Mathilde Sage

PhD student in Economics, Paris-Dauphine University (PSL)

Mathilde Sage is a Ph.D. student in Economics at University Paris-Dauphine – PSL. Her research focuses on gender, fertility, early marriage, and labour in sub-Saharan Africa. Previously, she worked for the World Bank's Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) group and J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris and she graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay. Mathilde Sage's website is here.

Recent work by Mathilde Sage

How development programmes impact fertility rates in Africa

New causal evidence shows boosting African women's income and wealth increases fertility, particularly among women without a son, suggesting that this fertility increase is a means to safeguard long-term economic security.

Health

Aletheia Donald Tricia Koroknay-Palicz Mathilde Sage

Published 12.07.24

Scholarships reduced child marriage and transformed lives in Niger

Lowering the cost of accessing secondary school proved to be a powerful tool in curtailing early marriage in Niger, and had a host of other benefits for girls

Education

Hélène Giacobino Elise Huillery Bastien Michel Mathilde Sage

Published 27.06.24

Mathilde Sage

Recent work by Mathilde Sage

How development programmes impact fertility rates in Africa

Scholarships reduced child marriage and transformed lives in Niger