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Portrait of Michael Span

Education

  1. PhD student, EconomicsUniversity of California, Irvine
  2. MA, EconomicsUniversity of California, Irvine
  3. BA, EconomicsUniversity of California, Berkeley

Graduate Student Researcher

Michael Span

Michael Span is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at UC Irvine. He specializes in employing econometric methods to answer a broad set of policy-relevant questions, particularly in the higher education context. Outside of work in higher education, he also has ongoing projects related to household finance and labor market gender gaps.

Research interests

Education PolicyTuition IncentivesEducation Finance

External links

Projects

Conferences

2026
Michael Span · APPAM 2026
2025
Michael Span · APPAM 2025