Welcome to my page!

I am Karine Moukaddem a PhD candidate at the Aix Marseille School of Economics (Aix-Marseille University) under the supervision of Patricia Augier and Marion Dovis. I am a J-PAL MENA Scholar Fellowship recipient for 2024-2026.

I am an applied microeconomist working on the drivers and implications of gender norms and exposure to violence. My research interests lie at the intersection of development, gender, family economics and political economy, with a particular focus on the Middle East. 

In my Job Market Paper, I investigate the impact of exposure to the Arab Spring on the Egyptian marriage market with a particular focus on marital payments and types of matches. Using a novel dataset from the Egyptian Labour Market Panel survey data, I exploit the geographical variation in exposure intensity to protests, and I find that exposure to violent protests led to an increase in promised deferred dower and in consanguinity and a decrease in education of married women.

I am also working on i) the role of social networks and life aspirations in shaping migration aspirations of women in a crisis context and ii) the long-term consequences of exposure to violent protests on women's empowerment. 

I was visiting the Research Program in Development Economcis at Princeton University in May 2024, invited by Prof. Pascaline Dupas, and the Vancouver School of Economics of the University of British Columbia in Spring 2024, invited by Prof. Siwan Anderson. 

Contact: karine.moukaddem@univ-amu.fr