Patrick McEwan is Professor of Economics at Wellesley College, and the Luella LaMer Slaner Professor in Latin American Studies. He conducts research on education and social policy in developing countries, especially in Latin America. Some of his work has explored the impact of conditional cash transfers and rural school reform in Honduras, of youth orchestras in Venezuela, and of private school vouchers and free school meals in Chile. His work has received financial support from the Inter-American Development Bank, the RAND Corporation, the Spencer Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. It has been published in several books and many journals, including the American Economic Review, the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the Journal of Human Resources, and the Journal of Public Economics.