Europe

Professor of Economics
University College London

Ph.D., London School of Economics

Orazio Attanasio is professor in the Department of Economics at University College London. His research has focused on early childhood development, household consumption and saving behavior, life cycle behavior, risk sharing, and housing markets.

CV | evaluations | o.attanasio@ucl.ac.uk | +44-20-7679-5880

Oriana Bandiera

Associate Professor
London School of Economics

Ph.D, Boston College

Oriana Bandiera specializes in the design of field experiments to evaluate how individual behavior is shaped by monetary incentives and social relationships.

CV | evaluations | o.bandiera@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)20 7955 7519

Luc Behaghel

Associate Professor
PSE-École d’économie de Paris

Luc Behaghel is Associate Professor at the Paris School of Economics (Inra) and a CREST affiliate. His research interests go from labor market and education policies to rural development issues.

CV | evaluations | luc.behaghel@ens.fr

Martina Björkman Nyqvist

Assistant Professor
Stockholm School of Economics

Ph.D., Stockholm University

Martina Björkman Nyqvist, Assistant Professor of Economics at IGIER, Bocconi University, studies the provision and impact of public services to the poor in sub-Saharan Africa.

CV | evaluations | Martina.Bjorkman.Nyqvist@hhs.se | +46 8 736 92 85

Robin Burgess

Professor of Economics
London School of Economics

Ph.D., Oxford University

Robin Burgess is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. His areas of research interest include development economics, public economics, political economy, labor economics and environmental economics.

CV | evaluations | r.burgess@lse.ac.uk | +44(0)20-7955-6676

Bruno Crépon

Associate Professor
ENSAE et École Polytechnique

Doctorat, Université de Paris, Sorbonne

Bruno Crépon is a researcher at Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST) and an Associate Professor at ENSAE and École Polytechnique. The focus of his research is on policy evaluation with special attention to labor market policies.

CV | evaluations | bruno.crepon@ensae.fr

Greg Fischer

Assistant Professor
London School of Economics

Ph.D., MIT

Greg Fischer is a Lecturer of Economics at the London School of Economics. His research focuses on corporate finance, entrepreneurship, and financial innovation in developing countries.

CV | evaluations | G.Fischer@lse.ac.uk | +44 (0)20 7852 3545

Marc Gurgand

Associate Professor
PSE-École d’économie de Paris

Doctorat, EHESS, PSE-École d’économie de Paris

Marc Gurgand is an Associate Professor at the Paris School of Economics. His research focuses on labor market policies, schooling and inequality in both developing and developed countries.

CV | evaluations | gurgand@pse.ens.fr | +33 (0)1 43 13 63 05

Elise Huillery

Assistant Professor of Economics
Sciences Po

Ph.D., PSE-École d’économie de Paris

Elise joined J-PAL in 2008 and is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of Sciences Po. Her research focuses on policies addressing the lack of human capital (health, education, social capital) in developing countries and in France, with a special interest in understanding the psychological barriers to individual progression.

CV | evaluations | ehuillery@povertyactionlab.org | +33 1 4549 5267

Karen Macours

Associate Professor
PSE-École d’économie de Paris

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Karen Macours is an Associate Professor at the Paris School of Economics and researcher at INRA. Her current research focuses on conditional cash transfer programs, early childhood development, rural poverty, and agriculture.

CV | evaluations | karen.macours@parisschoolofeconomics.eu | +33 1 43 13 63 69

Eric Maurin

Professor of Economics
EHESS, PSE-École d’économie de Paris

Ph.D., EHESS, PSE-École d’économie de Paris

Eric Maurin is a Professor of Economics and the Director of Research, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) at the Paris School of Economics. His research focuses on education, labor, and econometrics.

CV | evaluations | eric.maurin@ens.fr | +33 1 4313 6263

William Pariente

Post-Doctoral Fellow
PSE-École d’économie de Paris

Doctorat, Université Paris Sorbonne

William joined J-PAL in 2006 as a post-doctoral fellow, focusing on access to credit, poverty, and health issues. He is currently working on several randomized evaluations in Morocco, Pakistan and France.

| evaluations | william.pariente@parisschoolofeconomics.eu | +33 1 4313 6366

Imran Rasul

Professor of Economics
University College London

Ph.D., London School of Economics

Imran Rasul is a Professor in the Department of Economics at University College London. His areas of interest focus on labor economics and household economics.

CV | evaluations | i.rasul@ucl.ac.uk | +44 (0)20 7679 5853

Roland Rathelot

Economist
Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Doctorat, EHESS, PSE-École d’économie de Paris

Roland Rathelot is a Researcher at the Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST). His areas of interest include labor economics, public economics and economics of immigration, with a particular focus on the spatial dimension.

CV | evaluations | roland.rathelot@ensae.fr | +33 1 4117 6036

Michael Rosholm

Professor
Aarhus University

Ph.D., University of Aarhus

Michael Rosholm is a professor at the Business and Social Sciences School at Aarhus University, whose research focuses on the effects of active labor market policies on individuals and firms, immigrants in the labor market, and health and employment.

CV | evaluations | rom@asb.dk | +45 894 86198

Jakob Svensson

Professor of Economics
Institute for International Economic Studies

Ph.D, University of Stockholm

Jakob Svensson is a Professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University. His research interests include corruption, accountability in service delivery programs, and political economy.

CV | evaluations | jakob.svensson@iies.su.se | +46 8 163060

Philippe Zamora

Researcher
Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Philippe Zamora is a researcher at the Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST). His research interests are focused on labor market policies and continuous training.

| evaluations | philippe.zamora@ensae.fr | +33 (0)1 41 17 77 26

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