Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Princeton University 2003
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Associate Research Professor in the Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2011 - 2016
  • Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011 - 2015
• Recognition
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  Awards & Honors

  • Elaine Bennett Research Prize. Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. 2010
  • Sloan Research Fellowship-Economics. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2009
  • School of Social Science/ Member. Institute for Advanced Study. 2007
  • Researcher (NBER Family Members). National Bureau of Economic Research. 2004
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Development economics
  • Microeconomics
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • Africa (Continent) 
    • Asia (Continent) 
    • Ghana (Country) 

  • Research

    • Bangladesh (Country) 
    • India (Country) 
    • Mongolia (Country) 
    • Nicaragua (Country) 
    • Peru (Country) 
    • United Republic of Tanzania (Country) 
    • Zambia (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Effects of age at marriage and education on health of mothers and children awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
  • A Labor Markets Research Agenda through a Job Search Platform awarded by Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries Programme 2018 - 2020
  • Collaborative Research: Institutional Capacity As An Organizational Challenge: A Field Experiment in Pakistan awarded by  National Science Foundation 2017 - 2020
  • Transport and Urban Labor Market Integration: Evidence on Firms From a Randomized Control Trial awarded by Center for Economic Research in Pakistan 2017 - 2020
  • Training Local Leaders to Prevent and Reduce Gender-Based Violence in their Communities awarded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018 - 2019
  • The Impact of Microfinance on Health: Experimental Evidence from India awarded by Harvard University 2012 - 2018
  • Research Proposal: Woman's Mobility, Transport, and Empowerment: A Randomized Control Trial awarded by  National Science Foundation 2016 - 2018
  • Age at marriage Women's education and Mother Child Outcomes awarded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011 - 2018
  • Women's Access to Public Transport: A Randomized Control Trial awarded by Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries Programme 2014 - 2018
  • Urban Labor Market Integration awarded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2015 - 2017
  • Iodine Deficiency and Gender Attitudes in Tanzania awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2016
  • Innovations for Poverty Action - Bangladesh awarded by Innovations for Poverty Action 2015 - 2016
  • Collaborative Research: Unintended Consequences of Behavior Change: An Examination of the Impacts on Child Health awarded by  National Science Foundation 2012 - 2015
  • Age at Marriage, Women's Education, and Mother and Child Outcomes in Bangladesh awarded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011 - 2014
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Conference Papers

    • Ashraf, N, Field, E, Rusconi, G, Voena, A, and Ziparo, R. "Traditional Beliefs and Learning about Maternal Risk in Zambia." May 2017.  Full Text

  • Journal Articles

    • Barnhardt, S, Field, E, and Pande, R. "Moving to Opportunity or Isolation? Network Effects of a Randomized Housing Lottery in Urban India." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 9, no. 1 (January 2017): 1-32.  Full Text
    • Chong, A, Cohen, I, Field, E, Nakasone, E, and Torero, M. "Iron Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Peru." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 8, no. 4 (October 2016): 222-255.  Full Text
    • Field, E, Molitor, V, Schoonbroodt, A, and Tertilt, M. "Gender Gaps in Completed Fertility." Journal of Demographic Economics 82, no. 02 (June 2016): 167-206.  Full Text
    • Field, E, Jayachandran, S, Pande, R, and Rigol, N. "Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 8, no. 2 (May 2016): 125-153.  Full Text
    • Ashraf, N, Field, E, and Lee, J. "Household Bargaining and Excess Fertility: An Experimental Study in Zambia." American Economic Review 104, no. 7 (July 2014): 2210-2237.  Full Text
    • Feigenberg, B, Field, E, Pande, R, Rigol, N, and Sarkar, S. "Do group dynamics influence social capital gains among microfinance clients? Evidence from a randomized experiment in urban India." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 33, no. 4 (2014): 932-949.  Full Text
    • Field, E, Pande, R, Papp, J, and Rigol, N. "Does the classic microfinance model discourage entrepreneurship among the poor? Experimental evidence from India." American Economic Review 103, no. 6 (2013): 2196-2226.  Full Text
    • Field, E, Pande, R, Papp, J, and Park, YJ. "Repayment Flexibility Can Reduce Financial Stress: A Randomized Control Trial with Microfinance Clients in India." PLoS ONE 7, no. 9 (2012).  Full Text
    • Field, AJ, and Field, E. "Globalization, Crop Choice, and Property Rights in Rural Peru, 1994-2004." (May 13, 2010). (Chapter)  Full Text
    • Ambrus, A, Field, E, and Torero, M. "Muslim family law, prenuptial agreements, and the emergence of dowry in Bangladesh." Quarterly Journal of Economics 125, no. 3 (2010): 1349-1397.  Full Text
    • Field, E, Jayachandran, S, and Pande, R. "Do traditional institutions constrain female entrepreneurship? A field experiment on business training in India." American Economic Review 100, no. 2 (2010): 125-129.  Full Text
    • Thornton, RL, Hatt, LE, Field, EM, Islam, M, Diaz, FS, and González, MA. "Social security health insurance for the informal sector in Nicaragua: A randomized evaluation." Health Economics 19, no. SUPPL. 1 (2010): 181-206.  Full Text
    • Field, E, Robles, O, and Torero, M. "Iodine deficiency and schooling attainment in Tanzania." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 1, no. 4 (2009): 140-169.  Full Text
    • Field, E. "Educational debt burden and career choice: Evidence from a financial aid experiment at NYU law school." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 1, no. 1 (2009): 1-21.  Full Text
    • Field, E, Levinson, M, Pande, R, and Visaria, S. "Segregation, rent control, and riots: The economics of religious conflict in an Indian City." American Economic Review 98, no. 2 (2008): 505-510.  Full Text
    • Field, E, and Ambrus, A. "Early marriage, age of menarche, and female schooling attainment in Bangladesh." Journal of Political Economy 116, no. 5 (2008): 881-891.  Full Text
    • Field, E, and Pande, R. "Repayment frequency and default in microfinance: Evidence from India." Journal of the European Economic Association 6, no. 2-3 (2008): 501-509.  Full Text
    • Field, E. "Entitled to work: Urban property rights and labor supply in Peru." Quarterly Journal of Economics 122, no. 4 (2007): 1561-1602.  Full Text
    • Field, E. "Property rights and investment in urban slums." Journal of the European Economic Association 3, no. 2-3 (2005): 279-290.
    • Field, EM. "Property Rights, Community Public Goods and Household Time Allocation in Urban Squatter Communities: Evidence from Peru." William and Mary Law Review 45, no. 3 (2004).  Link to Item
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • ECON 881: Special Topics in Applied Microeconomics 2018
  • EHD 396-1: Bass Connections: Interdisciplinary Team Projects 2018
  • EHD 396: Bass Connections: Interdisciplinary Team Projects 2018
  • EHD 796: Bass Connections: Interdisciplinary Team Projects 2018
  • EHD 395: Bass Connections: Interdisciplinary Team Projects 2017
  • EHD 795: Bass Connections: Interdisciplinary Team Projects 2017
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. Growth Mindset in Bangladesh: Evaluation of an Intervention to Increase Learning in Schools. August 2017 - May 2018  2017 - 2018
  • Global Health Outreach . Vocational Education Project . June 2015  2015
  • Duke Global Health Outreach. Iodine Deficiency and Gender Attitudes in Tanzania. January 2015  2015

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