Eric Edmonds

Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College

Eric Edmonds is a Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the World Bank Economic Review, a Senior Fellow of the Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). A development economist, his research focuses on child labor, forced labor, and the transition to adulthood. He was educated at the University of Chicago (Bachelor’s and Master’s in Economics) and Princeton University (PhD in Economics).

Recent work by Eric Edmonds

Do asset transfer programmes lead to child labour? Evidence from Philippines

Asset transfers can expand household-based economic activity, but can also draw more children into the labour force when other labour is unavailable

Labour Markets

Eric Edmonds Caroline Theoharides

Published 20.11.20

The impact of school-based life skills classes for adolescent girls in India

School-based life skills classes can change attitudes, strengthen social connections, and help girls assert more control over their lives while staying in school

Education

Eric Edmonds Ben Feigenberg Jessica Leight

Published 31.08.20

Eric Edmonds

Recent work by Eric Edmonds

Do asset transfer programmes lead to child labour? Evidence from Philippines

The impact of school-based life skills classes for adolescent girls in India