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Fenella Carpena

Fenella Carpena

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Jeg er førsteamanuensis i samfunnsøkonomi ved Handelshøyskolen, OsloMet – storbyuniversitetet. Før jeg begynte ved OsloMet, tok jeg en doktorgrad i samfunnsøkonomi ved University of California, Berkeley, i 2017.

Jeg er samfunnsøkonom med spesialisering innen anvendt mikroøkonomi og forsker på økonomisk utvikling. I forskningen min undersøker jeg utfordringene husholdninger og bedrifter står overfor i lav- og mellominntektsland, og hvilke politiske tiltak og andre virkemidler som kan bidra til å løse disse utfordringene. Jeg bruker både eksperimentelle og kvasi-eksperimentelle metoder for å undersøke disse spørsmålene empirisk.

Mye av min tidligere forskning har foregått i India, hvor jeg har gjennomført omfattende feltarbeid. Her har jeg blant annet undersøkt hvordan tørke påvirker matforbruk og ernæring i husholdninger på landsbygda, hvordan opplæring i personlig økonomi påvirker sparing og andre økonomiske forhold blant personer med lav inntekt, og hvilke konsekvenser tidlig ekteskap har for kvinners politiske deltakelse.

Min nåværende forskning handler i hovedsak om bærekraftig utvikling i næringslivet. Jeg leder et prosjekt finansiert av Norges forskningsråd gjennom ordningen for unge forskertalenter, der vi undersøker hvordan tyfoner påvirker utviklingen av lokale bedrifter. Jeg leder også et prosjekt finansiert av Finansmarkedsfondet, der vi studerer om ansvarlige investeringspraksiser kan bidra til mer bærekraftig atferd blant selskaper.

Les mer om forskningen min og prosjektene jeg jobber med på nettsiden min: https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~fcarpena/

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Utviklingsøkonomi   Mikrofinans   Experimental economics   Household finance

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P.; Nguyen, Tuan; Nguyen-Tien, Viet; Niazi, Ali; Nikolaishvili, Giorgi; Nordstrom, Ardyn; Nüß, Patrick; Odermatt, Angela; Olson, Matt; Øien, Henning; Ölkers, Tim; Vert, Miquel Oliver i; Oral, Emre; Oswald, Christian; Ousman, Ali; Özak, Ömer; Pandey, Shubham; Pavlov, Alexandre; Pelli, Martino; Penheiro, Romeo; Park, RyuGyung; Martel, Eva Pérez; Petrovičová, Tereza; Phan, Linh; Prettyman, Alexa; Procházka, Jakub; Putri, Aqila; Quandt, Julian; Qiu, Kangyu; Nguyen, Loan Quynh Thi; Rahman, Andaleeb; Rea, Carson H.; Reiremo, Tore Adam; Renée, Laëtitia; Richardson, Joseph; Rivers, Nicholas; Rodrigues, Bruno; Roelofs, William; Roemer, Tobias; Røgeberg, Ole; Rose, Julian; Roskos-Ewoldsen, Andrew; Rosmer, Paul; Sabada, Barbara; Saberian, Soodeh; Salamanca, Nicolas; Sator, Georg; Scates, Daniel; Schlüter, Elmar; Sells, Cameron; Sen, Sharmi; Sethi, Ritika; Shcherbiak, Anna; Sogaolu, Moyosore; Soosalu, Matt; Sørensen, Erik Ø.; Sovani, Manali; Spencer, Noah; Staubli, Stefan; Stans, Renske; Stewart, Anya; Stips, Felix; Stockley, Kieran; Strobel, Stephenson; Struby, Ethan; Tang, John P.; Tanrisever, Idil; Yang, Thomas Tao; Tastan, Ipek; Tatić, Dejan; Tatlow, Benjamin; Seuyong, Féraud Tchuisseu; Thériault, Rémi; Thivierge, Vincent; Tian, Wenjie; Toma, Filip-Mihai; Totarelli, Maddalena; Tran, Van-Anh; Truong, Hung; Tsoy, Nikita; Tuzcuoglu, Kerem; Ubfal, Diego; Villalobos, Laura; Walterskirchen, Julian; Wang, Joseph Tao-yi; Wattal, Vasudha; Webb, Matthew D.; Weber, Bryan S.; Weisser, Reinhard; Weng, Wei-Chien; Westheide, Christian; White, Kimberly; Winter, Jacob; Wochner, Timo; Woerman, Matt; Wong, Jared; Woodard, Ritchie; Wroński, Marcin; Yazbeck, Myra; Yang, Gustav Chung; Yap, Luther; Yassin, Kareman; Ye, Hao; Yoon, Jin Young; Yurris, Chris; Zahra, Tahreen; Zaneva, Mirela; Zayat, Aline; Zhang, Jonathan; Zhao, Ziwei; Zhong, Yaolang (2026). Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research. Nature. Vol. 652.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10251-x

Carpena, Fenella Cordova (2024). Entertainment-Education for Better Health: Insights from a Field Experiment in India. Journal of Development Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2024.2312832

Carpena, Fenella ; Swinkels, Laurens; Zhang, Dan (2023). 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 ; Jensenius, Francesca Refsum (2021). Age of marriage and women’s political engagement: Evidence from india. 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 (Red.). The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance. Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195391244.013



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Carpena, Fenella (2021). Access to Food in Cauca, Colombia: Descriptive Patterns from the 2011 National Quality of Life Survey. Chapter 4 in A. Dulsrud and S. Kuraj (Eds.) Food for Security: Mapping Mechanisms of Food Security and Conflict in Cauca, Colombia. SIFO Project Report # 7-2021. 172 s. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4852392

Carpena, Fenella ; Vakulchuk, Roman (2018). Customs Capacity Building for WCO Members 2012-2015. 110 s. Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2505757

Carpena, Fenella (2017). Essays on Development Economics. 119 s. UC Berkeley Electronic Theses and Dissertations.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4186064



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Formidling

Carpena, Fenella (2026). Catalytic Divestment: The World's Largest Investor's Exit from Coal and Global Emissions. Keynote Lecture, Summer School – Hot Topics on Development in the Global South. Ghent University.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5579058

Carpena, Fenella (2026). Norm-Setting Divestment: The World's Largest Investor's Coal Exit and Global Emission. Seminar, Center for Energy, Nature and Climate Economics (CENCE). Norwegian University of Life Sciences .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5579053

Carpena, Fenella ; Galle, Simon; Sabarillo, Anthony (2026). Better data, better policy: The case for a Philippine Business ID.
https://doi.org/https://bworldonline.com/opinion/2

Carpena, Fenella ; Sabarillo, Anthony (2026). TEMPEST Project Updates (2026-Q2).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5579344

Carpena, Fenella (2026). Norm-setting Divestment: The World’s Largest Investor's Coal Exit and Global Emissions. Nordic Conference on Development Economics. Linnaeus University.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5579047

Carpena, Fenella (2026). Norm-setting Divestment: The World’s Largest Investor's Coal Exit and Global Emissions. Nordic Annual Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop. Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), Stockholm School of Economics.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5579043

Carpena, Fenella ; Sabarillo, Anthony; Magante, Maire (2026). TEMPEST: Typhoon Effects on Enterprises in the Philippines.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5579250

Carpena, Fenella (2026). Norm-setting Divestment: The World’s Largest Investor's Coal Exit and Global Emissions. Research Huddle. Central Bank of the Philippines.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5579033

Carpena, Fenella (2026). TEMPEST Project Updates (2026-Q1).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5579332

Carpena, Fenella (2025). TEMPEST: Typhoon Effects on Enterprises in the Philippines.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5579293





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