RTG 1723 - Globalization and Development

Jana Lenze

Address

Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3
37073 Göttingen
Room 2.209, Oeconomicum

Tel: (+49) 551 39-7304
E-Mail jana.lenze@wiwi.uni-goettingen.de

Current Position

Doctoral Researcher

Supervisors

Prof. Stephan Klasen, Prof. Amy Alexander

Research Interests

  • Development Economics
  • Women‘s empowerment and domestic violence
  • Inequality in Education
  • Panel data and macroeconomics

    • Project

    Gender and Governance Link (GGL)
    PIs: Stephan Klasen, Christian Welzel (University of Lüneburg), Amy Alexander (University of Gothenburg).
    Funder: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur.

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    Publications

    Does Women’s Labor Force Participation reduce Domestic Violence? Evidence from Jordan. Jana Lenze and Stephan Klasen. Feminist Economics Vol. 23, Iss. 1, 2017.

    Current Work

  • The Drivers of Gender Gaps in Education. Joint work with Stephan Klasen, Christian Welzel, Amy Alexander.
  • Cash Transfer Programs and Domestic Violence. Joint work with Juliane Zenker.

    • Teaching

  • Summer Semester 2016: Introduction to Development Economics (BA)
  • Winter Semester 2016/2017: Advanced Development Economics (MA)
  • Summer Semester 2017: Trade-related and Macroeconomic Issues in Latin American (LA) Policy Making (MA)
  • Winter Semester 2017/2018: Topics in International Trade