▪️Full name: Melissa Dell (1983)
🏫Education:
B.A. in Economics (Harvard University)
MPhil in Economics (Oxford University)
Ph.D. in Economics (MIT)
▪️Position:
Professor, Harvard University, Department of Economics (2018- Present)
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
Harvard University Academy for International and Area Studies, Senior Scholar
Fellow, Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD)
▪️Field: Development Economics, Political economy, and Economic History
📝Top 3 Papers:
Temperature shocks and economic growth: Evidence from the last half century (American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics)
What do we learn from the weather? The new climate-economy literature (Journal of Economic Literature)
The Persistent Effects of Peru’s Mining Mita (Econometrica)
🎧Podcast:
Melissa Dell on the Significance of Persistence (Conversations with Tyler Podcast)
LayoutParser: A Unified Toolkit for Deep Learning-Based Document Image Analysis (Stanford Digital Economy Lab)
📽Presentation:
Melissa Dell: Persistence and Transformation in Economic Development (Barcelona School of Economics)
IDSS Distinguished Speaker Seminar with Melissa Dell (MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society)
🏆Honors & Awards:
John Bates Clark Medal (2018)
Elaine Bennett Research Prize (2018)
Calvó-Armengol International Prize (2017)
Sloan Fellowship (2016)
Named by the IMF as the youngest of 25 economists under the age of 45 shaping thought about the global economy (2014)
📚Top Books:
College Matters Guide to Getting Into the Elite College of Your Dreams (McGraw-Hill)
Image credit:
1-©Bretton Woods at 75—Rethinking International Cooperation
2-© Bretton Woods at 75—Rethinking International Cooperation
3-© Bretton Woods at 75—Rethinking International Cooperation
Author: Hasti Mighati
