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
The Impact of Fear on Police Behavior and Public Safety (with Sungwoo Cho and Emily Weisburst)
Accepted, Review of Economics and Statistics
NBER Working Paper 31392 [PDF] [NBER Link]
A Few Bad Apples? Racial Bias in Policing (with Steve Mello)
American Economic Review, May 2021
[Paper] [Pre-Publication Version] [Replication Package]
Working Papers
Police Work and Political Identity (with Cody Tuttle) [PDF]
Community Engagement and Public Safety: Evidence from Crime Enforcement Targeting Immigrants (with Elisa Jácome and Emily Weisburst)
NBER Working Paper 32109 [PDF] [Supplemental Appendix] [NBER Link]
Professional Motivations in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Officers (with Aaron Chalfin)
NBER Working Paper 31985 [PDF] [NBER Link]
Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Review
Police Discretion and Public Safety (with Steve Mello)
NBER Working Paper 31678 [PDF] [NBER Link]
Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics
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]