Mohamad Alloush
Assistant Professor of Economics, Hamilton College
Mohamad (Mo) Alloush is an applied microeconomist whose research is focused on the economics of poverty. His area of specialization is development with frequent forays into fields such as health, urban, crime, and behavioral economics in addition to inter-disciplinary work in psychology. His current research is focused on: (1) the psychological consequences of poverty and their role in prolonging poverty spells, worsening the impact of shocks, and lowering resilience; (2) social protection policy and the broad effects of cash transfer programs; and (3) issues related to measurement when considering poverty dynamics including the detection of poverty traps using survey data.
Areas of Interest:
- Development
- Health
- Behavioral economics
- Applied Econometrics
- PhD, University of California, Davis, Dissertation title: Poverty Dynamics and Mental Health. 2019
- Master of Public Policy, Georgetown University 2010
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics, American University of Beirut 2008
- Assistant Professor of Economics, Hamilton College, July 2019 – Present
- Visiting Scholar, UCSD Economics, August 2022 – June 2023
- Impact Evaluation Specialist, The World Bank, November 2016 – June 2019
- Professional Associate, The World Bank, December 2009 – July 2012
- Social Protection Amid a Crisis: New Evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant (2024). The World Bank Economic Review (with Jeffrey Bloem & Jonathan Malacarne)
- Income, Psychological Well-being, and the Dynamics of Poverty (2024). Economic Development and Cultural Change.
- Neighborhood Violence, Poverty, and Psychological Well-being (2022). Journal of Development Economics (154) 102756 (with Jeffrey Bloem)
