Dean Karlan

Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences

78h-index29.9kcitations1.1kworks1.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Microfinance and Financial Inclusion(248), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis(110), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare(96), Banking stability, regulation, efficiency(72), FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance(63)

Publications1.1k total

Great Expectations: Responses to Current and Future Transfers for Low-Income Individuals
SSRN Electronic Journal·2026Open Access
Can Soap Operas increase hope? Adding edutainment to a graduation-style program in the Philippines
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Can Soap Operas increase hope? Adding edutainment to a graduation-style program in the Philippines
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Give Me a Pass: Flexible Credit for Entrepreneurs in Colombia
The Economic Journal·2025· 1 cited
Social protection and social distancing during the pandemic: Mobile money transfers in Ghana
Journal of Development Economics·2025Open Access
Group versus Individual Coaching for Rural Social Protection Programs: Evidence from Uganda, Philippines, and Bangladesh
2025Open Access
Aspirations Interventions in the Philippines (PSPS Panel)
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Aspirations Interventions in the Philippines (PSPS Panel)
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Can reminder emails compel Americans to save? A two-million-person megastudy
PNAS Nexus·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Does Q&A Boost Engagement? Health Messaging Experiments in the United States and Ghana
Management Science·2025Open Access
Gender Targeting and the Psychosocial and Economic Effects of Livelihood Programs in a Fragile Setting
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Gender Targeting and the Psychosocial and Economic Effects of Livelihood Programs in a Fragile Setting
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Human Capital at Home: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in the Philippines
2025Open Access
Estimating impact with surveys versus digital traces: Evidence from randomized cash transfers in Togo
Journal of Development Economics·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Promoting entrepreneurship among migrants and host populations in Colombia
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Promoting entrepreneurship among migrants and host populations in Colombia
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Evaluation of the Takunda Resilience Food Security Activity in Zimbabwe
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Evaluation of the Takunda Resilience Food Security Activity in Zimbabwe
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials·2025
Does Q&A Boost Engagement? Health Messaging Experiments in the U.S. and Ghana
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Optimizing Protocols for Random Digit Dial Surveys: Evidence from Low-and Middle-Income Countries
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jonathan Zinman(19), Sendhil Mullainathan(6), Christopher Udry(5), Xavier Giné(5), Macartan Humphreys(3), Edward Miguel(3), Abhijit Banerjee(3), Eldar Shafir(3), John A. List(3), Katherine L. Milkman(3), Dena M. Gromet(3), Hung S. Ho(3), Joseph Kay(3), Timothy W. Lee(3), Gretchen B. Chapman(3), Kevin G. Volpp(3), Angela Duckworth(3), Miriam Bruhn(3), Antoinette Schoar(3), Sneha Stephen(3)