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Gisella Kagy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Consumer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an applied microeconomist focusing on empirical questions related to consumers, firms, and labor markets, particularly in low-income countries. Her research primarily explores how gender interacts with labor markets and the effects of early childhood and in-utero health shocks on human capital accumulation. Kagy's work includes field experiments across Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Ghana, implementing a variety of experimental applied methods for original data collection. Her publications include significant contributions to understanding labor market resilience and gender profit gaps in economic assessments.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences