Calvin's research interests include empirical microeconomics and program evaluation, with a focus on poverty, labor, family, and population. He is interested in these broad topics: how families break free from the cycle of poverty; transitions over the life course (i.e., labor market, marital, parenthood transitions); how people make decisions about time and gender differences in time-use allocation; and the impact evaluation of poverty and inequality reducing programs.
Calvin is a PhD student in Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. Prior to his PhD, he attended the University of Cambridge and the University of Indonesia. He was also a Research Assistant at PROSPERA (Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Economic Development), the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Institute for Economic and Social Research (LPEM FEB UI), and the Demographic Institute (LD FEB UI).