Fabiola Alba-Vivar

Assistant Professor of Economics at Wake Forest University

  • Welcome to my website! I am an applied microeconomist working on Education, Labor and Health.
My research examines how policy and infrastructure shape access to education, health, and economic opportunity in developing countries. I study how people navigate barriers to essential services and opportunities in their daily lives—from transportation networks that determine college access, to citizenship policies that affect healthcare, to the role of college quality in students' success. My research provides insights for designing equitable interventions that support human development in rapidly urbanizing and underserved contexts in Latin America. I am affiliated with the Latin American and Latino Studies Program (LALS) at Wake Forest University and am a CDEP Fellow at Columbia University's Center for Development Economics and Policy.
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During Summer-Fall 2026, I will be on sabbatical visiting Columbia University and look forward to connecting with researchers in the area. You can contact me at: albavif@wfu.edu Upcoming Talks and Conferences: Spring-Summer 2026: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (online), DECON Seminar PUCP (Lima, Peru), DevSouth (Duke), RIDGE Migration Network (Barbados)
For LATAM/Peruvian academics:
I am a co-organizer, alongside other outstanding Peruvian economists, of the Seminario MAP. These virtual sessions, held every third Monday, highlight applied microeconomics research in Peru. If you are interested in participating, please submit your work at the beginning of each Fall semester. You can email your paper or extended abstract to microaplicadaperu@gmail.com. Presentations are welcome in either Spanish or English, and the audience is adaptable to both languages.

If you are a student interested in academia:

EconThaki
https://econthaki.github.io/
RA Jobs Peru
https://econjobsperu.github.io/
In media: 1. Radio segment @The World In Spanish:
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