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Dean Karlan

Behavioral Economist, Social Entrepreneur & Author

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Dean Karlan Biography

A professor of economics at Yale University, Dean Karlan is the founder and president of Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), a nonprofit organization that designs and evaluates programs to help fight world poverty. Originally created in 2002, IPA has projects in over 40 countries today.

In conjunction with his work and research for IPA, Karlan co-wrote More Than Good Intentions: Improving the Ways the World's Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy along with Jacob Appel. In it, he combines behavioral economics with worldwide field research that take readers into villages across Africa, India, South America, and the Philippines, where economic theory collides with real life. He shows how small changes in banking, insurance, healthcare, and other development initiatives that take into account human irrationality can drastically improve the well-being of poor people everywhere.

Combining his academic background with hands-on field experiments, Dean Karlan is a unique voice in the discussion of global economics and poverty. In his insightful keynotes, he addresses economic and policy issues relevant to developing countries, domestic charitable fundraising, and political participation, and lets audiences know what they can do to help in the fight to end poverty.

Speaking Topics
  • Using Behavioral Economics to Help People Lead the Lives They Want to Lead

    Behavioral economics recognizes that people do not always do the things they say they want to do – and then later regret it. Commitment contracts are a way to make vices more expensive and virtues cheaper by binding your future self – much like Odysseus did to resist the temptation of the sirens on his famous journey.

    Keynote speaker Dean Karlan created stickK.com in 2008, a website that allows individuals to write a contract in which they (a) set a goal, (b) put up (optional) cash stakes and say where the money will go (anti-charities are popular), (c) name a referee, and (d) name supporters who are informed if they succeed or fail. In this talk, he explains how principles from stickK.com and can be used to help nonprofits fundraise and corporations improve employee wellness, through positive incentive programs for everything from completing health appraisals to losing weight to maintaining a work/family balance.

  • Behavioral Economics & Consumer Behavior: How to Optimize Products, Services & Customer Satisfaction

    There is huge debate in America on how to help consumers make better decisions, avoid foreclosure, and not be overindebted. This debate is for the poor, who find themselves using expensive payday loans and check cashers, as well as the middle class who just can't seem to get out of credit card debt. For corporate America, the question remains: how to balance offering "good" products to consumers while also helping consumers do better for themselves.

    In this speech, keynote speaker Dean Karlan explains how behavioral economics can be used to solve this question. Behavioral economics can make us better, but it requires careful attention to the way we design products and the way we market them. Karlan describes how to think like consumers, for consumers, to help create loyal and financially healthy consumers.

  • More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty

    When it comes to global poverty, people are passionate and polarized. At one extreme: We just need to invest more resources. At the other: We've thrown billions down a sinkhole over the last 50 years and accomplished almost nothing.

    In this speech based on his book of the same name, Dean Karlan presents a new approach that blazes an optimistic and realistic trail between these two extremes. Through careful integration of ideas from both behavioral and traditional economics, and rigorous evaluation and data collection, Karlan presents evidence from around the world on how to tackle poverty, explaining that sometimes the most popular ideas aren't the best. Karlan will explore evidence from microfinance, health, insurance, and agriculture, and will work to help see that, while good intentions are great, we need more than good intentions to do the best that we can in the fight against poverty.

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More Than Good Intentions: Improving the Ways the World's Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy

More Than Good Intentions: Improving the Ways the World's Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy

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  • How do I book Dean Karlan to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Dean Karlan for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Dean Karlan, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Dean Karlan or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Dean Karlan

    Speaking fees for Dean Karlan, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Dean Karlan are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and available upon request for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Dean Karlan, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Dean Karlan speak about?

  • Where does Dean Karlan travel from?

    Dean Karlan generally travels from an undisclosed location, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Dean Karlan’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Dean Karlan for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Dean Karlan for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Dean Karlan or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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Dean Karlan Biography

A professor of economics at Yale University, Dean Karlan is the founder and president of Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), a nonprofit organization that designs and evaluates programs to help fight world poverty. Originally created in 2002, IPA has projects in over 40 countries today.

In conjunction with his work and research for IPA, Karlan co-wrote More Than Good Intentions: Improving the Ways the World's Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy along with Jacob Appel. In it, he combines behavioral economics with worldwide field research that take readers into villages across Africa, India, South America, and the Philippines, where economic theory collides with real life. He shows how small changes in banking, insurance, healthcare, and other development initiatives that take into account human irrationality can drastically improve the well-being of poor people everywhere.

Combining his academic background with hands-on field experiments, Dean Karlan is a unique voice in the discussion of global economics and poverty. In his insightful keynotes, he addresses economic and policy issues relevant to developing countries, domestic charitable fundraising, and political participation, and lets audiences know what they can do to help in the fight to end poverty.

Dean Karlan Speaking Topics

  • Using Behavioral Economics to Help People Lead the Lives They Want to Lead

    Behavioral economics recognizes that people do not always do the things they say they want to do – and then later regret it. Commitment contracts are a way to make vices more expensive and virtues cheaper by binding your future self – much like Odysseus did to resist the temptation of the sirens on his famous journey.

    Keynote speaker Dean Karlan created stickK.com in 2008, a website that allows individuals to write a contract in which they (a) set a goal, (b) put up (optional) cash stakes and say where the money will go (anti-charities are popular), (c) name a referee, and (d) name supporters who are informed if they succeed or fail. In this talk, he explains how principles from stickK.com and can be used to help nonprofits fundraise and corporations improve employee wellness, through positive incentive programs for everything from completing health appraisals to losing weight to maintaining a work/family balance.

  • Behavioral Economics & Consumer Behavior: How to Optimize Products, Services & Customer Satisfaction

    There is huge debate in America on how to help consumers make better decisions, avoid foreclosure, and not be overindebted. This debate is for the poor, who find themselves using expensive payday loans and check cashers, as well as the middle class who just can't seem to get out of credit card debt. For corporate America, the question remains: how to balance offering "good" products to consumers while also helping consumers do better for themselves.

    In this speech, keynote speaker Dean Karlan explains how behavioral economics can be used to solve this question. Behavioral economics can make us better, but it requires careful attention to the way we design products and the way we market them. Karlan describes how to think like consumers, for consumers, to help create loyal and financially healthy consumers.

  • More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty

    When it comes to global poverty, people are passionate and polarized. At one extreme: We just need to invest more resources. At the other: We've thrown billions down a sinkhole over the last 50 years and accomplished almost nothing.

    In this speech based on his book of the same name, Dean Karlan presents a new approach that blazes an optimistic and realistic trail between these two extremes. Through careful integration of ideas from both behavioral and traditional economics, and rigorous evaluation and data collection, Karlan presents evidence from around the world on how to tackle poverty, explaining that sometimes the most popular ideas aren't the best. Karlan will explore evidence from microfinance, health, insurance, and agriculture, and will work to help see that, while good intentions are great, we need more than good intentions to do the best that we can in the fight against poverty.

Dean Karlan Videos

  • Dean Karlan on Commitment Savings - YouTube

Dean Karlan Books

FAQs on booking Dean Karlan

  • How do I book Dean Karlan to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Dean Karlan for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Dean Karlan, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Dean Karlan or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Dean Karlan

    Speaking fees for Dean Karlan, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Dean Karlan are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and available upon request for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Dean Karlan, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Dean Karlan speak about?

  • Where does Dean Karlan travel from?

    Dean Karlan generally travels from an undisclosed location, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Dean Karlan’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Dean Karlan for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Dean Karlan for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Dean Karlan or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.

Dean Karlan is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Using Behavioral Economics to Help People Lead the Lives They Want to Lead, Behavioral Economics & Consumer Behavior: How to Optimize Products, Services & Customer Satisfaction and More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty. The estimated speaking fee range to book Dean Karlan for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Dean Karlan generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Joseph Stiglitz, Ralph Nader, John Zogby, John Wood and Raj Patel. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dean Karlan for an upcoming live or virtual event.

Dean Karlan Speaking Topics

  • Using Behavioral Economics to Help People Lead the Lives They Want to Lead

    Behavioral economics recognizes that people do not always do the things they say they want to do – and then later regret it. Commitment contracts are a way to make vices more expensive and virtues cheaper by binding your future self – much like Odysseus did to resist the temptation of the sirens on his famous journey.

    Keynote speaker Dean Karlan created stickK.com in 2008, a website that allows individuals to write a contract in which they (a) set a goal, (b) put up (optional) cash stakes and say where the money will go (anti-charities are popular), (c) name a referee, and (d) name supporters who are informed if they succeed or fail. In this talk, he explains how principles from stickK.com and can be used to help nonprofits fundraise and corporations improve employee wellness, through positive incentive programs for everything from completing health appraisals to losing weight to maintaining a work/family balance.

  • Behavioral Economics & Consumer Behavior: How to Optimize Products, Services & Customer Satisfaction

    There is huge debate in America on how to help consumers make better decisions, avoid foreclosure, and not be overindebted. This debate is for the poor, who find themselves using expensive payday loans and check cashers, as well as the middle class who just can't seem to get out of credit card debt. For corporate America, the question remains: how to balance offering "good" products to consumers while also helping consumers do better for themselves.

    In this speech, keynote speaker Dean Karlan explains how behavioral economics can be used to solve this question. Behavioral economics can make us better, but it requires careful attention to the way we design products and the way we market them. Karlan describes how to think like consumers, for consumers, to help create loyal and financially healthy consumers.

  • More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty

    When it comes to global poverty, people are passionate and polarized. At one extreme: We just need to invest more resources. At the other: We've thrown billions down a sinkhole over the last 50 years and accomplished almost nothing.

    In this speech based on his book of the same name, Dean Karlan presents a new approach that blazes an optimistic and realistic trail between these two extremes. Through careful integration of ideas from both behavioral and traditional economics, and rigorous evaluation and data collection, Karlan presents evidence from around the world on how to tackle poverty, explaining that sometimes the most popular ideas aren't the best. Karlan will explore evidence from microfinance, health, insurance, and agriculture, and will work to help see that, while good intentions are great, we need more than good intentions to do the best that we can in the fight against poverty.

Dean Karlan Speaker Videos

  • Dean Karlan on Commitment Savings - YouTube

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All American Entertainment (AAE) exclusively represents the interests of talent buyers, and does not claim to be the agency or management for any speaker or artist on this site. AAE is a talent booking agency for paid events only. We do not handle requests for donation of time or media requests for interviews, and cannot provide celebrity contact information.

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