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Dean Karlan

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Dean Karlan is an American development economist. He is Professor of Economics and Finance at Northwestern University where, alongside Christopher Udry, he co-founded and co-directs the Global Poverty Research Lab at Kellogg School of Management. Karlan is the president and founder of Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), a New Haven, Connecticut, based research outfit dedicated to creating and evaluating solutions to social and international development problems. He is also a Research Fellow and member of the Executive Committee of the board of directors at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Along with economists Jonathan Morduch and Sendhil Mullainathan, Karlan served as director of the Financial Access Initiative (FAI), a consortium of researchers focused on substantially expanding access to quality financial services for low-income individuals.

Books

Dean Karlan, Dilip Soman, Angela L. Duckworth, Christopher F. Chabris, Cait Lamberton, Ron Berman, Gretchen B. Chapman, David I. Laibson, Kevin Volpp, Todd Rogers, Melanie Kim, Katherine L. Milkman, Mitesh S. Patel, Linnea Gandhi, Heather N. Graci, Dena Gromet, Hung Ho, Joseph S. Kay, Timothy W. Lee, Modupe Akinola, John Beshears, Jonathan E. Bogard, Alison Buttenheim, James J. Choi, Hengchen Dai, Craig R. Fox, Amir Goren, Matthew D. Hilchey, Jillian Hmurovic, Leslie K. John, Brigitte C. Madrian, Michelle N. Meyer, Maria Modanu, Jimin Nam, Renate Rondina, Silvia Saccardo, Maheen Shermohammed, Jehan Sparks, Caleb Warren, Megan Weber, Chalanda N. Evans, Christopher K. Snider, Eli Tsukayama, Christophe Van Den Bulte
A Mega-study of Text-based Nudges Encouraging Patients to Get Vaccinated at an Upcoming Doctor's Appointment
A Mega-study of Text-based Nudges Encouraging Patients to Get Vaccinated at an Upcoming Doctor's Appointment
Dean Karlan, Dilip Soman, Angela L. Duckworth, Christopher F. Chabris, Cait Lamberton, Ron Berman, Gretchen B. Chapman, David I. Laibson, Kevin Volpp, Todd Rogers, Melanie Kim, Katherine L. Milkman, Mitesh S. Patel, Linnea Gandhi, Heather N. Graci, Dena Gromet, Hung Ho, Joseph S. Kay, Timothy W. Lee, Modupe Akinola, John Beshears, Jonathan E. Bogard, Alison Buttenheim, James J. Choi, Hengchen Dai, Craig R. Fox, Amir Goren, Matthew D. Hilchey, Jillian Hmurovic, Leslie K. John, Brigitte C. Madrian, Michelle N. Meyer, Maria Modanu, Jimin Nam, Renate Rondina, Silvia Saccardo, Maheen Shermohammed, Jehan Sparks, Caleb Warren, Megan Weber, Chalanda N. Evans, Christopher K. Snider, Eli Tsukayama, Christophe Van Den Bulte