Grants per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
His research focuses on microeconomic issues of poverty, typically employing experimental methodologies and behavioral economics insights to examine what works, what does not, and why in interventions in sustainable income generation for those in poverty, household and entrepreneurial finance, health behavior, and charitable giving.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Economics, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
… → 2002
Business, MBA, The University of Chicago
… → 1997
Public Policy, MPP, The University of Chicago
… → 1997
Foreign Affairs, BA, University of Virginia
… → 1990
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Grants
- 2 Finished
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A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Nudges Delivered Through Text Messages to Increase Influenza Vaccination Among Patients With an Upcoming Primary Care Visit
Patel, M. S., Milkman, K. L., Gandhi, L., Graci, H. N., Gromet, D., Ho, H., Kay, J. S., Lee, T. W., Rothschild, J., Akinola, M., Beshears, J., Bogard, J. E., Buttenheim, A., Chabris, C., Chapman, G. B., Choi, J. J., Dai, H., Fox, C. R., Goren, A., Hilchey, M. D., & 26 others, Mar 2023, In: American Journal of Health Promotion. 37, 3, p. 324-332 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dangers of a double-bottom line? A poverty targeting experiment misses both targets
Karlan, D., Osman, A. & Zinman, J., Aug 1 2023, In: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. 32, 3, p. 510-522 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How political insiders lose out when international aid underperforms: Evidence from a participatory development experiment in Ghana
Baldwin, K., Karlan, D., Udry, C. R. & Appiah, E., Sep 2023, In: World Development. 169, 106296.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A 680,000-person megastudy of nudges to encourage vaccination in pharmacies
Milkman, K. L., Gandhi, L., Patel, M. S., Graci, H. N., Gromet, D. M., Ho, H., Kay, J. S., Lee, T. W., Rothschild, J., Bogard, J. E., Brody, I., Chabris, C. F., Chang, E., Chapman, G. B., Dannals, J. E., Goldstein, N. J., Goren, A., Hershfield, H., Hirsch, A., Hmurovic, J., & 26 others, Feb 8 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 6, e2115126119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access26 Scopus citations -
Community-based rangeland management in Namibia improves resource governance but not environmental and economic outcomes
Coppock, D. L., Crowley, L., Durham, S. L., Groves, D., Jamison, J. C., Karlan, D., Norton, B. E. & Ramsey, R. D., Dec 2022, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 3, 1, 32.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Scopus citations
Datasets
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Replication Data for: Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions
Gerber, A. S. (Creator), Bergan, D. (Creator) & Karlan, D. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 2018
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/67uggg, https://dataverse.harvard.edu/citation?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/67UGGG
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Unpacking a multi-faceted program to build sustainable income for the very poor
Banerjee, A. (Creator), Karlan, D. (Creator), Osei, R. (Creator), Trachtman, H. (Creator) & Udry, C. R. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 2022
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/ay2mmb, https://dataverse.harvard.edu/citation?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/AY2MMB
Dataset
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Replication data for: Profitability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali
Beaman, L. A. (Creator), Karlan, D. (Creator), Thuysbaert, B. (Creator) & Udry, C. R. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2013
DOI: 10.3886/e112628v1, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/112628/version/V1/view
Dataset
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The Impact of Financial Education for Youth in Ghana
Berry, J. (Creator), Karlan, D. (Creator) & Pradhan, M. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 2020
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/gdp2yp, https://dataverse.harvard.edu/citation?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/GDP2YP
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Debt Traps? Market Vendors and Moneylender Debt in India and the Philippines
Karlan, D. (Creator), Mullainathan, S. (Creator) & Roth, B. N. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 2020
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/0khzmi, https://dataverse.harvard.edu/citation?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/0KHZMI
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