical data from the U.S. in the late 1800s and early 1900s; for example, one of her projects examined the effect of increased college access on educational attainment and income later in life (as measured in 1940). Alison is broadly interested in studying economic mobility, especially the role of early childhood and postsecondary education in promoting equality of opportunity.