$15,000
Economic impacts of mentoring for disadvantaged youth: RCT evidence
2018
Grantees: Alex Bell (opens in a new tab)
Alex Bell is an assistant professor in the Economics Department at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. His research, grounded in labor economics, focuses on inequality and innovation, with methodological contributions to the study of compensating differentials.
His published work has appeared in top economics journals, including American Economic Review and Quarterly Journal of Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in computer science and economics from Brown University.
Funded Research
Authored by Alex Bell
Policy
The hidden trade-offs of nonwage job amenities for U.S. workers (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUN 10, 2025
By: Alex Bell
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Household Economic Security
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Alex Bell’s Working Papers
Academic
Who becomes an inventor in America? The importance of exposure to innovation (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers FEB 27, 2018
By: Alex Bell, Raj Chetty, Xavier Jaravel, Neviana Petkova, John Van Reenen
Competition & Economic Dynamism
Economic Equity & Opportunity
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