Wayne Sandholtz

Wayne Sandholtz is an Assistant Professor of economics at Nova School of Business and Economics, focusing on the political economy of education and public service reform. His research employs experimental methods to analyze policy impacts in developing economies.

Affiliations:

• Research Affiliate at IZA (April 2024)
• Invited Researcher at J-PAL (July 2024)
• Guest Scholar at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business (Spring 2024)
• CES Visiting Scholar at LMU (January-February 2024)

Research Focus: Sandholtz investigates how political incentives shape public services, with emphasis on education systems in low-income contexts. His work spans tax compliance dynamics, educational access reforms, and household behavioral responses to policy changes, primarily using field experiments in Africa.

Publications: Recent working papers demonstrate a consistent methodological focus on randomized trials in development settings, examining education spillovers, sibling resource competition, and governance challenges. These reflect interdisciplinary integration of economics, political science, and behavioral theory.