• Age of marriage and women's political engagement: Evidence from India 

      Jensenius, Francesca Refsum; Carpena, Fenella (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Although decades have passed since most women in the democratic world gained the right to vote and run for election, a large gender gap in political participation persists, particularly in developing countries. This short ...
    • Age of marriage and women's political engagement: Evidence from India 

      Jensenius, Francesca Refsum; Carpena, Fenella (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Although decades have passed since most women in the democratic world gained the right to vote and run for election, a large gender gap in political participation persists, particularly in developing countries. This short ...
    • The Causal Mechanism of Financial Education: Evidence from Mediation Analysis 

      Carpena, Fenella; Zia, Bilal (Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization;Volume 177, September 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-30)
      This paper uses a field experiment in India and mediation analysis to investigate the causal mechanisms between financial education and financial behavior. Focusing on the mediating role of financial literacy, we propose a ...
    • The effects of COVID-19 policies on consumer spending in Norway 

      Carpena, Fenella; Swinkels, Laurens; Zhang, Dan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      We examine the effect of COVID‐19 policies on consumer spending using bankcard transactions from Norway. Exploiting variation in COVID‐19 policies over time and across space in the four largest municipalities, we investigate ...
    • How Do Droughts Impact Household Food Consumption and Nutritional Intake? A Study of Rural India 

      Carpena, Fenella (World Development;Volume 122, October 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-06)
      This paper investigates the impacts of droughts on food expenditure and macronutrient consumption among rural Indian households. To isolate causal effects, I exploit random year-to-year variation in a dry shock, defined ...
    • Mindre konflikt, mer matsikkerhet: En casestudie av Cauca, Colombia 

      Carpena, Fenella; Bejarano, Nury Bibian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Denne artikkelen undersøker forholdet mellom konflikt og matsikkerhet i Cauca, Colombia. Vi benytter oss av det naturlige eksperimentet som kom i stand som følge av våpenhvilen i 2014 erklært av Colombias revolusjonære ...