George-Levi Gayle

George-Levi Gayle is an Associate Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, affiliated with the Department of Economics. His research spans labor economics, focusing on family/gender dynamics in labor markets, information friction impacts on earnings, and semi-parametric model estimation.

• B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Economics from University of the West Indies-Mona
• Ph.D. in Economics from University of Pittsburgh

Gayle's research explores wage determination mechanisms under uncertainty, analyzing human capital investment, job assignment patterns, and job turnover effects on economic rent distribution. Current projects examine gender disparities in executive compensation and the evolving role of moral hazard in managerial pay structures.

His work intersects labor economics with econometric modeling, emphasizing empirical applications of theoretical frameworks to real-world compensation dynamics. Key methodologies include semi-parametric estimation techniques and labor market equilibrium analysis.