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Lisa A. Gennetian, Pritzker Professor of Early Learning Policy Studies  

Office Location: 212 Rubenstein Hall, 302 Towerview Road, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: +1 919 613 9341
Duke Box: 90312
Email Address: lisa.gennetian@duke.edu
Web Page: https://duke.box.com/s/66h1o8uunxcf08w8w0q6feb4xigafaes
Web Page: https://twitter.com/Gen_Pov

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    Ph.D., Cornell University, 1998
    B.A., Wellesley College, 1990

    Teaching (Spring 2024):

    • Pubpol 303d.002, Microeconomic policy tools Synopsis
      Sanford 04, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
    • Sociol 490s.02, Seminar special topics Synopsis
      Sanford 102, Th 10:20 AM-11:10 AM; Sanford 102, W 03:20 PM-05:50 PM

    Recent Publications   (More Publications)

    1. Costanzo, MA; Magnuson, KA; Gennetian, LA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Noble, KG; Yoshikawa, H. "Contraception use and satisfaction among mothers with low income: Evidence from the Baby's First Years study.." Contraception 129 (January, 2024): 110297. [doi]  [abs]
    2. Halpern-Meekin, S; Gennetian, LA; Hoiting, J; Stilwell, L; Meyer, L. "Monthly unconditional income supplements starting at birth: Experiences among mothers of young children with low incomes in the U.S.." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (January, 2024). [doi]  [abs]
    3. Troller-Renfree, SV; Sperber, JF; Hart, ER; Costanzo, MA; Gennetian, LA; Meyer, JS; Fox, NA; Noble, KG. "Associations between maternal stress and infant resting brain activity among families residing in poverty in the U.S.." Biological psychology 184 (November, 2023): 108683. [doi]  [abs]
    4. Gennetian, LA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Meyer, L; Fox, NA; Magnuson, K; Noble, KG; Yoshikawa, H. "Cash to US families at scale: Behavioral insights on implementation from the baby's first years study." Cash Transfers for Inclusive Societies: A Behavioral Lens. October, 2023: 193-216.
    5. Sperber, JF; Gennetian, LA; Hart, ER; Kunin-Batson, A; Magnuson, K; Duncan, GJ; Yoshikawa, H; Fox, NA; Halpern-Meekin, S; Noble, KG. "Unconditional Cash Transfers and Maternal Assessments of Children's Health, Nutrition, and Sleep: A Randomized Clinical Trial.." JAMA network open 6.9 (September, 2023): e2335237. [doi]  [abs]

    Highlight:

    Dr. Gennetian is an applied economist whose research straddles a variety of areas concerning child poverty from income security and stability to early care and education with a particular lens toward identifying causal mechanisms underlying how child poverty shapes children’s development. She is a co-PI on the first multi-site multi-year randomized control study of a monthly unconditional cash transfer to low income mothers of infants in the U.S. called Baby’s First Years. Her recent work bridges poverty scholarship with a behavioral economic framework.  “The Persistence of Poverty in the Context of Economic Instability: A Behavioral Perspective,” describes such a framework for poverty programs and policy, co-authored with Dr. Eldar Shafir and her co-authored publication “Behavioral Economics and Developmental Science,” further advances the application of behavioral economic insights to the arena of children’s development. Professor Gennetian has since launched the beELL initiative; applying insights from behavioral economics to design strategies to support parent and family engagement in, and enhance the impacts of, existing childhood interventions. Dr. Gennetian also has a body of research examining poverty among Hispanic children and families, serving as a PI on several grants and a co-PI directing work on poverty and economic self-sufficiency at the National Center for Research on Hispanic Families.

    Lisa A. Gennetian