Ernesto Reuben

Program Head of Business, Organizations and Society; Professor of Economics and Business, Organizations and Society, NYU Abu Dhabi; Global Network Professor of Economics and Business, Organizations and Society, Faculty of Arts and Science - Economics, NYU; Co-Principal Investigator of Center for Behavioral Institutional Design (C-BID) Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: BA University of Maryland; MPhil Tinbergen Institute; PhD University of Amsterdam

Research Websites: Center for Behavioral Institutional Design

Research Areas: Determinants of labor-market outcomes; Social norms; Gender; Stereotypes; Behavioral Public Policy


Ernesto Reuben's research interests fall within behavioral economics and public policy. In particular, he focuses on the emergence and enforcement of prosocial norms, the behavioral determinants of labor market outcomes, and the effect of biases on discrimination. He is one of the founding researchers of the Center for Behavioral Institutional Design