I am a PhD candidate at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder Department of Economics in the field of Labor Economics. My research focuses on topics in the economics of education, childhood development, and postsecondary education.
Email: alexander.bentz@colorado.edu
Examines the relationship between the local prescription opioid use and academic achievement of 3rd-8th graders in the US.
Examines the effects of student debt on a set of life course outcomes including home ownership, family formation, further schooling, net worth, and labor market earnings.
Provides descriptive statistics from a novel data collection of the characteristics of technology bootcamps to classify programs based on their modality (online vs. offline), intensity, total tuition fees, and length of program.