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About Me
About Me
I am Assistant Professor in the Section Economics (Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy) at Wageningen University. I am also member of the Research Group on Development Economics at the German Economic Association, associate member of EUDN, CESifo and IZA research affiliate, and J-Pal invited researcher. I was recently awarded a VENI grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research to work on Educational Inequalities within Families. Find my latest CV here.
Email: esther.gehrke[at]wur.nl
Research
Research
I am an applied microeconomist with interests in development, education, agriculture, and inequality. My research focuses on the interlinkages between processes of (de)globalization and rural development in the Global South, with a particular focus on economic spillovers and interdependencies at the country, sector and household levels, and their distributional implications. Find out more here
Teaching
Teaching
At Wageningen University, I teach in the courses Intermediate Microeconomics (DEC23306), Economics of Agribusiness (AEP33306) and Central Themes in the Economics of Development (DEC30306). At the University of Goettingen, I taught Evaluation of Rural Development Projects and Policies. Find out more here
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