Magda Tsaneva

Associate Professor, Economics

Dr. Tsaneva received a B.A. from Colby College in 2007 and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 2015.  She has been at Clark since 2015.

Dr. Tsaneva is an applied microeconomist with a focus on development economics.  Her research examines how various government policies and unexpected shocks impact mental health, early marriage/pregnancy, and child education.  She teaches courses on development economics, policy evaluation, principles of macroeconomics, and statistics.

Degrees

  • Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, 2015
  • B.A. in Economics and International Studies, Colby College, 2007

Affiliated Department

Economics

Scholarly and creative works

  • Article in Refereed Journal

    The effect of crime on mental health in South Africa

    Published in Review of Development Economics
    2024
    Vol. 28
    Magda R. Tsaneva, Lauren-Kate LaPlante
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    How social structure shapes female competition throughout her lifetime

    Published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
    2023
    Issue #216
    Magda R. Tsaneva, Jeffrey Flory, Kathryn Vasilaky, Kenneth Leonard
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Labor market conditions and adult health in Mexico

    Published in Canadian Journal of Economics
    2022
    Vol. 55
    Issue #1
    Magda R. Tsaneva, Pinar Gunes
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Impact of air pollution on mental health in India

    Published in Journal of Development Studies
    2022
    Magda R. Tsaneva, Uttara Balakrishnan
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    The Effect of a Large-scale Workfare Program on Child Marriage in India

    Published in Oxford Development Studies
    2021
    Vol. 49
    Issue #4
    Magda R. Tsaneva, Ashley O’Donoghue
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Local labor markets and child learning outcomes

    Published in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
    2021
    Vol. 21
    Issue #2
    Magda R. Tsaneva, Uttara Balakrishnan
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Pollution and human capital: Evidence from India

    Published in World Development
    October
    2021
    Vol. 146
    Magda R. Tsaneva, Uttara Balakrishnan
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    The effect of weather variability on child marriage in Bangladesh

    Published in Journal of International Development
    2020
    Magda R. Tsaneva
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    The effects of teenage childbearing on education, physical health, and mental distress: evidence from Mexico

    Published in Journal of Demographic Economics
    2020
    Vol. 86
    Issue #2
    Magda R. Tsaneva, Pinar Gunes
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    The effect of violent crime on teenage pregnancy in Mexico

    Published in Review of Economics of the Household
    2020
    Vol. 18
    Issue #1
    Magda R. Tsaneva, Pinar Gunes
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    The effect of violent crime on female decision-making within the household: evidence from the Mexican war on drugs

    Published in Review of Economics of the Household
    2019
    Vol. 17
    Magda Tsaneva, Marc Rockmore, Zahra Albohmood
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    The Effect of a workfare programme on psychological wellbeing in India

    Published in The Journal of Development Studies
    2019
    Vol. 55
    Issue #12
    Magda Tsaneva, Uttara Balakrishnan
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    The effects of climate variability on psychological well-being in India

    Published in World Development
    2018
    Vol. 106
    Sharon Pailler, Magda Tsaneva
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Do Parents Invest Less in Worse-Performing Children? Evidence from the Asian Financial Crisis

    Published in Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies
    2017
    Vol. 53
    Issue #1
    Magda Tsaneva
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    Does school Matter? Learning outcomes of Indonesian children after dropping out of school

    Published in World development perspectives
    2017
    Vol. 6
    Magda Tsaneva
  • Article in Refereed Journal

    The effect of risk preferences on household use of water treatment

    Published in The Journal of Development Studies
    2013
    Vol. 49
    Issue #10
    Magda Tsaneva