Welcome. I am a Postdoctoral Associate within the Applied Economics and Policy area of the S.C. Johnson College of Business and the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. I completed my Ph.D. from the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (AFRE) at Michigan State University. 

In my research, I study how agricultural technologies affect women's empowerment in developing countries, with a particular focus on the water-technology nexus, women's agency, and nutrition and health outcomes. During my doctoral studies, I worked as a short-term consultant for the Innovation Laboratory for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI), collaborating with researchers on a study examining the impacts of small-scale irrigation on women’s time allocation in Ethiopia. During my doctoral studies, my work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including World Development, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Journal of Water and Health, and PLoS One. 

I have co-organized 12 online technical training sessions and one in-person session in Ghana with researchers affiliated with the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI). Before pursuing my Ph.D., I interned at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), where I led a study on the gender-differentiated impacts of heat stress on agricultural labor in Tanzania.

My CV is here (and below). If you're interested in, please find my research page.

I can be reached at: yeyoung.lee@cornell.edu.