La science économique au service de la société
Karen Macours

Karen Macours

Professeure titulaire d'une chaire à PSE

Directrice de recherche INRAE

Campus Jourdan – 48 Boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris

5e étage, bureau 06

Tél. 01 80 52 16 86

Groupes de recherche : Développement
  • Agriculture et développement
  • Evaluation des politiques publiques dans les pays en développement
  • Capital humain et développement

Projets

I have conducted field research in Sub Sahara Africa, Latin America and Asia, working with a variety of stakeholders (national and regional governments, NGOs, bilateral and multilaterals agencies).

 

Some Selected Work-in-progress

 

Agriculture

Two-sided Subsidies to Support Biofortified Crop Adoption in Guatemala (with Paola Mallia and Jessica Rudder). More information in AEA RCT registry.

 

Skills, heterogeneous quality of agricultural commercial inputs and learning through experimentation - Kenya (with Rachid Laajaj). More information here and here in the AEA RCT registry.

 Paper and online appendix.

 

Dissemination of new agricultural technologies in Africa: making extension work - Uganda (with Luc Behaghel, Jeremie Gignoux, Monica Karuhanga Beraho, Jane Kugonza, Judith Odiol, and Margaret Najjingo Mangheni). More information in AEA RCT registry. 

 

Adoption of improved seed varieties in DRC: experimental evidence on the role of supply constraints, targeting and intra-household decision making (with Tanguy Bernard, Sylvie Lambert, Margaux Vinez). More information here.

 

Long-term impacts of dissemination of biofortified crops in Uganda (with Julius Okello and Paola Mallia)

 

 

 

Human Capital

Cost-effectiveness study of early childhood parenting programs in Cote d'Ivoire.

 

Increasing schooling outcomes through reducing menstrual stigma in Madagascar: the role of young female leaders (with Julieta Vera and Duncan Webb)

 

Long-term Impact evaluations of randomized early childhood interventions in Nicaragua

 

Early childhood text messaging program in Nicaragua: see results here

 

 

Social Protection 

Long-term impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in El SalvadorHonduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico

 

Long-term impacts of productive safety net program in Nicaragua. More information in AEA RCT registry. 

  

More information on these and some of my other projects