Sloan Research Fellows are selected annually by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to represent the next generation of scientific leaders in the United States and Canada. Derenoncourt is one of five Princeton faculty to receive the fellowship this year. 

Derenoncourt’s research examines issues in labor economics, economic history, and inequality, often with a focus on racial inequities that continue to pervade American society.

“It’s wonderful to see the Sloan Foundation recognize Ellora’s important work,” said Leah Boustan, professor of economics at Princeton University and director of the economics department’s Industrial Relations Section. “Her research breaks new ground in our understanding of racial disparity in the United States, exploring both its long historical roots and the set of policies that might promote more equitable outcomes. She combines the meticulous data collection of an economic historian with the empirical rigor of the best of labor economics.”