Home>Applied Microeconomics Seminar with Carolyn PELNIK (World Bank)
02 April 2026 from 12:45 until 14:00
Salle H405
28 rue des Saints-Pères, 75007, Paris
This event is not accessible to people with reduced mobility.
Carolyn Pelnik is a Research Economist in the Development Research Group (DECRG) of the World Bank. She joined just after being awarded a PhD in Economics & Public Policy by Tufts University in 2025.
Her work is in development economics, with a particular focus on the drivers of firm growth and the impact of financial services and market access in low- and middle-income countries. In 2024 she was the laureate of the Northeastern Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Distinguished Paper Award. She has also been awarded a number of fellowships and research grants throughout her doctoral studies. She is currently working on a project (with Campos, Dalton, de Nicola, Morales & Segnana) with important support from the World Bank/EU Regional Competitiveness (EuroCOMP) Lab: Human v. AI Business Consulting (Bulgaria).
She will present a paper at the next Applied Microeconomics Seminar on the topic:
The next Applied Microeconomics Seminar will host Maria Micaela SVIATSCHI (Princeton) on April 16th.