Jeremy Magruder is a development economist whose research investigates agriculture, labor markets, social networks, and public policy in low-income countries. Magruder’s work integrates field experiments, econometrics, and applied microeconomics to evaluate interventions designed to increase productivity, improve access to jobs, and reduce poverty. His research contributes to understanding how information, institutions, and policy shape development outcomes. Magruder is George W. and Elsie M. Robinson Professor of Food and Agricultural Resource Economics at UC Berkeley and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research
In Fall 2025 Professor Magruder was awarded one of the Center for Portuguese’s Portugal-Berkeley Visiting Professor Program grants which allowed him to invite Catia Batista, NOVA School of Business and Economics, to give a public lecture at UC Berkeley. Catia Batista is a Full Professor of Economics at the Nova School of Business and Economics, where she is also Founder and Scientific Director of the NOVAFRICA research center. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Department of Economics of the University of Chicago. Catia’s research interests include international migration and remittance flows, private sector development and financial inclusion, education, technology adoption, and policy impact evaluation.
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