Brian C. Cadena

Research Fellow

University of Colorado, Boulder

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Brian Cadena is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado Boulder.

He received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan in 2008 and a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from Northwestern in 2003.

His primary research interests are the role of immigration in the labor market, behavioral economics' role in human capital investment, and the evaluation of anti-poverty and active labor market programs.

His work has been supported by grants from the Russell Sage Foundation and the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, and his research has been published in leading journals including the Review of Economics and Statistics, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of International Economics, and Journal of Public Economics.

He serves as an Associate Editor at Journal of Human Resources.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2015.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16221
Taking a Chance on Workers: Evidence on the Effects and Mechanisms of Subsidized Employment from an RCT
Tania Barham, Brian C. Cadena, Patrick S Turner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12586
Performance Pay and Productivity in Health Care: Evidence from Community Health Centers
Brian C. Cadena, Austin C. Smith
published in Journal of Public Economics 206
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9167
Investment over the Business Cycle: Insights from College Major Choice
Erica Blom, Brian C. Cadena, Benjamin J. Keys
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (4), 1043–1082
IZA World of Labor Article
The labor market consequences of impatience
Brian C. Cadena, Benjamin J. Keys
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