Sari Kerr
Sr. Research Scientist/Economist
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Researcher on labor economics and entrepreneurship, with specific focus on women, education and immigration.
I am an applied microeconomist and a senior research scientist at Wellesley Centers for Women, leading the Women in the Workplace Research Initiative. My research interests are in the area of entrepreneurship, immigration, and the intersection of family and the labor market. Most of my work uses big administrative data to evaluate how labor markets along with policy and industrial conditions shape the behavior of firms and the career trajectories of their employees.
My studies have been published in many academic journals such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Labor Economics, and the Review of Economics and Statistics. Due to the nature of my research, I am frequently consulted by governments regarding high-skilled immigration and I have testified in the United States congress on the impact of immigrant entrepreneurs in the U.S. economy. My work is also regularly covered in popular media outlets.At Wellesley I teach Women in the Economy (ECON 229), a gender economics course that provides a comprehensive exploration of economic issues related to women.