Erica Field
Professor of Economics
Professor Field’s major fields of interests are development economics, labor economics, economic demography, and health. Specifically, her research focuses on the areas of marriage and family, property rights, global health, and finance and entrepreneurship. She has received grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and IZA/DFID Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries, among others. She has published work in various journals, including the American Economics Journal and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Her research regularly takes her out of the U.S., and she is currently working on projects that explore adolescent empowerment and education in Bangladesh, female labor market participation in Pakistan, the effects of microfinance on women and households in South Asia and India, and the impacts of access to family planning resources on fertility and health in Zambia.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2015
- Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute 2010
Contact Information
- 319 Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
- Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
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field.erica@duke.edu
(919) 660-1857
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Personal Website
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Princeton University 2003
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- 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
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Academic Positions Outside Duke
- John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Social Science (Economics), Harvard University. 2010 - 2011
- National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. 2009 - 2010
- Visiting Faculty, Center for Health and Wellbeing, Princeton University. 2006 - 2007
- Visiting Member, Institute for Advanced Study. 2006 - 2007
- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University. 2005 - 2009
- Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research, Harvard University. 2003 - 2004
- Recognition
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In the News
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NOV 18, 2018 Counterview -
NOV 9, 2018 National Herald India -
OCT 25, 2018 The Quint -
SEP 11, 2018 The Indian Times -
JUN 1, 2018 Dvara Research -
MAY 2, 2018 Ideas for India -
APR 15, 2018 Mediapart -
DEC 15, 2017 Business Standard -
NOV 24, 2017 Ideas for India -
OCT 25, 2017 Duke Today -
SEP 13, 2017 The Times of India -
JUL 19, 2017 Financial Express -
MAY 1, 2017 Le Monde -
JAN 30, 2017 The Indian Express -
JAN 14, 2017 Livemint -
DEC 21, 2016 Livemint -
NOV 19, 2016 Brown Political Review -
OCT 19, 2016 Nhip Cau Dau Tu -
OCT 6, 2016 The Economist -
JUN 30, 2016 Ideas for India -
JUN 29, 2016 Forbes -
NOV 20, 2015 Chequeado -
JUN 27, 2015 Livemint -
JUN 19, 2015 Harvard Business Review -
MAR 12, 2015 Center for Financial Inclusion -
DEC 5, 2014 Livemint -
OCT 24, 2014 The Indian Express -
DEC 2, 2010 The Economist -
NOV 26, 2010 The Indian Express -
JUL 13, 2010 Education Week -
FEB 1, 2010 Ideas for India -
AUG 17, 2009 The New York Times Magazine -
AUG 24, 2006 The Economist -
JUN 11, 2006 The New York Times Magazine -
APR 4, 2004 Miami Herald -
JAN 9, 2003 The New York Times
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Awards & Honors
- Elaine Bennett Research Prize. AEA Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. 2010
- Furer Fellow. Harvard University, Department of Economics. 2010
- Sloan Research Fellowship. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2009
- Albert Rees Prize for the Outstanding Princeton Ph.D. Dissertation in Labor Economics. Princeton University. 2007
- Fellowship of Woodrow Wilson Scholars. Princeton University. 2001
- International Dissertation Research Fellowship. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 2000
- Susan K. Welles Alumni Graduate School Fellowship. Vassar College. 1998
- Anne C. Hutchinson Thesis Prize in Economics. Vassar College. 1996
- J. William Fulbright Fellow. U.S.-Peruvian Committee. 1996
- Expertise
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Subject Headings
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Global Scholarship
- Research
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Selected Grants
- Training Leaders to Prevent and Reduce Domestic Violence in Their Communities: Experimental Evidence From Peru awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2025
- Effects of age at marriage and education on health of mothers and children awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2024
- Interactive Mobile Support for Community Health Workers Promoting Breastfeeding: Investigating the Impact on Maternal and Infant Health in a Developing Country Context awarded by University of Chicago 2022 - 2023
- A Labour Markets Research Agenda through a Job Search Platform awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2023
- Transport and Urban Labor Market Integration: Evidence on Firms From a Randomized Control Trial awarded by Center for Economic Research in Pakistan 2017 - 2022
- Collaborative Research: Institutional Capacity As An Organizational Challenge: A Field Experiment in Pakistan awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2022
- Digitization and Governance: Increasing the Effectiveness of Women's Legal Rights awarded by International Growth Centre 2022
- Training Local Leaders to Prevent and Reduce Gender-Based Violence in their Communities awarded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018 - 2022
- A Labor Markets Research Agenda through a Job Search Platform awarded by Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries Programme 2018 - 2020
- Institutional Reform and De Facto Women's Rights in Pakistan awarded by Oxford Policy Management 2018 - 2020
- Research Proposal: Woman's Mobility, Transport, and Empowerment: A Randomized Control Trial awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2019
- The Impact of Microfinance on Health: Experimental Evidence from India awarded by Harvard University 2012 - 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 of Behavior Change in Response to Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh 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
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Academic Articles
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Field, E., R. Pande, N. Rigol, S. Schaner, and C. T. Moore. “On her own account: How strengthening women's financial control impacts labor supply and gender norms.” American Economic Review 111, no. 7 (July 1, 2021): 2342–75. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20200705.Full Text
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Ambrus, A., E. Field, and R. Gonzalez. “Loss in the time of cholera: Long-run impact of a disease epidemic on the urban landscape.” American Economic Review 110, no. 2 (January 1, 2020): 475–525. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20190759.Full Text
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Walther, A., C. Tsao, R. Pande, C. Kirschbaum, E. Field, and L. Berkman. “Do dehydroepiandrosterone, progesterone, and testosterone influence women's depression and anxiety levels? Evidence from hair-based hormonal measures of 2105 rural Indian women.” Psychoneuroendocrinology 109 (November 2019): 104382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104382.Full Text
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Barnhardt, S., E. Field, and R. Pande. “Moving to opportunity or isolation? Network effects of a randomized housing lottery in urban India.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 9, no. 1 (January 1, 2017): 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20150397.Full Text
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Field, E., V. Molitor, A. Schoonbroodt, and M. Tertilt. “Gender Gaps in Completed Fertility.” Journal of Demographic Economics 82, no. 02 (June 2016): 167–206. https://doi.org/10.1017/dem.2016.5.Full Text
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Field, E., S. Jayachandran, R. Pande, and N. Rigol. “Friendship at work: Can peer effects catalyze female entrepreneurship?” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 8, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 125–53. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20140215.Full Text
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Chong, A., I. Cohen, E. Field, E. Nakasone, and M. Torero. “Iron deficiency and schooling attainment in Peru.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 8, no. 4 (January 1, 2016): 222–55. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20140494.Full Text
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Feigenberg, B., E. Field, R. Pande, N. Rigol, and S. Sarkar. “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 (September 1, 2014): 932–49. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.21790.Full Text
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Ashraf, N., E. Field, and J. Lee. “Household bargaining and excess fertility: An experimental study in zambia.” American Economic Review 104, no. 7 (January 1, 2014): 2210–37. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.7.2210.Full Text
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Field, E., R. Pande, J. Papp, and N. Rigol. “Does the classic microfinance model discourage entrepreneurship among the poor? Experimental evidence from India.” American Economic Review 103, no. 6 (October 1, 2013): 2196–2226. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.103.6.2196.Full Text
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Field, Erica, Rohini Pande, John Papp, and Y Jeanette Park. “Repayment flexibility can reduce financial stress: a randomized control trial with microfinance clients in India.” Plos One 7, no. 9 (January 2012): e45679. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045679.Full Text
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Thornton, Rebecca L., Laurel E. Hatt, Erica M. Field, Mursaleena Islam, Freddy Solís Diaz, and Martha Azucena González. “Social security health insurance for the informal sector in Nicaragua: a randomized evaluation.” Health Economics 19 Suppl (September 2010): 181–206. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1635.Full Text
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Ambrus, A., E. Field, and M. Torero. “Muslim family law, prenuptial agreements, and the emergence of dowry in Bangladesh.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 125, no. 3 (August 1, 2010): 1349–97. https://doi.org/10.1162/qjec.2010.125.3.1349.Full Text
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Field, A. J., and E. Field. “Globalization, Crop Choice, and Property Rights in Rural Peru, 1994-2004,” May 13, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199584758.003.0010.Full Text
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Field, E., S. Jayachandran, and R. Pande. “Do traditional institutions constrain female entrepreneurship? A field experiment on business training in India.” American Economic Review 100, no. 2 (May 1, 2010): 125–29. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.100.2.125.Full Text
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Field, E., O. Robles, and M. Torero. “Iodine deficiency and schooling attainment in Tanzania.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 1, no. 4 (October 1, 2009): 140–69. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.1.4.140.Full Text
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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 (January 1, 2009): 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.1.1.1.Full Text
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Field, E., and A. Ambrus. “Early marriage, age of menarche, and female schooling attainment in Bangladesh.” Journal of Political Economy 116, no. 5 (October 1, 2008): 881–91. https://doi.org/10.1086/593333.Full Text
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Field, E., M. Levinson, R. Pande, and S. Visaria. “Segregation, rent control, and riots: The economics of religious conflict in an Indian City.” American Economic Review 98, no. 2 (May 1, 2008): 505–10. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.98.2.505.Full Text
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Field, E., and R. Pande. “Repayment frequency and default in microfinance: Evidence from India.” Journal of the European Economic Association 6, no. 2–3 (April 1, 2008): 501–9. https://doi.org/10.1162/JEEA.2008.6.2-3.501.Full Text
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Field, E. “Entitled to work: Urban property rights and labor supply in Peru.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 122, no. 4 (November 1, 2007): 1561–1602. https://doi.org/10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1561.Full Text
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Field, E. “Property rights and investment in urban slums.” Journal of the European Economic Association 3, no. 2–3 (January 1, 2005): 279–90. https://doi.org/10.1162/jeea.2005.3.2-3.279.Full Text
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Field, E. M. “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
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Conference Papers
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Ashraf, Nava, Erica Field, Giuditta Rusconi, Alessandro Voena, and Roberta Ziparo. “Traditional Beliefs and Learning about Maternal Risk in Zambia.” In The American Economic Review, 107:511–15, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20171106.Full Text
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- ECON 335: Economics of Global Health 2022
- ECON 394: Research Independent Study 2022
- ECON 494: Research Independent Study 2022
- ECON 881: Special Topics in Applied Microeconomics 2022
- GLHLTH 335: Economics of Global Health 2022
- ECON 335: Economics of Global Health 2021
- ECON 390S: Selected Topics in Economics 2021
- ECON 393: Research Independent Study 2021
- ECON 493: Honors Research Independent Study 2021
- ECON 747S: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Development (MELD) Seminar 2021
- ECON 799: Internship 2021
- ECON 881: Special Topics in Applied Microeconomics 2021
- GLHLTH 335: Economics of Global Health 2021
- POLSCI 727S: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Development (MELD) Seminar 2021
- ECON 393: Research Independent Study 2020
- ECON 394: Research Independent Study 2020
- ECON 593: Research Independent Study 2020
- ECON 881: Special Topics in Applied Microeconomics 2020
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Center for Health and Wellbeing Weekly Seminar Series. Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. October 25, 2015 2015
- Entitled to Growth: Land Titling and Economic Development in Urban Slums?. Symposium on Development and Human Dignity. Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics, and Economics. November 16, 2011 2011
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Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Bass Connections Team Leader. COVID-19 and Household Well-being in Developing Countries. 2021 - 2022 2021 - 2022
- Bass Connections Team Leader. Migration and Deportation among Guatemalans in the U.S. and Guatemala. 2020 2020
- Bass Connections Team Leader. Women's Mobility, Employment and Empowerment in the Muslim World. 2020 - 2021 2020 - 2021
- 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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