About Me
Hi! My name is Brian Murphy. I am currently a Third Year Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Houston. I am interested in the economics of education, labor economics, gender economics and the economics of crime, in both high- and low-income countries.
My research currently focuses on educational factors within the United States, such as school location, school closures, school choice, and institutional factors, and how they affect both college major decisions and labor market outcomes. Additionally, I research school spending and how schools make decisions, which have large implications on student outcomes.
Outside of education, I research crime, with a current interest in how the spacial distribution of crime changes over time in cities that use algorithms to distribute their officers.