About
I am an Associate Professor of Economics at the Oslo Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet). Prior to joining OsloMet, I obtained a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2017.
My fields of research are development economics and applied microeconomics. My research aims to understand the challenges confronting households and enterprises in low-income countries, and the policies and interventions that work well to address these challenges. I investigate these issues empirically using both experiments and quasi-experiments.
Much of my previous research has been carried out in India, where I have conducted extensive fieldwork. The research questions I have examined in this context include: the impact of droughts on rural households' food consumption and nutrition, the efficacy of financial education in improving savings and other financial outcomes among the poor, and the effect of early marriage on women's political participation.
For more information about my research and ongoing projects, please visit my website: https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~fcarpena/
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Development economics Microfinance Experimental economics Household finance
Countries
Research groups
Research projects
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Can responsible investment induce sustainable corporate behavior? Evidence from the worlds largest equity investor
Can responsible investing help to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
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Heterogeneous Investors and Asset Allocations
In this project, we study how Norwegian households respond to monetary policy changes.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Carpena, Fenella
; Swinkels, Laurens;
Zhang, Dan
(2024).
The effects of COVID-19 policies on consumer spending in Norway.
Contemporary economic policy.
Vol. 42.
https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12627
Carpena, Fenella Cordova
(2024).
Entertainment-Education for Better Health: Insights from a Field Experiment in India.
17 p.
Journal of Development Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2024.2312832
Carpena, Fenella
; Bejarano, Nury Bibian
(2023).
Less Conflict, More Food Security: A Case Study of Cauca, Colombia.
42 p.
Internasjonal Politikk.
Vol. 81.
https://doi.org/10.23865/intpol.v81.5807
Carpena, Fenella
; Jensenius, Francesca Refsum
(2021).
Age of marriage and women’s political engagement: Evidence from india.
51 p.
Journal of Politics.
Vol. 83.
https://doi.org/10.1086/712141
Carpena, Fenella
; Zia, Bilal
(2020).
The Causal Mechanism of Financial Education: Evidence from Mediation Analysis.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Vol. 177.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.05.001
Carpena, Fenella
(2019).
How Do Droughts Impact Household Food Consumption and Nutritional Intake? A Study of Rural India.
World Development.
Vol. 122.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.06.005
Carpena, Fenella
; Cole, Shawn; Shapiro, Jeremy; Zia, Bilal
(2017).
The ABCs of Financial Education: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases.
Management science.
Vol. 65.
https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2819
Carpena, Fenella
; Cole, Shawn; Shapiro, Jeremy; Zia, Bilal
(2013).
Liability Structure in Small-scale Finance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.
World Bank Economic Review.
https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhs031
Bruhn, Miriam;
Carpena, Fenella
; Zia, Bilal
(2012).
Microfinance for Entrepreneurs.
Cumming, Douglas (Ed.).
The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance.
Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195391244.013
