Introduction
I am an economist at The World Bank. I do research and lead studies on education--mostly higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean. I have also worked on primary and secondary education in the US (school choice, accountability, and public school finance).
Expert
Maria Marta Ferreyra is a researcher specialized in the Economics of Education. She has conducted research on school choice, accountability, and finance in primary and secondary education in the United States (US); child care markets in the US; higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC); and cities in LAC. Her research has been published in journals such as the American Economic Review and the Journal of Public Economics. She is the lead author of "At a Crossroads: Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean" and "The Fast Track to New Skills: Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean," and the co-lead author of "Raising the Bar for Productive Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean." Prior to joining the World Bank, she served as a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two daughters.
Fields of expertise: Education