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About Caroline Krafft, PhD

Caroline Krafft is an economist specializing in development economics, primarily labor, education, health, and inequality in the Middle East and North Africa. She collaborates with St. Kate’s students, international non-governmental organizations, and a global network of scholars in her research. Current projects include work on early childhood development, labor market dynamics, life course transitions, human capital accumulation, and fertility. Caroline teaches courses in economics and statistics, and serves as the program director for the Women and International Development major. She is particularly interested in how economics can help societies understand and address social issues, and is writing a textbook on that topic.

Positions

Present Associate Professor, St. Catherine University ‐ Economics and Political Science Department
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2022 - Present . The impact of MSIs and women-focused colleges on persistence in economics
NSF
Role: Principal Investigator
$289,038
2021 - Present The Future of Work in Egypt
GIZ
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Ragui Assaad
$84,184
2021 - Present Understanding the low participation of women in Egypt’s labor market: Egypt’s first audit study
International Labour Organization (ILO) via the Economic Research Forum (ERF)
Colleague(s): J-PAL MENA
$59,081
2020 - Present A New Social Contract: Reimagining Social Protection in Jordan and Tunisia
Ford Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
$350,000
2020 - Present Assessing the impact of providing access to nurseries on female labor force participation in Egypt.
World Bank
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Bruno Crepon, Stefano Caria, Abdelrahman Nagy
$170,000
2020 - Present Economic Research Forum. The impact of COVID-19 on labor markets and firms in the Middle East and North Africa
Economic Research Forum
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Ragui Assaad, Mohamed Ali Marouani
$75,434
2020 - Present Gender Dimensions of Forced Displacement: Syrian Refugee Adolescent Girls in Jordan.
World Bank
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Ragui Assaad
$22,345
2020 - Present LSMS+ Supported Individual-Disaggregated Data Collection in Sudan Labor Market Panel Survey
World Bank
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Ragui Assaad
$130,000
2020 - Present Strengthening the quality assurance system for Kindergartens in Jordan
World Bank
Role: Principal Investigator
$76,915
2020 - Present Sudan Labor Market Panel Survey 2020 Additional COVID-19 Funding
IZA G2LM | LIC
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Ragui Assaad
$34,286
2020 - Present The Impact of Subsidized Access to Nurseries and Employment Services on Mothers’ Labor Market Outcomes and Child Development in Egypt
IZA G2LM | LIC
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Ragui Assaad
$487,989
2018 - Present Impact Evaluation in Egyptian Kindergartens
World Bank
Role: Principal Investigator
$89,703
2018 - Present Sudan Labor Market Panel Survey 2019
IZA GLM | LIC
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Ragui Assaad
$377,140
2020 - 2022 Assessing the labor market impact of COVID-19 on women with young children in Egypt
IZA G2LM | LIC
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Bruno Crepon, Stefano Caria, Abdelrahman Nagy
$34,286
2019 - 2021 Youth Socio-Economic Participation and Aspirations in Jordan
UNICEF
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Ragui Assaad, Maia Sieverding
$193,270
2020 - 2020 Do small formal and informal firms in Egypt perform similarly and have similar characteristics? An analysis of enterprise characteristics and dynamics.
World Bank
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Ragui Assaad
$24,725
2018 - 2019 Establishing a Research Working Group on Economic Vulnerability in the Arab World
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Role: Principal Investigator
Colleague(s): Ragui Assaad
$498,000
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2021 - Present Outreachy mentor, Outreachy
2020 - Present Member, Households in Conflict Network
2018 - Present Member, Association of Middle East Children's and Youth Studies
2018 - Present Member, ODK-X Technical Steering Commitee, ODK-X
2015 - Present Member, American Economic Association
2015 - Present Reviewer, See CV
2014 - Present Member, Population Association of America
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Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota (2016)
  • Best Paper Award, Labor and Human Development Theme, Economic Research Forum Annual Conference (2014)
  • Lloyd B. Short Award for Best Individual Paper, Humphrey School of Public Affairs (2011)
  • Jernberg Public Service Fellow (2009–2011)
  • Walter H. Judd International Graduate Fellow (Summer 2010)
  • Excellence in Teaching and Advising Award, St. Catherine University (2018)
  • Patricia O’Connor Myser Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Nominee, St. Catherine University (2017)
  • Patricia O’Connor Myser Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award, St. Catherine University (2020)
  • Minnesota Population Center Outstanding Research Award for Demography article "Employment's role in enabling and constraining marriage in the Middle East and North Africa" (2021)

Education

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2015 Ph.D., Applied Economics, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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2011 M.P.P., Public Policy, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ‐ Humphrey School of Public Affairs
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2007 B.A., Sociology/Anthropology and Classical Languages, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Carleton College
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Contact Information

Phone: 651-690-6679

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