Researchers

External Affiliated Researchers

  • Jorge Aguero

    Jorge Agüero (1971 - †2023)

    PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics - University of Wisconsin, Madison

    Jorge was an External Affiliated Researcher at GRADE. He had a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a Master’s degree in Economics from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. He was also a member of the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy, and an Associate Professor of the Department of […]

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  • David Baker

    David Baker

    PhD in Sociology - Johns Hopkins University

    David P. Baker is Professor of Education and Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on the impact of education on individuals and societies, international comparisons of school organization, academic outcomes, and educational policy. His most recent book is The Schooled Society: The Educational Transformation of Global Culture. Palo Alto CA: Stanford University […]

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  • Jere R. Behrman

    Jere R. Behrman

    Ph.D. in Economics - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Professor Behrman is a leading international researcher in empirical microeconomics, with emphasis on developing economies. He is also a Research Associate at Penn’s Population Studies Center. His research interests include empirical microeconomics, labor economics, human resources (early childhood development, education, health, nutrition), project evaluation, economic demography, incentive systems and household behaviors. The unifying dimension of […]

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  • Marjorie Chinen

    Marjorie Chinen

    PhD in Education with emphasis on Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Research Methodology - University of California

    Marjorie is a Ph.D. in Education with emphasis on Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Research Methodology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has over 15 years of experience in project management, technical assistance, research and fieldwork in international development. She has led multiple projects in different areas of education, and designed and […]

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  • Lucía del Carpio

    Lucía del Carpio

    PhD in Economics - Princeton University

    Lucia is an Assistant Professor in the Economics and Political Science department at INSEAD. She is also affiliated with the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) in Peru. She obtained a PhD in Economics from Princeton University in 2014 and a Master in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton in 2008. Her research […]

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  • Marta Favara

    Marta Favara

    PhD in Economics - University of Essex

    Marta is a Senior Researcher at the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford where she is leading the quantitative research agenda of Young Lives since 2015. She is also a Research Fellow at the Oxford Martin School Programme on African Governance and an IZA Research Affiliate. Before joining Young Lives, she […]

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  • Dean Karlan

    Dean Karlan

    PhD in Economics - M.I.T.

    Dean Karlan is the Frederic Esser Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance Kellogg School of Management, and co-director of the Global Poverty Research Lab at Northwestern University. He is the Founder and President of Innovations for Poverty Action, a non-profit organization dedicated to discovering and promoting solutions to global poverty problems, and working to […]

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  • Sonia Laszlo

    Sonia Laszlo

    PhD in Economics - University of Toronto

    Sonia Laszlo is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development. Her main research areas cover many aspects of applied microeconomic analysis in economic development: rural development, access to markets, and the relationship between income, health and education in economic development. In addition to using traditional analytic tools […]

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  • Catherine Porter

    Catherine Porter

    PhD in Economics - Oxford University

    Catherine holds a PhD in Economics from Oxford University and a Master degree in Economics from Bristol University. Currently, she is the Director of Young Lives at Oxford University and an Associate Professor in Economics at the Lancaster University. Her research interests include the risk, shocks and vulnerability to poverty, social protection, and child human […]

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