Becca Daniels

Becca Daniels serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Bentley University, where her research examines precarious work's societal impacts through rigorous econometric analysis of labor market dynamics and policy interventions.

Her academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Public Policy from Duke University
• Bachelor of Science in Economics from George Washington University

Dr. Daniels specializes in labor economics with emphases on gig economy structures, wage stagnation mechanisms, and informal labor markets. Her work investigates how these forces propagate structural poverty while affecting child development and family stability, employing mixed-methods approaches to evaluate policy efficacy for vulnerable populations. Current projects analyze pandemic-era unemployment systems and fair scheduling legislation through interdisciplinary lenses combining economic theory with wellbeing metrics.

Her 2018-2022 publications reveal consistent thematic focus on labor market vulnerabilities, particularly examining racial disparities in benefit access, financial decision-making under scarcity, and housing program impacts. This scholarship demonstrates methodological sophistication through randomized evaluations and longitudinal analyses while maintaining policy-relevant urgency in addressing economic inequality.