Belinda Archibong

Belinda Archibong

Assistant Professor of Economics

Department

Economics

Office

Milstein Center 1003
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Contact

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Professor Archibong's research areas include development economics, political economy, economic history and environmental economics with an African regional focus. Her research investigates the role of historical institutions and environment in inequality of access to public services and the development of human capital, particularly in the areas of education, health and labor. Some current research studies the effects of epidemics on inequality, the economics of epidemics and vaccination, and the impacts of air pollution from gas flaring on human capital outcomes; with a focus on the ways in which institutions mitigate or exacerbate the impacts of climate change and environment on inequalities around gender and marginalized groups. Other works study the economics of prisons, the effects of protests on fiscal transfers and gender gaps in political participation, and the drivers of gender gaps in labor markets in African countries. She is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a faculty affiliate at Columbia University's Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP)The Earth Institute at Columbia Universitythe Institute of African Studies, the Institute for Research in African-American Studiesthe Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC), and the Center for Environmental Economics and Policy (CEEP). She is currently a David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institution. 

She joined the Barnard Economics faculty in 2015 and received a B.A. in Economics/Philosophy and a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Columbia University. Her CV and further information can also be found on her personal website.  

  • B.A., Columbia University
  • Ph.D., Columbia University 

  • Development Economics
  • Political Economy
  • Economic History
  • Environmental Economics

  • Econ BC3063   Senior Seminar: Logic and Limits of Economic Justice
  • Econ BC3041   Theoretical Foundations of Political Economy
  • Econ BC3039   Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
  • Econ BC1003   Introduction to Economic Reasoning