Ingvild Almås

Ingvild Almås is a Professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, specializing in economic inequality analysis. She has been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant for her project "From Household Allocations to Global Inequality: New Methods, Facts and Policy Implications", which bridges intra-household resource allocation with global inequality patterns.

• Focuses on developing novel measures for parental resource preferences and household decision-making
• Conducts fieldwork in 10 countries spanning global income deciles
• Leads RCT in Tanzania on cash transfers and parenting programs
• Validates measures through lab experiments in Chile, India, and Tanzania

Her research directly informs poverty reduction strategies and child development policies.