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Erica Field

Research Fellow

Erica Field is a Research Fellow at CERP. She is an Associate Professor of Economics at Duke University. Since receiving her PhD, she has worked at Princeton, Stanford, and Harvard, where she was a Professor for six years before joining Duke. Dr. Erica’s major fields of interest are development economics, labor economics, economic demography, and health. She has received grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and IZA/DFID Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries, among others. She has published work in various journals, including the American Economics Journal and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Dr. Erica’s research specifically focuses on the areas of marriage and family, property rights, global health, and finance and entrepreneurship. She is currently working on projects that explore adolescent empowerment and education in Bangladesh, the effects of micro-finance on women and households in South Asia and India, and the impacts of access to family planning resources on fertility and health in Zambia. She received her PhD and M.A. in Economics from Princeton University in 2003 and her B.A. in Economics and Latin American Studies from Vassar College in 1996.

Erica Field

Research Fellow

Erica Field is a Research Fellow at CERP. She is an Associate Professor of Economics at Duke University. Since receiving her PhD, she has worked at Princeton, Stanford, and Harvard, where she was a Professor for six years before joining Duke. Dr. Erica’s major fields of interest are development economics, labor economics, economic demography, and health. She has received grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and IZA/DFID Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries, among others. She has published work in various journals, including the American Economics Journal and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Dr. Erica’s research specifically focuses on the areas of marriage and family, property rights, global health, and finance and entrepreneurship. She is currently working on projects that explore adolescent empowerment and education in Bangladesh, the effects of micro-finance on women and households in South Asia and India, and the impacts of access to family planning resources on fertility and health in Zambia. She received her PhD and M.A. in Economics from Princeton University in 2003 and her B.A. in Economics and Latin American Studies from Vassar College in 1996.

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Erica Field

Research Fellow

Erica Field is a Research Fellow at CERP. She is an Associate Professor of Economics at Duke University. Since receiving her PhD, she has worked at Princeton, Stanford, and Harvard, where she was a Professor for six years before joining Duke. Dr. Erica’s major fields of interest are development economics, labor economics, economic demography, and health. She has received grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and IZA/DFID Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries, among others. She has published work in various journals, including the American Economics Journal and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Dr. Erica’s research specifically focuses on the areas of marriage and family, property rights, global health, and finance and entrepreneurship. She is currently working on projects that explore adolescent empowerment and education in Bangladesh, the effects of micro-finance on women and households in South Asia and India, and the impacts of access to family planning resources on fertility and health in Zambia. She received her PhD and M.A. in Economics from Princeton University in 2003 and her B.A. in Economics and Latin American Studies from Vassar College in 1996.