James Reeves

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James Reeves, Ph.D. • Assistant Professor
Economics
james.reeves@ucdenver.edu

Office Location: Lawrence Street Center 470

Areas of Expertise:
Labor Economics, Public Economics, and Economics of Crime

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Michigan, 2025
M.A. in Economics, University of Colorado Denver, 2017
M.S. in Finance and Risk Management, University of Colorado Denver, 2017
B.A. in Economics/Mathematics, Western Washington University, 2015

I am a labor economist studying the U.S. criminal justice system and the social safety net. My current research studies the role of incentives in shaping human decision-making and patterns of inequality and the intergenerational effects of household resources.