Tess Lallemant

Welcome! I am a PhD student at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. I am interested in development and labor economics,  and focus my research on transitions into employment and access to higher education.

I am currently an editor in chief of development economics focused blog, Economics That Really Matters. 

Before joining Cornell, I completed my master's degree in Agricultural and Consumer Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My pre-graduate experience includes three years at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and a year as a consultant at the World Bank, where I worked on agricultural policies, food security, and poverty research.