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Dr. Jose A. Jurado

J​ose A. Jurado is a Senior Research Economist at the Seidman Research Institute. Dr. Jurado​ joined Seidman in February 2023 from Carnegie Mellon University, where he worked as a​ postdoctoral research fellow. Previously, he worked as an economist at Banco de México’s​ research division.​


​Dr. Jurado currently serves as the P.I. on a study for Chicanos por la Causa, focusing on the​ socio-economic mobility of Latinos in the State of Arizona. He has also served as P.I. on two​ previous installments of the Official U.S. Latino GDP Report™ in partnership with the Latino​ ​Donor Collaborative. He is passionate about U.S.-Mexico bilateral security issues and racial​ disparities in policing in the U.S.​


​His work has been published in the Journal of Development Economics and was awarded first​ place in the 2022 edition of the Victor L. Urquidi prize in economics for best research paper​ focused on Mexico. Dr. Jurado earned a Ph.D. in economics from Brown University in 2021.​