#  Robert A. Margo 

Visiting Professor

 

 

 



   ![Robert Margo](/sites/g/files/omnuum5991/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-01/Margo-photo-BU-website.jpg?itok=G00vhwBs) 

 



 

 email <margora@bu.edu> 

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Robert A. Margo is a Visiting Professor of Economics, in the Harvard University Department of Economics. He is a Professor of Economics at Boston University; and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1982.

A specialist in the history of the American economy with particular emphasis on the economic history of African-Americans, Margo is the author, co-author or co-editor of 6 books and 170+ articles, book chapters and book reviews. In 2018 he received the Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award, one of Boston University’s highest honors, and in 2019 he was named a Fellow of the Economic History Association.



 

 

 





 

 

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