Melanie Morten
Associate Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Bio
Personal website: www.stanford.edu/~memorten
Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor, Economics
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Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
2022-23 Courses
- Development Economics
ECON 118 (Win) - Development Economics II
ECON 215 (Aut) - Development Workshop
ECON 315 (Aut, Win, Spr) -
Independent Studies (4)
- Directed Reading
ECON 139D (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading
ECON 239D (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Honors Thesis Research
ECON 199D (Aut, Win, Spr) - Practical Training
ECON 299 (Aut, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading
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Prior Year Courses
2021-22 Courses
- Development Economics
ECON 118 (Win) - Development Economics I
ECON 214 (Aut) - Development Economics II
ECON 215 (Win) - Development Workshop
ECON 315 (Aut, Win, Spr)
2020-21 Courses
- Development Economics
ECON 118 (Win) - Development Economics II
ECON 215 (Win) - Development Workshop
ECON 315 (Aut, Win, Spr)
2019-20 Courses
- Development Economics
ECON 118 (Win) - Development Economics II
ECON 215 (Win) - Development Workshop
ECON 315 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Development Economics
All Publications
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Migration and Informal Insurance: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial and a Structural Model
REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
2022; 89 (1): 452-480
View details for DOI 10.1093/restud/rdab021
View details for Web of Science ID 000746064900014
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Could Gentrification Stop the Poor from Benefiting from Urban Improvements?
AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC. 2021: 532-537
View details for DOI 10.1257/pandp.20211077
View details for Web of Science ID 000655908100102
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The Aggregate Productivity Effects of Internal Migration: Evidence from Indonesia
JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
2019; 127 (5): 2229–68
View details for DOI 10.1086/701810
View details for Web of Science ID 000490124700006
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Temporary Migration and Endogenous Risk Sharing in Village India
JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
2019; 127 (1): 1–46
View details for DOI 10.1086/700763
View details for Web of Science ID 000457787200001
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Remittances and the Brain Drain Revisited: The Microdata Show That More Educated Migrants Remit More
WORLD BANK ECONOMIC REVIEW
2011; 25 (1): 132-156
View details for DOI 10.1093/wber/lhr013
View details for Web of Science ID 000291545200006
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The Remitting Patterns of African Migrants in the OECD dagger
JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ECONOMIES
2010; 19 (5): 605-634
View details for DOI 10.1093/jae/ejq031
View details for Web of Science ID 000283683600001