Nicolas Ajzenman is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at McGill University. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Sciences Po, a Master in Public Administration/International Development from Harvard University. Before joining McGill, he was an Assistant Professor in Economics at the Sao Paulo School of Economics, and before that he was a Visiting Scholar at the Behavioral Economics Group of the Inter-American Development Bank. He is a Research Affiliate at IZA. Ajzenman's teaching and research focus on applied microeconomics, behavioral economics, crime, and development economics. His research has appeared in scientific journals such as American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, The Journal of Law and Economics and Health Economics.