Roland Fryer

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Roland Fryer is an American economist known for his influential empirical research on racial inequality, education, and discrimination.

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instanceOf academic
economist
human
academicDegree PhD in economics
affiliation National Bureau of Economic Research
awardReceived Sloan Research Fellowships
surface form: Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

Calvó-Armengol International Prize
John Bates Clark Medal
MacArthur Fellowship
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Pennsylvania State University
University of Texas at Arlington
employer Harvard University
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
fieldOfWork applied microeconomics
crime and policing
discrimination
economics
economics of education
education economics
labor economics
racial inequality
founded Education Innovation Laboratory at Harvard University
gender male
hasAcademicAdvisor Steven Durlauf (doctoral advisor)
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
notableFor empirical research on discrimination
empirical research on education
empirical research on racial inequality
research on achievement gaps in education
research on police use of force
using large administrative datasets in empirical research
notableWork empirical study on racial differences in police use of force in the United States
research on Harlem Children’s Zone and charter schools
studies on incentives and student achievement
occupation economist
university professor
positionHeld Professor of Economics at Harvard University
Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research
faculty member at Harvard Kennedy School (past)
faculty member at Harvard University Department of Economics
founder of the Education Innovation Laboratory at Harvard University
researchInterest Black–white achievement gap
charter schools
economic analysis of discrimination
police use of force and racial bias
teacher incentives
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts

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