Jason Kerwin

Jason Kerwin is Alberta C. Corkery Professor of Economics at University of Washington, Affiliated Professor at J-PAL, and IZA Research Fellow. He earned his PhD from University of Michigan in 2015.

His research examines economic decision-making in developing countries regarding health, education, employment and savings. Fieldwork includes Malawi, Uganda, India, and Egypt using randomized experiments and causal inference methods.

He has published in American Economic Review, Journal of Econometrics, and Journal of Development Economics. Current projects study savings constraints, health commitment devices, and education program effectiveness.

He received the Philip Leverhulme Prize, AXA Research Award, and is Brimmer Distinguished Scholar.