# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dean-karlan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:19:55.757Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dean-karlan"
name: "Dean Karlan"
slug: "dean-karlan"
description: "Dean Karlan is an American development economist and social entrepreneur. He is the Frederic Esser Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance at Northwestern University where, alongside Christopher Udry, he co-directs the Global Poverty Research Lab at the Kellogg School of Management. Karlan served as the chief economist at the United States Agency for International Development from November 15, 2022, until his resignation on February 25, 2025."
tagline: "American economist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dean_Karlan_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_East_Asia_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump