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Leonardo Bursztyn serves as The Saieh Family Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago's Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics within the Division of the Social Sciences. He holds multiple leadership roles including Editor of the Journal of Political Economy, Co-director of the Becker Friedman Institute Political Economics Initiative, Co-director of the Program in Behavioral Economics Research, and Founder & Director of The Normal Lab.
Dr. Bursztyn received his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 2010. His research employs field experiments combined with observational data to investigate how social environments shape economic decisions across educational, labor market, financial, consumption, and political domains in both developed and developing nations. His work has been published in all leading economics journals including American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and Journal of Political Economy.
His publication portfolio reveals consistent focus on social norms, peer pressure effects, and political economy. Recent work examines election closeness effects on voter turnout, immigrant integration dynamics, opinion formation as factual beliefs, and scapegoating during crises. His research demonstrates how social contexts create collective traps, particularly evident in his studies on social media usage patterns and political polarization.
- Sloan Research Fellowship (2016)
Dr. Bursztyn maintains extensive research affiliations as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Fellow at the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), and Affiliate at both the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and the Pearson Institute. His Normal Lab conducts cutting-edge behavioral economics research examining how social interactions influence economic behavior, with recent projects focusing on social media's collective impact and political polarization dynamics.
