Emily Breza is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Harvard University. She received her PhD in Economics from MIT and her BA from Yale University. Following graduate school, she joined the faculty of Columbia Business School in the Finance and Economics Division. Her research focuses on development economics, social networks, and household finance. She is particularly interested the social and behavioral aspects of how individuals and households interact with formal and informal financial products.She has affiliations with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), and the International Growth Centre (IGC).