Jennifer Seager
Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, George Washington University
Jennifer Seager is a development economist and an Associate Professor of Global Health and Economics in the Department of Global Health. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, health, and empowerment among adolescents and young adults. Methodologically, her research leverages applied econometric techniques; the design, implementation, and monitoring of field experiments; and primary data collection, with an interest in estimating the causal impacts of programs and policies to improve population health and well-being.
Recent work by Jennifer Seager
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Two cost-effective approaches to reducing intimate partner violence among adolescents
Two low-cost interventions targeting adolescent girls and boys separately each produced large, cost-effective reductions in intimate partner violence in Tanzania.
Published 30.06.26
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The impact of criminalising sex work in Indonesia
Criminalising sex work in Indonesia led to large increases in sexually transmitted infections among sex workers and likely across the whole population
Published 09.11.20
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How soccer and goals make better relationships
Lessons on gender parity and staying healthy reduced intimate partner violence and led goal-minded girls to choose age-appropriate and ‘better’ boys
Published 16.09.20