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His research focuses on microeconomic issues of poverty, typically employing experimental methodologies and behavioral economics insights to examine what works, what does not, and why to address social problems. His work spans many geographies and topics, including sustainable income generation for those in abject poverty, credit and savings markets for low income households, agriculture for smallholder farmers, small and medium entrepreneurship, weight loss and smoking cessation, and charitable giving. He has worked in over twenty countries around the world, including both low income countries and also the United States.
As a social entrepreneur, he co-founded stickK.com, a website that uses lessons from behavioral economics to help people reach personal goals, such as weight loss and smoking cessation, through commitment contracts.
In 2011, Karlan co-authored More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics is Helping to Solve Global Poverty; in 2016 he co-authored Failing in the Field; in 2018 he co-authored The Goldilocks Challenge: Right-Fit Evidence for the Social Sector; and in 2020 he co-authored the third edition of a economics principles textbook, Economics.
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Journal of Development Economicspp.103318, (2024)
American Economic Review: Insightsno. 2 (2024): 277-294
Journal of Development Economicspp.103267, (2024)
REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIESno. 4 (2023): 1585-1620
Social Science Research Network (2023)
Social Science Research Network (2023)
Kristine Koutout,Susan Athey, Patricia Andrews-Fearon, Szymon Sacher,Dean Karlan,Michael Luca,Nils Wernerfelt,Utsav Manjeer
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials (2023)
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