Contact Information:
fgoncalves@econ.ucla.edu
Department of Economics
University of California, Los Angeles
8283 Bunche Hall
315 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Welcome! I am a labor and public economist focusing on policing, crime, and education. I am an assistant professor of economics at UCLA.
You can find my CV and Google Scholar here.
Publications
A Few Bad Apples? Racial Bias in Policing (with Steve Mello)
American Economic Review, May 2021
[Paper] [Pre-Publication Version] [Replication Package]
Working Papers
Immigration Enforcement and Public Safety (with Elisa Jácome and Emily Weisburst)
NBER Working Paper 32109 [PDF] [NBER Link]
Professional Motivations in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Officers (with Aaron Chalfin)
NBER Working Paper 31985 [PDF] [NBER Link]
Police Discretion and Public Safety (with Steve Mello)
NBER Working Paper 31678 [PDF] [NBER Link]
The Impact of Fear on Police Behavior and Public Safety (with Sungwoo Cho and Emily Weisburst)
NBER Working Paper 31392 [PDF] [NBER Link]
Revise and Resubmit, Review of Economics and Statistics
Do Police Unions Increase Misconduct? [PDF]
The Effects of School Construction on Student and District Outcomes: Evidence from a State-Funded Program in Ohio [SSRN Link]
Work in Progress
The Effect of Police Work on Political Identity (with Cody Tuttle)