Marcos A. Rangel | Scholars@Duke

Marcos A. Rangel
Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy

Marcos A. Rangel is an applied microeconomist. His research focuses on the patterns of accumulation of human capital with particular attention to the intra-family decision process (parents and children), to the impact of policies to foment education and health, and to racial differentials. His research has contributed to a better understanding of how the negotiations between mother and fathers, and also how families insert themselves into societies, influence the allocation of resources towards investment in human capital of children.

Recent projects branched out in investigating the impact of prenatal care policies and maternal labor regulations over child outcomes, focusing on the innovative use of data to infer causal effects of policies. Current work takes advantage of a satellite pictures of areas in which agricultural activities rely on the use of fires to compute the impact of agricultural development, environmental regulation and business cycles over health outcomes of infants and mothers-to-be.

Rangel is a research affiliate with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT, the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), the Population Research Center at NORC/University of Chicago, and the Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI). He is also an associate editor of The Journal of Development Economics.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2020
Associate Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2020
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute 2010
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2021
Affiliate in the Center for Child and Family Policy, Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy 2023

Contact Information

262 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708
marcos.rangel@duke.edu (919) 613-7340
My CV
Personal webpage

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of California - Los Angeles 2004
- M.A., University of California - Los Angeles 2002
- M.A., Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 1999
- A.B., Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 1997
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Faculty Affiliate in the Center for Child and Family Policy, Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy 2020 - 2022
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014 - 2020
- Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2014 - 2020
Recognition
In the News
- MAR 3, 2022 Center for International Development
  
  Duke Economist Discovers Missing Links in Research on Women’s Land Rights in West Africa
- SEP 21, 2021 Office of Faculty Advancement
  
  Meet the Newly Tenured Faculty of 2021
- FEB 3, 2021 Child and Family Policy
  
  Heightened Immigration Enforcement Has Troubling Impact on Babies' Health
- JAN 8, 2019 Sanford School of Public Policy
  
  Immigrant Kids Get Started Early in Numbers, Leads to Strong Presence in STEM Fields
- MAR 23, 2017 Sanford School of Public Policy
  
  New Study Shows Why Some U.S. Immigrants Study Math Rather Than Poetry
Awards & Honors
- Royal Economic Society's Article of the Year Award. Royal Economic Society. 2006
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - Brazil (Country)
- Research
Research
Selected Grants
- Property Sales and Residential Displacement of Black and Hispanic Children in the American South: Implications for School Mobility and Educational Inequality awarded by Spencer Foundation 2023 - 2024
- Housing market activity, racial-ethnic inequality in housing insecurity and school success awarded by William T Grant Foundation 2023
- Fecundity and Fertility in the Presence of Zika awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2019
- Immigration Enforcement and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from North Carolina awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2017 - 2019
External Relationships
- Inter-American Development Bank
- World Bank
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Bacolod, M., B. S. Blum, M. A. Rangel, and W. C. Strange. “Learners in cities: Agglomeration and the spatial division of cognition.” Regional Science and Urban Economics 98 (January 1, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2022.103838.
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  - Lowell, Warren, Sarah Dickerson, Anna Gassman-Pines, Elizabeth Gifford, and Marcos Rangel. “Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Case Positivity and Social Context: The Role of Housing, Neighborhood, and Health Insurance.” Housing Policy Debate, August 18, 2022, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2022.2104336.
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  - Rangel, Marcos A., and Romina Tomé. “Health and the Megacity: Urban Congestion, Air Pollution, and Birth Outcomes in Brazil.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 3 (January 2022): 1151. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031151.
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  - Bitler, M., L. A. Gennetian, C. Gibson-Davis, and M. A. Rangel. “Means-Tested Safety Net Programs and Hispanic Families: Evidence from Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 696, no. 1 (July 1, 2021): 274–305. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027162211046591.
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  - Holbein, John, Marcos A. Rangel, Raeal Moore, and Michelle Croft. “Are Voting Treatments Transformative? Expanding Upon and Meta-Analyzing the Evidence,” January 15, 2021.
  - Tome, Romina, Marcos A. Rangel, Christina M. Gibson-Davis, and Laura Bellows. “Heightened immigration enforcement impacts US citizens' birth outcomes: Evidence from early ICE interventions in North Carolina.” Plos One 16, no. 2 (January 2021): e0245020. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245020.
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  - Holbein, J. B., M. A. Rangel, R. Moore, and M. Croft. “Is Voting Transformative? Expanding and Meta-Analyzing the Evidence.” Political Behavior, January 1, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-021-09746-2.
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  - Holbein, J. B., and M. A. Rangel. “Does voting have upstream and downstream consequences? Regression discontinuity tests of the transformative voting hypothesis.” Journal of Politics 82, no. 4 (October 1, 2020): 1196–1216. https://doi.org/10.1086/707859.
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  - Rangel, Marcos A., Jenna Nobles, and Amar Hamoudi. “Brazil's Missing Infants: Zika Risk Changes Reproductive Behavior.” Demography 57, no. 5 (October 2020): 1647–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-020-00900-9.
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  - A. Rangel, Marcos, and Duncan Thomas. “Decision-Making in Complex Households,” January 2020.
  - A. Rangel, Marcos, and Duncan Thomas. “Decision-Making in Complex Households,” November 2019.
  - Rangel, M. A., and T. S. Vogl. “AGRICULTURAL FIRES AND HEALTH AT BIRTH.” Review of Economics and Statistics 101, no. 4 (October 1, 2019): 616–30. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00806.
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  - Rangel, Marcos A., and Ying Shi. “Early patterns of skill acquisition and immigrants' specialization in STEM careers.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116, no. 2 (January 2019): 484–89. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812041116.
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  - Bacolod, Marigee, and Marcos A. Rangel. “Economic Assimilation and Skill Acquisition: Evidence From the Occupational Sorting of Childhood Immigrants.” Demography 54, no. 2 (April 2017): 571–602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-017-0558-2.
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  - A. Rangel, Marcos, and Tom Vogl. “Agricultural Fires and Infant Health,” December 2016.
  - Holbein, John B., and Marcos A. Rangel. “Does Voting Have Upstream and Downstream Consequences? Evidence from Compulsory Voting in Brazil,” July 13, 2016.
  - Rangel, M. A. “Is Parental Love Colorblind? Human Capital Accumulation within Mixed Families.” Review of Black Political Economy 42, no. 1–2 (June 1, 2015): 57–86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-014-9190-1.
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  - Kreisman, D., and M. A. Rangel. “On the blurring of the color line: Wages and employment for black males of different skin tones.” Review of Economics and Statistics 97, no. 1 (March 1, 2015): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00464.
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  - Botelho, F., R. A. Madeira, and M. A. Rangel. “Racial Discrimination in Grading: Evidence from Brazil.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 7, no. 4 (January 1, 2015): 37–52. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20140352.
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  - Angelucci, M., G. De Giorgi, M. A. Rangel, and I. Rasul. “Family networks and school enrolment: Evidence from a randomized social experiment.” Journal of Public Economics 94, no. 3–4 (April 1, 2010): 197–221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.12.002.
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  - Rangel, M. A. “Alimony rights and intrahousehold allocation of resources: Evidence from Brazil.” Economic Journal 116, no. 513 (July 1, 2006): 627–58. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01104.x.
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  - Angelucci, Manuela, Giacomo De Giorgi, Marcos A. Rangel, and Imran Rasul. “Village Economies and the Structure of Extended Family Networks.” Iza Discussion Paper, no. 4499 (n.d.).
- Book Sections
  - Madeira, Ricardo A., and Marcos A. Rangel. “Racial Achievement Gaps in Another America: Discussing Schooling Outcomes and Affirmative Action in Brazil.” In Closing the Achievement Gap from an International Perspective, 127–60. Springer Netherlands, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4357-1_7.
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  - Madeira, R. A., and M. A. Rangel. “Racial achievement gaps in another America: Discussing schooling outcomes and affirmative action in Brazil.” In Closing the Achievement Gap from an International Perspective: Transforming STEM for Effective Education, 9789400743571:127–60, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4357-1_7.
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- Scholarly Editions
  - Rangel, Marcos, and Sergio Almeida. “PROBABILISTIC SOPHISTICATION, SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY, AND COGNITIVE ABILITY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE,” 2016.
  - Angelucci, Manuela, Imran Rasul, Giacomo De Giorgi, and Marcos A. Rangel. “Consumption Smoothing and Marriage,” 2010.
  - Angelucci, M., G. De Giorgi, M. Rangel, and I. Rasul. “Village economies and the structure of extended family networks,” January 1, 2009. https://doi.org/10.2202/1935-1682.2291.
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  - Rangel, Marcos, Imran Rasul, Giacomo de Giorgi, and Manuela Angelucci. “INSURANCE, INVESTMENT, AND THE EXTENDED FAMILY,” 2009.
  - Angelucci, Manuela, Giacomo De Giorgi, Marcos A. Rangel, and Imran Rasul. “Family Networks and School Enrolment: Evidence from a Randomized Social Experiment,” n.d.
  - Angelucci, Manuela, Giacomo De Giorgi, Marcos A. Rangel, and Imran Rasul. “Extended Family Networks in Rural Mexico: A Descriptive Analysis,” n.d.
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Leader. The Cost of Opportunity: Access to Higher Education in Brazil. 2018 - 2019 2018 - 2019
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. The Cost of Opportunity? Higher Education in the Baixada Fluminense. August 2017 - May 2018 2017 - 2018

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

In the News

Awards & Honors

Global Scholarship

Expertise

Research

Selected Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Scholarly Editions

Recent Courses

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship