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
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in economics ⓘ |
| affiliation | National Bureau of Economic Research ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Sloan Research Fellowships
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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
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University of Texas at Arlington ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| fieldOfWork |
applied microeconomics
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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
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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 ⓘ |
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empirical study on racial differences in police use of force in the United States
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research on Harlem Children’s Zone and charter schools ⓘ studies on incentives and student achievement ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Economics at Harvard University
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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
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charter schools ⓘ economic analysis of discrimination ⓘ police use of force and racial bias ⓘ teacher incentives ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
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