Her research focuses on financial inclusion and social protection, with a regional emphasis on East Africa and additional work in India and Bangladesh. She has collaborated with NGOs, private sector partners, and government agencies to collect randomized controlled trials to understand the effect of market failures and behavioral biases on savings, investment, labor supply, and demand for health care, and to measure the impact of interventions designed to alleviate these constraints. Dr. Goldberg holds a PhD in Economics and Public Policy from the University of Michigan, an MPA from Princeton University, and BA in economics and political science from Stanford University.