Marco Castillo

Marco Castillo is a Professor of Economics at Texas A&M University currently serving as a Visiting Researcher at CESifo (May 13-18, 2024) for early childhood intervention research.

Education:

• Catholic University of Lima, Peru (Economics)
• PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Interests:

• Behavioral Economics
• Labor Economics
• Economics of Education
• Experimental Economics

His experimental work investigates skill formation in early childhood, human capital development, and policy design for interventions. Current projects examine durability factors in childhood programs and parental influence on intervention efficacy using Australian datasets, contributing to evidence-based policy in education economics.