Patrick A. Testa

Associate Professor of Economics
Tulane University

Welcome! I am an Associate Professor (with tenure) in the Department of Economics and the Center for Public Policy Research in the Murphy Institute at Tulane University, as well as a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).

I am interested in how migration, racial violence, and other demographic shocks shape economic and political outcomes. My work has been published in leading academic journals, such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economic Studies, and the Journal of Public Economics.

My research has been funded through generous grants made by the National Science Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation.