As we begin the semester, we're highlighting Bryn Mawr's newest faculty members. The College supports faculty excellence in both research and teaching.
Assistant Professor of Economics Sebastian Anti
My research broadly focuses on measuring the structure of the economy in developing countries and its relationship to phenomena and policy decisions made at the national and international levels. To accomplish this, I employ quasi-experimental econometric methods, novel sources of geocoded survey data, spatial data on policy implementation, and data derived from remote sensing sources. My research agenda currently covers two topical areas within development economics. The first is land investment policies and their effects on local economies, including effects on the labor market, household welfare, and technology adoption. The second is the impacts of forced migration and refugee flows in sub-Saharan Africa, specifically how refugee camps affect food security, health, and resource use among host communities.
Economics is a social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources as a means to better understand many kinds of human interaction. Our curriculum helps students master the methods used by economists to analyze economic issues and enables them to make reasoned assessments of alternative public policies in a wide range of fields.