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Subject
- Primary: Public policy, Political Economy, Development
- Secondary: Applied econometrics
“The Economic Impacts of Critical Habitat Designation: Evidence from the Market for Vacant Land," with Maximillian Auffhammer, Edward Rubin, and David Sunding, Land Economics, 96, no. 2 (2020): 188-206.
“Can Smallholder Extension Transform African Agriculture," with Joshua Deutschmann, Kim Siegal, and Emilia Tjernströem, NBER Working Paper No. 26054, July 2019.
“Too Certain to Invest? The Political Economy of Ethiopian Insurance Markets," World Development, 78 (2016): 37-51.
“Policy Responses to Balance-of-Payments Crises: The Role of Elections," with Lawrence Broz and Jeffry Frieden, Open Economies Review, 27.2 (2016): 207-227
Maya Duru is a social science researcher with an interest in poverty alleviation programs. She has designed interventions to evaluate programs for nonprofits and governments that are focused on improving food security, labor, and governance outcomes. In her research, Maya uses a variety of methods including lab, online, and field experiments as well as focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. Maya aims to support junior researchers by developing education and research resources. She also actively works to promote research transparency. Prior to her fellowship at OES, Maya was the Associate Director of Education at J-PAL where she directed the MITx MicroMasters program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP) as well as the MIT Economics Department’s associated Master’s program. Maya holds a PhD in political science from UC San Diego and a MSc in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Davis.
2015: Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Herb York Global Security Fellowship
2014: Center for US Mexican Studies Pre-doctoral Fellowship
2012: USAID Borlaug Food Security Fellowship
2021: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Economics Research Grant $250,000 (with S. Kopper, L. Vilhuber, and K. Welch)
2020: UC-MEXUS-CONACYT Collaborative Grant $25,000 (with C. McIntosh, M. Romero, and E. Seira)
2020: National Science Foundation (NSF), $480,000 (with L. Schechter and E. Tjernströem)
2020: Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL), $570,000 (with L. Schechter and E. Tjernströem)