Dean Karlan

30.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
215 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Dean Karlan is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Dean Karlan has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 76 papers in Accounting and 55 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Dean Karlan's work include Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (96 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (52 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (37 papers). Dean Karlan is often cited by papers focused on Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (96 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (52 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (37 papers). Dean Karlan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Dean Karlan's co-authors include Jonathan Zinman, Christopher Udry, Xavier Giné, Naeem Ashraf, Wen‐Yan Yin, Abhijit Banerjee, Robert Osei, Martín Valdivia, John A. List and Sendhil Mullainathan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dean Karlan

194 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence From a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines

2006 918 citations Dean Karlan et al. profile →
Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints *

2014 647 citations Dean Karlan, Christopher Udry et al. profile →
A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries

2015 559 citations Dean Karlan, Christopher Udry et al. profile →
Six Randomized Evaluations of Microcredit: Introduction and Further Steps

2015 554 citations Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman et al. profile →
Expanding Credit Access: Using Randomized Supply Decisions to Estimate the Impacts

2009 518 citations Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman profile →
Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions

2009 369 citations Dean Karlan et al. profile →
Getting to the Top of Mind: How Reminders Increase Saving

2016 365 citations Dean Karlan, Margaret McConnell et al. profile →
Savings by and for the Poor: A Research Review and Agenda

2014 299 citations Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman et al. profile →
Does Corruption Information Inspire the Fight or Quash the Hope? A Field Experiment in Mexico on Voter Turnout, Choice, and Party Identification

2014 256 citations Dean Karlan et al. profile →
Microcredit Impacts: Evidence from a Randomized Microcredit Program Placement Experiment by Compartamos Banco

2015 227 citations Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman et al. profile →

Peers

Dean Karlan

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David McKenzie United States

Jonathan Zinman United States

Timothy Besley United Kingdom

Robert Lensink Netherlands

Orazio Attanasio United Kingdom

Rachel Croson United States

Marianne Bertrand United States

Edward P. Lazear United States

Jörn‐Steffen Pischke United States

Marcel Fafchamps United States

David McKenzie United States

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2.5k ×0.8

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327 ×0.2

MIS

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Countries citing papers authored by Dean Karlan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dean Karlan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dean Karlan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Karlan, Dean & Leigh Linden. (2024). Loose knots: Strong versus weak commitments to save for education in Uganda. Journal of Development Economics. 174. 103444–103444.

Bryan, Gharad, Dean Karlan, & Adam Osman. (2024). Big Loans to Small Businesses: Predicting Winners and Losers in an Entrepreneurial Lending Experiment. American Economic Review. 114(9). 2825–2860. 2 indexed citations

Baldwin, Kate, et al.. (2023). How political insiders lose out when international aid underperforms: Evidence from a participatory development experiment in Ghana. World Development. 169. 106296–106296. 2 indexed citations

Blumenstock, Joshua, et al.. (2023). Estimating Impact with Surveys versus Digital Traces: Evidence from Randomized Cash Transfers in Togo∗. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Bryan, Gharad, et al.. (2022). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among Ghana's Rural Poor Is Effective Regardless of Baseline Mental Distress. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 4(4). 527–545. 8 indexed citations

Coppock, D. Layne, Susan L. Durham, Julian Jamison, et al.. (2022). Community-based rangeland management in Namibia improves resource governance but not environmental and economic outcomes. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 18 indexed citations

Bryan, Gharad, Dean Karlan, & Adam Osman. (2021). Big Loans to Small Businesses: Predicting Winners and Losers in an Entrepreneurial Lending Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Bryan, Gharad, et al.. (2021). Mental Health Therapy as a Core Strategy for Increasing Human Capital: Evidence from Ghana. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Karlan, Dean, James Berry, & Menno Pradhan. (2015). The Impact of Financial Education for Youth in Ghana. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Fairlie, Robert W., Dean Karlan, & Jonathan Zinman. (2014). Behind the Gate Experiment: Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations

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Karlan, Dean & Leigh Linden. (2014). Loose Knots: Strong Versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda. SSRN Electronic Journal. 20 indexed citations

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Anagol, Santosh, Alvin Etang, & Dean Karlan. (2013). Continued Existence of Cows Disproves Central Tenets of Capitalism?. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Karlan, Dean & John A. List. (2012). How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People’s Donations to Fund Public Goods?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Karlan, Dean, Jonathan Zinman, & Gharad Bryan. (2012). You Can Pick Your Friends, But You Need to Watch Them: Loan Screening And Enforcement in a Referrals Field Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Karlan, Dean, et al.. (2012). Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Microenterprise Development. SSRN Electronic Journal. 29 indexed citations

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Karlan, Dean, Margaret McConnell, Sendhil Mullainathan, & Jonathan Zinman. (2010). Getting to the Top of Mind: How Reminders Increase Saving. SSRN Electronic Journal. 38 indexed citations

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Karlan, Dean, Margaret McConnell, Sendhil Mullainathan, & Jonathan Zinman. (2010). Getting to the Top of Mind: How Reminders Increase Saving. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Jamison, Julian, et al.. (2009). Ambiguous Solicitation: Ambiguous Prescription. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Frisancho, Verónica, Dean Karlan, & Martín Valdivia. (2008). Business Training for Microfinance Clients: How It Matters and for Whom?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Giné, Xavier, et al.. (2006). Growing export-oriented crops in kenya: An evaluation of drumnet services. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5 indexed citations

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