David Figlio

{{short description|American economist}}

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| discipline = Economics, education policy

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| alma_mater = University of Wisconsin-Madison

| thesis_title = Property Tax Limitations, School Services, and Education Production

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David Nicholas Figlio (born October 14, 1970) is the Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics{{Cite web |title=David Figlio |url=https://www.sas.rochester.edu/eco/people/faculty/figlio-david/index.html |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=www.sas.rochester.edu |language=en-US}} at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. He is an American economist who formerly served as the Dean of the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He also served as the Orrington Lunt Professor of Education and Social Policy and is the former director of Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research.

He is known for studying school accountability{{Cite journal |last=Figlio |first=David N. |last2=Rouse |first2=Cecilia Elena |date=2006 |title=Do accountability and voucher threats improve low-performing schools? |url=https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/pubeco/v90y2006i1-2p239-255.html |journal=Journal of Public Economics |language=en |volume=90 |issue=1-2 |pages=239–255}}{{Cite journal |last=Figlio |first=David N |last2=Lucas |first2=Maurice E |date=2004-05-01 |title=What's in a Grade? School Report Cards and the Housing Market |url=https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/0002828041464489 |journal=American Economic Review |language=en |volume=94 |issue=3 |pages=591–604 |doi=10.1257/0002828041464489 |issn=0002-8282|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Rouse |first=Cecilia Elena |last2=Hannaway |first2=Jane |last3=Goldhaber |first3=Dan |last4=Figlio |first4=David |date=May 2013 |title=Feeling the Florida Heat? How Low-Performing Schools Respond to Voucher and Accountability Pressure |url=https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.5.2.251 |journal=American Economic Journal: Economic Policy |language=en |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=251–281 |doi=10.1257/pol.5.2.251 |issn=1945-7731}}{{Cite journal |last=Figlio |first=David N. |last2=Winicki |first2=Joshua |date=2005-02-01 |title=Food for thought: the effects of school accountability plans on school nutrition |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047272704000209 |journal=Journal of Public Economics |volume=89 |issue=2 |pages=381–394 |doi=10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.10.007 |issn=0047-2727|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=John |title=New Standards Will Require Rewriting Expectations, But Not School Grading Formula |url=https://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/2013/08/12/new-standards-will-require-rewriting-expectations-but-not-school-grading-formula/ |website=State Impact |publisher=NPR |publication-date=12 August 2013}} and school choice,{{Cite web |last=Resmovits |first=Joy |date=4 March 2017 |title=President Trump wants to create a national private school choice program. Here's how it could work |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-na-trump-florida-vouchers-20170302-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |publication-date=3 March 2017}}{{Cite journal |last=Figlio |first=David |last2=Hart |first2=Cassandra M. D. |date=January 2014 |title=Competitive Effects of Means-Tested School Vouchers |url=https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.6.1.133 |journal=American Economic Journal: Applied Economics |language=en |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=133–156 |doi=10.1257/app.6.1.133 |issn=1945-7782}}{{Cite journal |last=Figlio |first=David N. |last2=Hart |first2=Cassandra M. D. |last3=Karbownik |first3=Krzysztof |date=November 2023 |title=Effects of Maturing Private School Choice Programs on Public School Students |url=https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20210710 |journal=American Economic Journal: Economic Policy |language=en |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=255–294 |doi=10.1257/pol.20210710 |issn=1945-7731|url-access=subscription }} immigrants in schools,{{Cite journal |last=Figlio |first=David |last2=Giuliano |first2=Paola |last3=Marchingiglio |first3=Riccardo |last4=Ozek |first4=Umut |last5=Sapienza |first5=Paola |date=2024-03-01 |title=Diversity in Schools: Immigrants and the Educational Performance of U.S.-Born Students |url=https://academic.oup.com/restud/article-abstract/91/2/972/7135701 |journal=The Review of Economic Studies |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=972–1006 |doi=10.1093/restud/rdad047 |issn=0034-6527|hdl=10419/236227 |hdl-access=free |url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Figlio |first=David |last2=Özek |first2=Umut |date=October 2019 |title=Unwelcome Guests? The Effects of Refugees on the Educational Outcomes of Incumbent Students |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/703116 |journal=Journal of Labor Economics |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=1061–1096 |doi=10.1086/703116 |issn=0734-306X|url-access=subscription }} economics of the family,{{Cite journal |last=Autor |first=David |last2=Figlio |first2=David |last3=Karbownik |first3=Krzysztof |last4=Roth |first4=Jeffrey |last5=Wasserman |first5=Melanie |date=July 2019 |title=Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap in Behavioral and Educational Outcomes |url=https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20170571 |journal=American Economic Journal: Applied Economics |language=en |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=338–381 |doi=10.1257/app.20170571 |issn=1945-7782}}{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Claire Cain |date=2015-10-22 |title=A Disadvantaged Start Hurts Boys More Than Girls |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/upshot/a-disadvantaged-start-hurts-boys-more-than-girls.html |access-date=2025-03-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite journal |last=Black |first=Sandra E |last2=Breining |first2=Sanni |last3=Figlio |first3=David N |last4=Guryan |first4=Jonathan |last5=Karbownik |first5=Krzysztof |last6=Nielsen |first6=Helena Skyt |last7=Roth |first7=Jeffrey |last8=Simonsen |first8=Marianne |date=2021-01-01 |title=Sibling Spillovers |url=https://academic.oup.com/ej/article-abstract/131/633/101/5890836 |journal=The Economic Journal |volume=131 |issue=633 |pages=101–128 |doi=10.1093/ej/ueaa074 |issn=0013-0133}} the relationship between early health and later life outcomes,{{Cite journal |last=Figlio |first=David |last2=Guryan |first2=Jonathan |last3=Karbownik |first3=Krzysztof |last4=Roth |first4=Jeffrey |date=December 2014 |title=The Effects of Poor Neonatal Health on Children's Cognitive Development |url=https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.104.12.3921 |journal=American Economic Review |language=en |volume=104 |issue=12 |pages=3921–3955 |doi=10.1257/aer.104.12.3921 |issn=0002-8282}}{{Cite news |last=Leonhardt |first=David |last2=Cox |first2=Amanda |date=2014-10-10 |title=Heavier Babies Do Better in School |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/upshot/heavier-babies-do-better-in-school.html |access-date=2025-03-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite journal |last=Persico |first=Claudia |last2=Figlio |first2=David |last3=Roth |first3=Jeffrey |date=October 2020 |title=The Developmental Consequences of Superfund Sites |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/706807 |journal=Journal of Labor Economics |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=1055–1097 |doi=10.1086/706807 |issn=0734-306X|url-access=subscription }} and topics in higher education.{{Cite journal |last=Figlio |first=David N. |last2=Schapiro |first2=Morton O. |last3=Soter |first3=Kevin B. |date=2015 |title=Are Tenure Track Professors Better Teachers? |url=https://ideas.repec.org/a/tpr/restat/v97y2015i4p715-724.html |journal=The Review of Economics and Statistics |language=en |volume=97 |issue=4 |pages=715–724}}{{Cite news |last=Lewin |first=Tamar |date=2013-09-10 |title=Study Sees Benefit in Courses With Nontenured Instructors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/education/study-sees-benefit-in-courses-with-nontenured-instructors.html |access-date=2025-03-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} He also has studied the relationship between children's names and their later educational outcomes.{{Cite journal |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0614/Baby-names-have-long-lasting-effects-for-better-or-worse |title=Baby names have long-lasting effects, for better or worse |last=Bryner |first=Jeanna |journal=Christian Science Monitor}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26634477 |title=Does a baby's name affect its chances in life? |last=Kremer |first=William |work=BBC News |date=11 April 2014 |publication-date=11 April 2014}} He served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Human Resources.{{Cite press release |title=Figlio Named Dean of School of Education and Social Policy |date=3 February 2017 |publisher=Northwestern University |url=https://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/news-center/news/2017/01/david-figlio-named-dean-.html}} In 2017, he was elected to the National Academy of Education.{{Cite press release |title=Figlio, Schapiro Elected to the National Academy of Education |date=2 March 2017 |publisher=Northwestern University |url=https://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/news-center/news/2017/02/figlio,-schapiro-selected-to-national-academy-of-education.html}}

In January 2022, Figlio was named the Provost and Chief Academic Officer of University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. He started his tenure at University of Rochester in June 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-10 |title=Introducing UR's new provost David Figlio |url=http://www.campustimes.org/2022/04/10/introducing-urs-new-provost-david-figlio/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Campus Times |language=en-US}} On June 9, 2024, he announced his resignation as Provost of the University of Rochester, effective August 2024.