Juan Carlos Guzman

Contact Information

Juan Carlos Guzman
200 McKenna Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
574-631-8456
jc.guzman@nd.edu

Degrees

Ph.D., Public Affairs & Demography, Princeton University
M.A., Public Policy, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
M.A., Economics, University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
B.A., Economics, University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

Honors/Awards

Woodrow Wilson Graduate Student Fellowship, 1999-2002
Inter American Development Bank, University of Los Andes, Andean Development Corporation (CAF) Fellowship, 1995

Educational research interests

Student achievement and school performance; determinants of test scores and effects of school competition

Select Publications

The Impact of Remittances and Gender on Household Expenditure Patterns: Evidence from Ghana. (Forthcoming). Chapter in Book. Gender and Migration. PRMGE and DEC. (With Andrew Morrison, and Mirja Sjoblom)

Gender Shapes Adolescents (June 2007). Development Outreach. World Bank. (With Mayra Buvinic, and Cynthia B. Lloyd)

Gender, Entrepreneurship, and Competitiveness in Africa. (2007) Chapter in book: Africa Competitiveness Report 2007 (With Elena Bardasi and Mark Blackden).

Bio

Dr. Guzman obtained his PhD in Public Policy and Demographics from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University . His research has been in student achievement and school performance. His dissertation looked at determinants of test scores and the effects of school competition.

After finishing his studies at Princeton, Dr. Guzman joined the American Institute for Research, where he conducted research for the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). Currently Dr. Guzman’s research focuses on access to education among Latinos and their transition from high school to college and the labor market, particularly in Indiana.