Interests
development economics, kinship/family economics, economic/social history, education, health
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Colonial history
Marazyan, K. 2025, The effects of rainfall shocks on divorce requests: Evidence from Colonial Senegal, Journal of Comparative Economics, vol 53-2
Marazyan, K. 2022, Documenting Inter-personal Conflicts in Senegal during the First Quarter the 20th Century using Dispute Registries from Native Courts, Histoire et Mesure, vol 37-2 (2022 HAL paper here CEPREMAP 2022 docweb here)
Kinship/family economics
Chort, I., Hotte R. and K. Marazyan, 2025, Income shocks, Brideprice and Child Marriage in Turkey, World Bank Economic Review, (UMR D&S WP 2021 here ; IZA WP 2022 here)
Hotte, R. and K. Marazyan, 2020, Demand for Insurance and Within-Kin-Group Marriage: Evidence from a Western African Country, Journal of Development Economics, vol 146 (last version here)
Boltz, M., Marazyan, K., and P. Villar, 2020, Is Informal Redistribution Costly? Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Senegal, World Bank Economic Review Vol 34, Supplement_1
Boltz, M., Marazyan, K., and P. Villar, 2019, Income Hiding and Informal Redistribution: A Lab-in-the-field Experiment in Senegal, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 137, page 78-92 (UMR D&S WP 2017-4 here; PSE WP 2015 here)
Guilbert, N. and K. Marazyan, 2018, Mother Singlehood at First Birth and Mortality Risks of First- and Later-Born Children: the Case of Senegal, Journal of Demographic Economics, vol. 84(1), pages 41-77
Marazyan, K., 2015, Resource Allocation in Extended Sibships: an Empirical Investigation for Senegal, Journal of African Economies, vol. 24(3), pages 416-452
Marazyan, K., 2015, An Analysis of Foster-Children's Educational Outcomes when Child Fostering is Motivated by Norms: the Case of Cameroon, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol. 46(1)
Beck, S., De Vreyer, Ph., Lambert, S., Marazyan, K. and A. Safir, 2015, Child Fostering in Senegal, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol. 46(1) (extended version in Cepremap docweb n°1403 here ; HAL version here)
Marazyan, K., 2011, Effects of a Sibship Extension to Foster Children on Children's School Enrolment: A Sibling Rivalry Analysis for Indonesia, Journal of Development Studies, vol.47(3), pages 497-518
Education/Skills
Chort, I.; De Vreyer, Ph. and K. Marazyan, 2014, L'apprentissage au Sénégal : déterminants et trajectoires, Autrepart 3, n° 71, p. 175-193
Other publications
Diallo, H., Gautrain, E., and Marazyan, K., 2025, Introduction. Mécanismes de protection face aux risques émergents liés au dérèglement climatique dans les Suds. Revue internationale des études du développement, (257), 7-34
Working papers
Men's premarital migrations and marriage payments: Evidence from Indonesia with Hugues Champeaux and Elsa Gautrain, DeFiPP WP 2024 here UMR D&S 2024 WP here
Labor Supply Responses to Chronic Illness: Evidence from Senegal with Virginie Comblon, UMR D&S WP 2017-6 here
Work in progress
Formalization of the Apprenticeship Sector in Senegal: Effects on Training Quality and on Apprentices' Labour Market Outcomes, with Frédéric Aubery (WB), John Giles (WB) and Mame Mor Syll (UGB)
Discipline in training workshops in craft trades in Senegal : measures and challenges with Frédéric Aubery (WB), John Giles (WB) and Mame Mor Syll (UGB)
Demand for and Effect of Avaibility of Alternative Dispute Regulation Bodies. Evidence from Senegal