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Joseph P. Kaboski is the David F. and Erin M. Seng Foundation Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Economics within the College of Arts and Letters. He is also a Fellow of the Kellogg Institute and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). His research focuses on growth, development, international economics, structural transformation, finance, and microfinance. He directs the BIG Lab and co-leads the STEG research programme. Kaboski holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2001), with prior roles at Ohio State University and as a visiting professor at Chicago.
His education includes a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago (2001, 1998) and a B.S. from Cornell University (1994).
Research interests span structural change drivers (e.g., skill-biased transformation, service sector growth), finance’s role in development, and international trade dynamics. He has analyzed microfinance impacts, credit markets, and middlemen exploitation in thin markets, with notable work on the 2008-09 trade collapse and pricing-to-market mechanisms.
Key awards include the 2012 Frisch Medal for his Econometrica paper on microfinance. He advises the Central Bank of Armenia, consults for the World Bank and IMF, and engages Catholic social thought through CREDO and USCCB roles.
His grants and advising span macroeconomic development projects, while the BIG Lab explores structural transformation and policy. Kaboski’s work bridges theoretical models with empirical analysis, emphasizing policy relevance for global development challenges.
