Alejandro Gutierrez-Li

Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University

Participation in DITE: Cohort 12 Fellow

Alejandro Gutierrez-Li is an Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University. His research belongs to the areas of labor economics and applied microeconomics, with an emphasis on economics of immigration and entrepreneurship. His recent work has analyzed the role of pre-migration work experience of immigrants in their labor market opportunities in the United States, factors affecting Mexico-U.S. migration, the determinants of the farm labor supply, and the economic outcomes of Hispanics, among others. In addition, he is in charge of a new research and outreach program related to agricultural labor in the U.S. Professor Gutierrez-Li regularly interacts with stakeholders and reporters, and has been quoted by outlets like the Wall Street Journal, NBC News, the National Desk, and the Triangle Business Journal. Dr. Gutierrez-Li has lived and worked in different parts of Latin America and the United States, and is fluent in both English and Spanish. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics at Washington University in St. Louis.

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