Anja Tolonen
Assistant Professor of Economics
Department
Economics
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My research interests are focused on topics within development economics. In particular, one strand of my research explores?how natural resource booms affect local welfare, with a specific focus on labor markets, criminal behavior, health, and gender. Another strand of my research focuses on economics of gender and the household, exploring transmission of information within the household, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and access to sanitation for adolescent girls. I use empirical methods?including natural?experiments, lab experiments in the field, and randomized control trials.
Please see my?homepage?for more information.?
In The News
Professor Anja Benshaul-Tolonen Publishes New Research on Menstrual Hygiene Management in Tanzania
March 24, 2022
Professor Anja Benshaul-Tolonen Publishes New Research on Natural Resource Wealth and Crime
September 28, 2021
Professor Anja Benshaul-Tolonen Publishes New Research on Gender Equality and Extractive Industries
September 28, 2021
Labs Without Limits
Four students studying environmental science, neuroscience, economics, and biology share what it means to pursue STEM-based research at Barnard in a pandemic.
December 18, 2020
Break This Down: Period Teasing
Anja Benshaul-Tolonen, assistant professor of economics, discusses the results behind her new quantitative study on attitudes toward menstruation and how Barnard students are engaging with the data.
November 2, 2020
Prof. Anja Benshaul-Tolonen Examines Effects of Menstruation-Related Absenteeism in Low-Income Countries
August 31, 2020
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