Salman Khan

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Research Lead with the Project on Workforce at Harvard, and a Visiting Scholar at The Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS).

My research focuses on investigating inequalities in education, crime, and the labor market. In my research, I draw on labor economics, econometrics, and large administrative datasets to identify the causal impacts of different policies in schools, colleges, and society.

I earned my PhD from Harvard University in May 2025. At Harvard, I was a Stone PhD Scholar in Harvard’s Inequality & Social Policy Program, an IES-PIER Fellow, and an inaugural Research & Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid. I was named a Presidential Scholar by Harvard University, Semifinalist for the NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship, and Finalist for the AERA-NSF Dissertation Grant.