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The Department provides a focus for a very diverse and internationally renowned group of academic economists, many of whom have made major recent contributions to modern economic analysis. With 78.5 full-time equivalent researchers, Oxford Economics was by far the largest group of economists submitted to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise conducted jointly by the UK Higher Education Funding Councils. Within a large group, 95 percent of all research activities were classified as internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour (3* or better), with 40 percent of activities regarded as world leading (4*). This places Oxford with more 4* research activities in total than any other UK Economics Department, see RAE viewer. Research Fortnight also ranks Oxford Economics first for research power, a measure that takes into account of both the quality and the quantity of research submitted. The Department is committed to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. For the second consecutive year, Oxford Economics is ranked first in the UK for the study of economics by the Guardian University Guide, the Complete University Guide and the Times Good University Guide.

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CSAE Research Podcasts

CSAE Research Podcasts

A series of conversations between researchers and collaborators about projects taking p...
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Centre for the Study of African Economies Conference

Centre for the Study of African Economies Conference

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Centre for the Study of African Economies - Seminars & Workshops

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Title Description People Date Captions
On Track or Not? Projecting the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index Can we measure whether countries are on track to halve poverty incidence between 2015 and 2030? This research proposes a framework for modelling projections of multidimensional poverty. Natalie Naïri Quinn, Ricardo Nogales, Nicolai Suppa 11 February, 2025
Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico's Labour Courts Researchers discuss using field experiments with ongoing cases to analyse sources of dysfunction in Mexico's largest labour court.  Joyce Sadka, Enrique Seira, Christopher Woodruff 29 January, 2025
School leadership Training in Malawi Can student progression test scores improve as a result of a custom-designed school leadership training programme? This episode discusses a custom-made training program for school leaders in Malawi's primary schools. Salman Asim, Ravinder Casley Gera, Donna Harris, Grace Milner 3 January, 2025
O-Ring Production Networks What is the role of international trade in economic development? Using a rich micro-level dataset from Turkey on a wide range of firms, researchers discuss strong assortative matching of skills in the firms' production networks. Banu Demir Paker, Ana Cecilia Fieler, Daniel Yi Xu, Kelly Kaili Yang 6 November, 2024
Cash Transfers and Micro-Enterprise Performance in a Refugee Camp in Kenya Researchers discuss the business and price effects of a cash transfer programme delivered to 400,000 refugees in Kenya each month in the form of digital money for buying food at licensed shops. Olivier Sterck, Antonia Delius 26 September, 2024
Locked Down and Locked Out: Repurposing Social Assistance in South Africa Researchers examine how an established social assistance system - not originally designed to support informal workers - can be re-purposed to provide emergency relief to support workers and their household in South Africa. Rocco Zizzamia, Ihsaan Bassier 11 September, 2024
General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers in Kenya (Frisch Medal 2024 Winner) Winner of the Frisch Medal 2024, this project examines the impact of a one-time cash transfers to over 10,500 poor households across villages in rural Kenya, on the individual households but also the community at large. Dennis Egger, Stefan Dercon 27 August, 2024
An Adaptive Targeted Field Experiment: Job Search Assistance for Refugees in Jordan How can different kinds of policy help refugees and other displaced populations find work? This project focuses on three interventions designed to improve formal employment outcomes for Syrian refugees and local jobseekers in Jordan. Stefano Caria, Max Kasy, Simon Quinn 22 February, 2024 Captions
Cash Transfer Grants in South Africa during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Work Behind the ESRC Outstanding Public Policy Impact Award 2023 The CSAE's Kate Orkin has won the ESRC award for Outstanding Public Policy Impact 2023. Stefan Dercon talks to Kate about the work behind the cash grant programme in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic that reached an extra 26.2 million people. Stefan Dercon, Kate Orkin 28 November, 2023 Captions
AI and Services-led Growth: Evidence from Indian Job Adverts Online job adverts show that the demand for AI related skills has grown rapidly in countries around the world since 2015. This project examines the demand for AI skills in India's service sector, using a new dataset of online job adverts. Alex Copestake, Max Marczinek, Ashley Pople, Katherine Stapleton 30 August, 2023
Anticipatory Cash Transfers in Climate Disaster Response Billions of dollars are spent annually on humanitarian support to households in crisis. Researchers discuss a large-scale evaluation that tests the impact of anticipatory cash transfers in response to floods in Bangladesh. Ben Brunckhorst, Stefan Dercon, Ruth Hill, Ashley Pople 2 June, 2023
Building Resilient Education Systems: Evidence from Large Scale Randomised Trials in Five Countries Education systems need to withstand shocks that routinely close schools. Researchers discuss results from randomised trials evaluating the provision of education in emergency settings across 5 countries. Noam Angrist, Claire Cullen, Thato Letsomo, Michael Ainomugisha, Sai Pramod Bathena, Karisha Anne Cruz 11 May, 2023
Applying Wise Interventions around the World Dr Greg Walton and Dr Kate Orkin discuss 'wise interventions', and how social science can use this psychologically approach to understand the major problems in social life - poverty, social exclusion, child abuse, and discrimination. Kate Orkin, James Walsh, Greg Walton 30 May, 2022
Strengthening Professionalism and Accountability within the Ghana Police Service using Identity Norms and Narratives How do we change a corrupt norm? This project looks to address this question through a policy intervention, working with the Ghana Police Service, to try to change the behaviour of the traffic police through an innovative ethics training programme. Donna Harris, Oana Borcan, Bruno Schettini, Danila Serra, Henry Telli 2 March, 2022
Urbanisation in China and Africa Can Africa learn from the Chinese urbanisation project? In the next 30 years, African cities need to make zoom for roughly 500 million more citizens, roughly tripling the current urban population. Astrid Haas, Sebastian Kriticos, Nicolas Lippolis 22 January, 2022
Under the Hood: Randomised Control Trials on Distance Education During Covid-19 in Botswana A discussion about some of the first experimental evidence on distance education during the covid-19 pandemic in Botswana. Noam Angrist, Claire Cullen, Thato Letsomo, Moitshepi Matsheng 15 December, 2021
Asset-based Microfinance for Microenterprises in Pakistan Standard microcredit contracts seem to have modest if any effects on the performance of small firms and no effects on household consumption. Could we construct a better design product to improve on the standard contract? Faisal Bari, Kashif Malik, Pramila Krishnan, Muhammad Meki, Simon Quinn 16 November, 2021
CSAE Conference 2017 - Parallel Session 1 Health 1 Presentations from Parallel Session 1 on the topic of Health. Yuya Kudo, Pauline Rossi, Cobus Burger, Rulof Burger 13 November, 2017
CSAE Conference 2017 - Parallel Session 2 Time Preferences 1 Presentations from Parallel Sessions 2 on the topic of Time Preferences. Rachel Cassidy, Elizabeth Nanziri, David Kunst 13 November, 2017
CSAE Conference 2017 - Plenary 1 African Refugees and Migrants Presentations and panel discussion from the Opening Plenary of the CSAE Conference 2017. Isabel Ruiz, Philip Verwimp, Tuesday Reitano 13 November, 2017
CSAE Conference 2017 - Keynote Reflections on evidence in the age of fake news and discredited expertise Keynote Speech Reflections on evidence in the age of fake news and discredited expertise. Macartan Humphreys 13 November, 2017
CSAE Conference 2017 - Parallel Session 3 Macroeconomics 2 Presentations from Parallel Session 3 on the topic of Macroeconomics. Giovanni Melina, Marina Mendes Tavares, Tim Willems 13 November, 2017
CSAE Conference 2017 - Parallel Session 5 Rural Households 3 Presentations from Parallel Session 5 on the topic of Rural Households. Onkokame Mothobi, Nigussie Abadi Mistru, Viviana Perego, Niklas Buehren 13 November, 2017
CSAE Conference 2017 - Parallel Session 6 Firms 5 Presentations from Parallel Session 6 on the topic of Firms. Markus Goldstein, Michael Koelle, Victor Pouliquen 13 November, 2017
CSAE Conference 2017 - Parallel Session 7 Labour 5 Presentation from Parallel Session 7 on the topic of Labour. Stefano Caria, Rulof Burger, Andrew Kerr, Ababacar Gueye 13 November, 2017
CSAE Conference 2017 - Parallel Sessions 8 Education 5 Presentations from Parallel Session 8 on the topic of Education. Berk Özler, Yared Seid, Dirk Van de gaer, Tassew Woldehanna 13 November, 2017
CSAE Conference 2017 - Interview with Philip Verwimp Plenary speaker Philip Verwimp provides a short overview of his talk at the CSAE Conference 2017 Philip Verwimp 28 September, 2017
CSAE Conference 2016 - Interview with Doug Gollin Doug Gollin, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of African Economies, provides a brief history of the journal and a short overview of the 25th Anniversary JAE Panel held at the CSAE Conference 2016 Douglas Gollin 7 June, 2016
CSAE Conference 2016 - Interview with Adrian Wood Plenary speaker Adrian Wood provides a short overview of his presentation at the CSAE Conference 2016 Adrian Wood 7 June, 2016
CSAE Conference 2016 - Interview with Maggie McMillan Plenary speaker Maggie McMillan provides a short overview of her presentation at the CSAE Conference 2016 Margaret McMillan 7 June, 2016
CSAE Conference 2016 - Interview with Augustin Fosu Plenary speaker Augustin Fosu provides a short overview of his presentation in the JAE 25th Anniversary Panel at the CSAE Conference 2016 Augustin Fosu 7 June, 2016
CSAE Conference 2016 - Interview with Steve O'Connell Plenary speaker Steve O'Connell provides a short overview of his presentation at the CSAE Conference 2016 Stephen O'Connell 7 June, 2016
CSAE Conference 2016 - Interview with Helen Hai Plenary speaker Helen Hai provides a short overview of her presentation at the CSAE Conference 2016 Helen Hai 7 June, 2016
CSAE Conference 2016 - Interview with Nebil Kellow Plenary speaker Nebil Kellow provides a short overview of his presentation at the CSAE Conference 2016 Nebil Kellow 7 June, 2016
CSAE Conference 2016 - Interview with Mthuli Ncube Keynote speaker Mthuli Ncube provides a short overview of his speech at the CSAE Conference 2016 Mthuli Ncube 7 June, 2016
CSAE Conference 2016 - Interview with Stefan Dercon Stefan Dercon, CSAE Director, provides a short overview of the Centre for the Study of African Economies Stefan Dercon 7 June, 2016
CSAE Conference 2016 - Vox Pops Find out a little about the 2016 Conference and hear what some of our participants think Julia Coffey 7 June, 2016
CSAE Conference 2015 - Interview with Nava Ashraf Keynote speaker Nava Ashraf provides an overview of her presentation at the CSAE Conference 2015 Nava Ashraf 12 June, 2015
CSAE Conference 2015 - Interview with Michael Clemens Plenary speaker Michael Clemens provides a short overview of his presentation at the CSAE Conference 2015 Michael Clemens 12 June, 2015
CSAE Conference 2015 - Interview with Melanie Morten Plenary speaker Melanie Morten provides a short overview of her presentation at the CSAE Conference 2015 Melanie Morten 12 June, 2015
CSAE Conference 2015 - Interview with Doug Gollin Plenary speaker Doug Gollin provides a short overview of his presentation at the CSAE Conference 2015 Douglas Gollin 12 June, 2015
CSAE Conference 2015 - Vox Pops Find out a little about the 2015 Conference and hear what some of our participants think Julia Coffey 12 June, 2015
CSAE Conference 2014 - Interview with Leonard Wantchekon Keynote speaker Leonard Wantchekon provides an overview of his presentation at the CSAE Conference 2014 Leonard Wantchekon 16 June, 2014
CSAE Conference 2014 - Interview with Kieran Holmes Plenary speaker Kieran Holmes provides a short overview of his presentation at the CSAE Conference 2014 Kieran Holmes 16 June, 2014
CSAE Conference 2014 - Interview with Ignacio Mas Plenary speaker Ignacio Mas provides a short overview of his presentation at the CSAE Conference 2014 Ignacio Mas 16 June, 2014
CSAE Conference 2014 - Interview with William Jack Plenary speaker William Jack provides a short overview of his presentation at the CSAE Conference 2014 William Jack 16 June, 2014
CSAE Conference 2014 - Vox Pops Find out a little about the 2014 Conference and hear what some of our participants think Julia Coffey 6 June, 2014
CSAE Conference 2013 - Vox Pops Find out a little about the 2013 Conference and hear what some of our participants think Julia Coffey 16 May, 2014
7. Is public housing a public bad? Externalities of Chicago's public housing demolitions Danielle H Sandler (UC Davis) provides a summary of the paper she presented during the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. Danielle H sandler 25 June, 2012
6. Housing policy in Latin America: Ten myths Alan Gilbert (University College, London) provides a summary of the paper he presented at the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. Alan Gilbert 25 June, 2012
5. Scaling up housing finance in Africa Maria Hoek-Smit (Wharton) provides a summary of her presentation at the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. Maria Hoek-Smit 25 June, 2012
4. Living conditions, rents and their determinants in the slums of Nairobi and Dakar Sumila Gulyani (World Bank) provides a summary of the paper she presented during the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. Sumila Gulyani 25 June, 2012
3. What can we learn from history? Dr Tim Leunig (Department of Economic History, London School of Economics) provides a summary of his presentation at the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. Tim Leunig 25 June, 2012
2. Housing the Kenyan urban population: Challenges and policy options Eric Aligula (Kenyan Institute for Public Policy Research) provides a summary of the paper he presented at the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. Eric Aligula 25 June, 2012
1. Research on Urban Mass Housing Paul Collier (Director, CSAE) provides a general background and aims for the 'Research on Urban Mass Housing' workshop, CSAE, 2012. Paul Collier 25 June, 2012
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