Béla Figge

Béla Figge

Ph.D. in Economics

Georgia State University


I am an applied microeconomist who recently received my PhD in Economics from Georgia State University. I am on the 2025-26 academic job market.

My research examines how decentralized implementation affects policy outcomes. In my job market paper, I estimate that crisis pregnancy centers reduce abortion rates by 18 percent, with effects concentrated among teenagers.

In published and working papers with coauthors, I study how municipal building codes affect solar energy adoption in Germany and California.

Interests
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Causal Inference
Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, 2022

    Georgia State University

Research

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Solar Adoption by Mandates
Rooftop solar photovoltaic mandates are becoming a popular policy across Europe and the United States. In this paper, we leverage the …
Béla Figge, Stefano Carattini, Wade Davis, Anton Heimerdinger
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Municipal Building Codes and the Adoption of Solar Photovoltaics
Municipal solar policies slow the adoption of solar photovoltaics.
Béla Figge, Stefano Carattini, Alexander Gordan, Andreas Löschel
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Effect of Passing a CTE Technical Assessment on College Enrollment
Does passing a CTE technical assessment affect students’ probability of attending college?
Béla Figge, Daniel Kreisman, Jesus Villero
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Impact Evaluation of the Lucy Calkins Units of Study Program
The Lucy Calkins Programs in reading and writing have, at most, very small average effects on student achievement in ELA relative to the “business as usual” approach of using other reading and writing programs.
Béla Figge, Daniel Kreisman, Jesus Villero
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School-Based Social-Emotional Learning Programs and K-12 Academic Achievement
School-Based Social-Emotional Learning Programs and K-12 Academic Achievement.
Béla Figge, Tim R. Sass.
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