Institution
University of California at Merced
Title
Assistant Professor of Economics
Email
acjohnston@ucmerced.edu
Andrew C. Johnston is an economics professor at the University of California, Merced. He researches topics in education, primarily on the labor market for teachers, including the causes of teacher shortages, how to attract and retain excellent teachers, the role of compensating differentials in promoting equal opportunity, and how compensation and working conditions shape the quality distribution of teachers. His work has been published in the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Human Resources, and the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. In 2016, he earned his PhD in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. His wife and children are his greatest joy.