Jason Baron

Jason Baron is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Duke University, affiliated with the Department of Economics in the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on topics related to child protection and welfare systems, with recent publications examining discrimination in foster care placement and mechanism reforms in child welfare. Baron holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from Florida State University. His work has been published in journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and he has received grants for research on kinship diversion from foster care. His professional profile can be accessed at https://scholars.duke.edu/person/jason.baron.

E. Jason Baron is a labor economist and public economist whose research focuses on the intersection of education, child welfare, and economic policy. His work examines how public policies impact child maltreatment reporting, school funding, and student outcomes. Baron's research includes the effects of school closures on child maltreatment, the role of teachers’ unions in student achievement, and the long-term consequences of foster care placements. He also investigates racial disparities in foster care and juvenile justice systems. His studies often use quasi-experimental designs to assess policy impacts, drawing on data from Wisconsin and national datasets.