Dr. Pascaline Dupas

Professor

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Biography

Pascaline Dupas is a Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, where she serves as the Director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing. She joined the Princeton faculty in July 2023 after spending 12 years at Stanford University as the Kleinheinz Family Professor of International Studies. She has also held faculty positions at Dartmouth College and UCLA. Her research focuses on development economics, addressing challenges faced by poor households in lower-income countries. Dupas aims to identify effective interventions and policies to alleviate these challenges and reduce global poverty through extensive fieldwork. Her ongoing research includes studies of education policy in Ghana, family planning policy in Burkina Faso, and government-subsidized health insurance in India. She is a co-President of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) and serves on the board of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL) as a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Dupas was awarded the National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2013 and the Young French Economist Prize in 2015 for her influential work. She is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Sloan Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2023-07-01 — Present

Princeton University • Princeton, NJ

Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing.

Kleinheinz Family Professor of International Studies

— Present

Stanford University •

Held a faculty position for 12 years.

Faculty

— Present

Dartmouth College •

Held a faculty position.

Faculty

— Present

UCLA •

Held a faculty position.

Awards

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National Science Foundation CAREER Award

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Young French Economist Prize

Requirements for Princeton University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Speaking
Required:27
IELTS
Speaking
Required:8
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in engineering or science Strong background in mathematics, materials, physics, or related engineering
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Specialization Notes

GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.