Todd Pugatch

Associate Professor

University of Buffalo

Todd Pugatch is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University at Buffalo. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), the Center for Global Action (CEGA), and IZA. 

His research focuses on understanding the drivers of disparate outcomes in education and rigorously evaluating approaches to improve these outcomes. He earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan. He has conducted experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations of teacher salary increases, elimination of school fees, and the expansion of early childhood education in The Gambia; entrepreneurship education for secondary school students in Rwanda; and interventions designed to increase diversity and promote student success in US higher education. Current work in progress includes RCTs on school management in India, foundational numeracy in Malawi, and performance-based financing in Cameroon. His work has been published in Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Human Resources, World Bank Economic Review, Economics of Education Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, and elsewhere.