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Alberto Ortega

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Crime Patterns and InterventionsPolicing Practices and PerceptionsGun Ownership and Violence ResearchSchool Choice and PerformanceAgriculture and Farm Safety

Publications

12

Citations

46

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

47

Publishing since 1980

Research summary
AI-generated

Alberto Ortega is a social scientist working in applied economics and public policy, studying how policies and social conditions affect outcomes in areas like policing, health, and education. His research often examines racial disparities, criminal justice, and access to mental health and substance-use treatment, using economic methods to evaluate real-world interventions.

Policing and criminal justiceRacial inequality and segregationMental health and substance-use treatmentEducation policy and higher educationHealth and labor policy

Publication activity has been growing in recent years, with the highest output occurring in 2023 through 2026.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
172018: 1 publication18192020: 1 publication2021222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 4 publications4252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • National Bureau of Economic Research×4
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×3
  • Economics of Education Review×1
  • Journal of Economics Race and Policy×1
  • The Journal of Human Resources×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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