FIRMS, FARMS AND LABOUR

CSAE's research programme on private sector development focuses on understanding the behaviour of firms, farms and workers, with a view to improving policies for growth. This programme embraces a variety of techniques in applied microeconometrics, with a broad aim of understanding market-related institutions in developing countries.

PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS

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AI AND SERVICES-LED GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM INDIAN JOB ADVERTS

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AN ADAPTIVE TARGETED FIELD EXPERIMENT: JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEES IN JORDAN

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ANONYMITY OR DISTANCE: JOB SEARCH AND LABOUR MARKET EXCLUSION IN A GROWING AFRICAN CITY

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ASSET-BASED MICROFINANCE FOR MICROENTERPRISES IN PAKISTAN

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CAN MATCHING ON SOFT SKILLS YIELD BETTER FIRM-WORKER MATCHES?

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CAN TEMPORARY FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR FEMALE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS LEAD TO LONG-TERM RETENTION AND A BETTER ALLOCATION OF TALENT?

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FEMALE RICKSHAW DRIVER TRAINING IN PAKISTAN

Classroom training in Bangladesh

FINANCING VIRTUAL MIGRATION: FREELANCING AND INCOME-SHARING IN BANGLADESH

Men working in a messy factory in Addis Ababa

FORMAL HIRING PRACTICES, FIRM GROWTH AND INCLUSIVE LABOUR MARKETS

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IMPROVING REFUGEE INTEGRATION THROUGH ETHIOPIA'S SOCIAL SAFETY NET

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INCREASING MOBILE BANKING USE AMONG RURAL POPULATIONS IN GHANA

JOBSEEKERS' BELIEFS ABOUT COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND (MIS)DIRECTED SEARCH

RESEARCH AND POLICY GROUPS

OXFORD DIGITAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH LAB

OXFORD MARTIN PROGRAMME ON AFRICAN GOVERNANCE

POVERTY REDUCTION, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH PROGRAMME

CSAE RESEARCHERS

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Stefan Dercon

Director (CSAE); Academic Director (EPN); Professor of Economic Policy (Economics/BSG)

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Doug Gollin

Senior Research Fellow (Economics)

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Pramila Krishnan

Professor of Development Economics (ODID)

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Romuald Méango

Associate Professor in Economics (Economics)

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Muhammad Meki

Associate Professor (ODID)

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Christian Meyer-Wratil

Director, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development (OMS)

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Kate Orkin

Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy (BSG)

Verena Wiedemann

Verena Wiedemann

(International Finance Corporation)

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Christopher Woodruff

Professor of Development Economics (Economics)