Sossou S. Adjisse, Ph.D.

I am an applied microeconomist and currently work as a Postdoctoral Scholar at Oregon State University. I earned my Ph.D. in Agricultural & Applied Economics (Applied Economics) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

My research explores how institutions, norms, and information influence behavior and welfare (e.g., poverty and vulnerability), especially during economic and environmental shocks (both historical and contemporaneous). Substantively, I work on human capital development (education and apprenticeships), migration, the empowerment of women and minority groups (including political representation), land rights and local governance, natural resource management and conservation, and international trade.  As a result, my work sits at the crossroads of Development Economics (my primary field), Environmental & Resource Economics (including sustainability), Political Economy, Economic History, and Applied Econometrics.

I link theory to empirical evidence through econometrics—structural, parametric, and non-parametric methods—to evaluate policy-relevant impacts. My work mainly involves creating and using innovative datasets, such as administrative and historical records, randomized controlled trials, lab-in-the-field experiments, synthetic data, and simulations.