Amanda Pallais is the Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Her research studies the labor market performance and educational investment decisions of disadvantaged and socially excluded groups. It has shown how manager bias can depress the job performance of minorities, how the cost of developing a reputation can make it difficult for young workers to enter the labor market, how marriage market concerns can lead women to invest less in labor market success, and how financial aid can increase the educational attainment of low-income students. Currently, she is very interested in remote work and understanding its impacts on workers’ career trajectories.
