Rate My Professor Brian Duncan

Duncan's research centers on the economics of generosity, particularly the conflicting motives for charitable contributions, as well as the intergenerational progress of immigrant descendants, especially Mexican Americans, economic incentives in foster care and adoption, labor and demographic economics, applied econometrics, immigrant assimilation, and race and ethnic identity. Key publications include “Hispanic Americans in the Labor Market: Patterns Over Time and Across Generations” (with Francisca M. Antman and Stephen J. Trejo, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2023), “American Indian Casinos and the Rise in Native American Self-Identification” (with Francisca M. Antman, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023), “Ethnic Attrition, Assimilation, and the Measured Health Outcomes of Mexican Americans” (with Francisca M. Antman and Stephen J. Trejo, Journal of Population Economics, 2020), “New Evidence of Generational Progress for Mexican Americans” (with Jeffrey Grogger, Ana Sofia Leon, and Stephen J. Trejo, Labour Economics, 2020), “It’s Just a Game: The Super Bowl and Low Birth Weight” (with Hani Mansour and Daniel I. Rees, Journal of Human Resources, 2017), and “Economic Incentives and Foster Child Adoption” (with Laura Argys, Demography, 2013). His awards include the Georgescu-Roegen Prize from the Southern Economic Association (2008), UCD College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award (2003), and Lancaster Award in social sciences (2000). Duncan has received grants as co-principal investigator or consultant from the Russell Sage Foundation, NIH/NICHD, W.E. Upjohn Institute, and Smith Richardson Foundation. He has chaired multiple faculty search committees, served on budget and planning committees, the Human Subjects Research Committee, and refereed for journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Labor Economics, and Review of Economics and Statistics.