Julie Perng
Research Area Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Health and Population, Labor - Employment - Migration, Micro Development, Policy Evaluation, Poverty and Inequality, Trade and Investment
Affiliation Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Department of Economics
Affiliation status Currently affiliated
Chair Development Economics and Global Health

Julie Perng

Ph.D. Researcher

Private website

Publications:

Sato, R.; Jamison, J.; McGee, K.; Oseni, G.; Perng, J.; Tanaka, T., 2022. The relationships between adverse life events, depression, economic activities, and human capital investment in Nigeria. Medicine, Conflict and Survival, DOI: 1080/13623699.2022.2095963

Relevant Papers and Reports

Lebedinski, L,; Carneiro, P.; Arnold Urzua, T.; Perng, J.; Munoz Boudet, A.M.; Herrera Sosa, K. 2024. Experimental Impacts of a Virtual Parenting Program with Mothers and Fathers. IZA Discussion Papers. Link.

Arnold Urzua, T.; Carneiro, P.; Herrera Sosa, K.; Lebedinski, L.; Munoz Boudet, A.M.; Perng, J. 2022. Can a (virtual) parenting program in Serbia support early childhood education and care? Link.

The World Bank (I was a contributor), 2022. Sri Lanka Development Update: Protecting the Poor and Vulnerable in a Time of Crisis. Accessible here.

Lain, J., Perng, J., Vishwanath, T., Azad, M.A., Siwatu, G.O., Palacios-Lopez, A.; McGee, K., Amankwah, A., Contreras Gonzalez, I. 2020. COVID-19 from the ground up: What the crisis means for Nigerians. Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in Nigeria. Report.

Boudet, A.M.M.; Moscoe, E.; Perng, J. 2020. Behavioral sciences to protect human capital investments during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.  Brief.

Cho, Y.; Perng, J.; Rahman, T., Shimul, S., 2019. Social Workers for Local Service Delivery for Social Protection. World Bank Report. Link.

Farfan, G.; McGee, Kevin; Perng, J.; Vakis, R. 2019. Poverty Measurement in the Era of Food Away from Home: Testing Alternative Approaches in Vietnam. World Bank Policy: No. 8692.

Hernandez, M.; Karver, J.; Negre, M., Perng, J. 2019. Promoting Tax Compliance in Kosovowith Behavioral Insights. World Bank Group brief.

Dizon, F.; Ahmed, M.; Nayar, D.; Hoque, N.; Joshi, V.; Mustafiz, M.; Naher, F.; Perng, J.; Rahman, A; Waid, J.; Wang, Z., 2019. Food for improved nutrition in Bangladesh. (Link.)

Jamison, J.; McGee, K.; Oseni, G.; Perng, J.; Sato, R.; Tanaka, T.; Vakis, R. 2018. The Relationship between Conflicts, Economic Shocks, and Death with Depression, Economic Activities, and Human Capital Investment in Nigeria. World Bank Policy: No. 8685.

Rankin, K.; Jarvis-Thiebault, J.; Pfeifer, N.; Engelbert, M.; Perng, J.; Yoon S.; Heard, A. (2016). Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: An Evidence Gap Map. Link.