Marco Castillo

Marco Castillo's research interests lie primarily in Behavioral Economics, Public Economics, Economics of Education and Experimental Economics. His research focuses on the use of experimental methods to identify optimal policy design and interventions in areas ranging from child development, human capital accumulation, discrimination and charitable fundraising.

He is a Professor of Economics at Texas A&M University (USA), studied economics at the Catholic University of Lima, Peru and received a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

He is a Research Fellow at IZA Institute of Labor Economics and served on the Executive Committee of the Economics Science Association.

At the Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne, he is a Professorial Fellow in the Education and Child Development research group.