Pascaline Dupas

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Pascaline Dupas
OccupationFrench economist

Pascaline Dupas is a French economist whose research focuses on development economics and applied microeconomics, with a particular interest in health, education, and savings. She is a professor in economics and public affairs at Princeton University and is a co-chair of the Poverty Action Lab's health sector. [1] [2] She received the Best Young French Economist Prize in 2015.

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Biography

In 1999, Pascaline Dupas earned the equivalent of a B.A. in economics and econometrics from the École Normale Supérieure in Paris (rue d'Ulm), followed by a M.Sc. in economic analysis and policy in 2000 and a Ph.D. in economics in 2006 from the Paris School of Economics. Throughout her graduate studies, she held various visiting positions at MIT, Harvard University and New York University. Following her graduate studies, Dupas held assistant professorships at Dartmouth College (2006-2008), UCLA (2008-2011), and Stanford University (2011-2014). She was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2014, became a full professor at Stanford in 2019, and became a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University in 2023. [3] In addition to her work as researcher and teacher, she also worked as an (associate) editor for a variety of academic journals in economics, including the Review of Economic Studies , Quarterly Journal of Economics , Econometrica and the Journal of Development Economics .

Research

Pascaline Dupas' research studies the challenges that households and governments in developing countries face in relation to a broad range of issues in education, finance and especially health, the latter subject being one in which Dupas has particularly strong expertise. [4] Methodologically, Dupas' research generally relies on the use of field experiments such as randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Core topics of her work include the prevention of diseases such as Malaria and HIV, the effect of teacher incentives, and the saving behaviour of poor people. Key findings of Dupas' research include the following:

According to IDEAS/RePEc, Pascaline Dupas ranks among the top 4% of economists registered on the platform (June 2017). [14] She also does research along with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and Center for Effective Global Action. [15]

Selected awards and honours

Sources

  1. Princeton School of Public and International Affairs website.
  2. Profile on the J-PAL website.
  3. Pascaline Dupas' CV on her website at Stanford University.
  4. Dupas, Pascaline (2011). "Health Behavior in Developing Countries" . Annual Review of Economics. 3 (1): 425–449. doi:10.1146/annurev-economics-111809-125029. ISSN   1941-1383.
  5. Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael (2011). "Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya". American Economic Review. 101 (5): 1739–1774. doi:10.1257/aer.101.5.1739. hdl: 1721.1/73093 .
  6. Dupas, Pascaline; Robinson, Jonathan (2013). "Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya". American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 5 (1): 163–192. doi:10.1257/app.5.1.163. hdl: 10419/64106 . ISSN   1945-7782.
  7. Cohen, Jessica; Dupas, Pascaline (2010). "Free Distribution or Cost-Sharing? Evidence from a Randomized Malaria Prevention Experiment *" . Quarterly Journal of Economics. 125 (1): 1–45. doi:10.1162/qjec.2010.125.1.1. ISSN   0033-5533.
  8. Dupas, Pascaline; Robinson, Jonathan (2013). "Why Don't the Poor Save More? Evidence from Health Savings Experiments". American Economic Review. 103 (4): 1138–1171. doi:10.1257/aer.103.4.1138. ISSN   0002-8282. PMID   29533047.
  9. Dupas, Pascaline (2011). "Do Teenagers Respond to HIV Risk Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya". American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 3 (1): 1–34. doi:10.1257/app.3.1.1. ISSN   1945-7782.
  10. Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael (2015). "School governance, teacher incentives, and pupil–teacher ratios: Experimental evidence from Kenyan primary schools". Journal of Public Economics. 123: 92–110. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.11.008. hdl:1721.1/69645. ISSN   0047-2727.
  11. Dupas, P. (2014). "Short-Run Subsidies and Long-Run Adoption of New Health Products: Evidence From a Field Experiment". Econometrica. 82 (1): 197–228. doi:10.3982/ECTA9508. ISSN   0012-9682. PMC   4193678 . PMID   25308977.
  12. Devoto, Florencia; Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Parienté, William; Pons, Vincent (2012). "Happiness on Tap: Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco". American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 4 (4): 68–99. doi:10.1257/pol.4.4.68. hdl: 1721.1/71555 . ISSN   1945-7731.
  13. Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael (2015). "Education, HIV, and Early Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Kenya". American Economic Review. 105 (9): 2757–2797. doi:10.1257/aer.20121607. ISSN   0002-8282. PMC   4624413 . PMID   26523067.
  14. Pascaline Dupas' rank in IDEAS/RePEC (retrieved June 12th, 2017).
  15. "Pascaline Dupas Home Page".