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Monique E. Davis (she/her) is an applied micro and labor economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research specializing in the use of empirical methods to study the economics of racism, racial equity, and intergroup inequality. She received her Ph.D. in 2025 from the Applied Economics Graduate Program at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis–St. Paul.
Born in Chicago and raised in the Chicagoland area, Monique earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Applied Mathematics and Economics from North Carolina A&T State University, an HBCU* in Greensboro, NC, in 2013. Before returning to graduate school in 2019, she worked for six years at JPMorgan Chase & Co.—first in Columbus, OH, as part of a rotational development program, and then for four years as a big data analyst/data scientist in New York City.
Monique’s research agenda is deeply informed by her lived experiences and by the experiences of Black communities on the South Side of Chicago and surrounding areas. Her work seeks to better understand the structural causes and consequences of inequality, particularly those connected to race, education, labor markets, and institutional disparities. Through her research, she aims to contribute evidence and economic frameworks that help inform policies promoting greater equity, opportunity, and economic justice.
*HBCU = Historically Black College and University
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