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Laura Boudreau

Assistant Professor of Business
Economics Division
Laura Boudreau
Areas of Expertise
Globalization, Labor Markets, Leadership & Organizational Behavior, Microeconomics, Organizations & Markets
Contact
Office: 584 Kravis
E-mail: [email protected]
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Curriculum Vitae

Laura Boudreau is an Assistant Director at Columbia Business School.  Laura received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on working conditions, labor market institutions, and firm productivity in developing countries. She is especially interested in how the intersection of global supply chains with local institutions affect firms’ and workers’ outcomes.

Education
Ph.D. in Business and Public Policy (Haas School of Business), May 2019; B.S. in Economics, summa cum laude (The Wharton School), 2010
Joined CBS
2019

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Journal Article
Boudreau, Laura, Rocco Macchiavello, Virginia Minni, and Mari Tanaka
. “Leaders in Social Movements: Evidence from Unions in Myanmar.”
American Economic Review
(Forthcoming).
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Journal Article
Garetto, Stefania, Nina Pavcnik, Natalia Ramondo, Vanessa Alviarez, Jingting Fan, Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, Nicola Limodio, Isabela Manelici, Nicolas Morales, Evangelina Dardati, Ezequiel Garcia-Lembergman, Grace Weishi Gu, Galina Hale, David Hémous, Ralf Martin, Farid Farrokhi, Heitor S. Pellegrina, Pierre-Louis Vézina, Laura Boudreau , and Jose P. Vasquez
. “Foreign Direct Investment and Development.”
VoxDevLit
vol.
13
, no.
1
(February 12, 2025).
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Journal Article
Boudreau, Laura
. “VoxDevLit on Foreign Direct Investment.”
VoxDev
(February 12, 2025).
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Journal Article
Boudreau, Laura, Julia Cajal-Grossi, and Rocco Macchiavello
. “Global Value Chains in Developing Countries: A Relational Perspective from Coffee and Garments.”
The Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol.
37
, no.
3
(July 01, 2023):
59
-
86
.
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Working Paper
Boudreau, Laura, Rachel Heath, and Tyler McCormick
. Migrants, Information, and Working Conditions in Bangladeshi Garment Factories. March 02, 2021.
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Working Paper
Boudreau, Laura
. Multinational Enforcement of Labor Law: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh's Apparel Sector. January 29, 2021.
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Working Paper
Boudreau, Laura, Rocco Macchiavello, Virginia Minni, and Mari Tanaka
. Union Leaders: Experimental Evidence from Myanmar. January 01, 2021.
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Course
B8257: Business Experiments: Analytics for Causal Insights
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B7257: Modern Econometrics For Business
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Course
B9220: Topics in Organizational Economics
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In the Media

Actors, Writers, Hotel Housekeepers and Grad-student Workers Are All Striking for the Same Reason

MarketWatch
In the Media

Job Hunters Are Putting Their Vaccination Status on LinkedIn and on Their Resumes. Should You?

MarketWatch
In the Media

To Spur Innovation, Should Tech Workers Return to the Office?

The Christian Science Monitor
In the Media

Unvaccinated Workers Could End up Paying $50 More for Health Insurance - Per Paycheck

CBS News
In the Media

Tyson Foods Will Require All U.S. Employees to Be Vaccinated by November

The Washington Post
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Health Advocate or Big Brother? Companies Weigh Requiring Vaccines.

The New York Times
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Covid-19 Has All but Killed a Lifeline in Poor Economies-Hustling for Work

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How Companies Should Handle Vaccines

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When Will You Be Able to Get Vaccinated at Work? Experts Weigh In

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Coronavirus Vaccine Incentive: Aldi, Trader Joe's, Instacart and Dollar General to Pay Workers to Get Vaccinated

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Instacart, Others Push Incentives to Get Workers Vaccinated

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US Companies Warned Against Mandatory Vaccine for Staff

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Article

The Psychology of Labor Leaders

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Mind the Trade Gap: How a Relational Perspective Can Enhance Understanding

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Going Beyond the Win-Win

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