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Overview

Måns Söderbom is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and has contributed research primarily within economics and related interdisciplinary fields. Their work encompasses a range of topics including firm innovation and growth, employment and welfare studies, migration and labor dynamics, regional economics and spatial analysis, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, efficiency analysis using DEA, and food waste reduction and sustainability.

The recent research output by Måns Söderbom includes studies published from 2020 through 2024. Notable papers include:

  • The Effects of Storage Technology and Training on Postharvest Losses, Practices, and Sales: Evidence from Small-Scale Farms in Tanzania (2021, Economic Development and Cultural Change)
  • Social insurance reform and workers' compensation (2022, Labour Economics)
  • The relationship among enterprise clustering, prices, and productivity in Ethiopia's manufacturing sector (2020, Review of Development Economics)
  • Worker Turnover and Job Reallocation: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data (2022, Economic Development and Cultural Change)
  • Correction to: The Impact of Sector-Specific Industrial Policy on Manufacturing Firm Performance: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Ethiopian Chemical Industries (2024, Journal of Industry Competition and Trade)

Måns Söderbom frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Moges Tufa
  • Håkan Eggert
  • Admasu Shiferaw
  • Arjun S. Bedi
  • Getnet Alemu Zewdu

The researcher has published multiple articles in notable venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in Harvard Dataverse, followed by journals such as Economic Development and Cultural Change, Review of Development Economics, Journal of Industry Competition and Trade, and AEA Randomized Controlled Trials.

The subfields of study associated with Måns Söderbom combine traditional economics and econometrics with management science and operations research. Their work also engages with general health professions, sociology and political science, and food science, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to economic and social issues.

Best Publications

  • On the Duration of Civil War

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler;Måns Söderbom

  • Post-conflict risks

    Paul Collier;Anke Hoeffler;Måns Söderbom

  • Credit Constraints in Manufacturing Enterprises in Africa

    Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Marcel Fafchamps

  • Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn from Exporting

    Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Marcel Fafchamps

  • Size and efficiency in African manufacturing firms: evidence from firm-level panel data

    Måns Söderbom;Francis Teal

  • Adjustment costs and the identification of Cobb Douglas production functions

    Stephen Bond;Måns Söderbom

  • Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa

    John Page;Måns Söderbom

  • Rates of return on physical and human capital in Africa's manufacturing sector

    Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Marcel Fafchamps

  • What have we learned from a decade of manufacturing enterprise surveys in Africa

    Arne Bigsten;Mans Soderbom

  • Rates of return on physical and human capital in Africa's manufacturing sector

    A. Bigsten;J.W. Gunning;R.H. Oostendorp

  • The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing

    Mans M. Soderbom;Francis John Teal;Anthony Wambugu;Godius Kahyarara

  • Investment in Africa's Manufacturing Sector: a Four Country Panel Data Analysis

    Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Bernard Gauthier

  • Exporting from Manufacturing Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Neil Rankin;Måns Söderbom;Francis Teal

  • Are manufacturing exports the key to economic success in Africa

    Måns Söderbom;Francis Teal

  • Made in Africa: Learning to Compete in Industry

    Carol Newman;John Page;John Rand;Abebe Shemeles

  • Skills, investment and exports from manufacturing firms in Africa*

    Mans Soderbom;Francis Teal

  • The cost of road infrastructure in low and middle income countries

    Paul Collier;Martina Kirchberger;Mans Soderbom

  • Household-Level Consumption in Urban Ethiopia: The Effects of a Large Food Price Shock

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  • The Determinants of Survival among African Manufacturing Firms

    Måns Söderbom;Francis Teal;Alan Harding

  • Linked-in by FDI: The Role of Firm-Level Relationships for Knowledge Transfers in Africa and Asia

    Carol Newman;John Page;John Rand;Abebe Shimeles

  • Manufacturing Transformation: Comparative Studies of Industrial Development in Africa and Emerging Asia

    John Page;Finn Tarp;John Rand;Abebe Shimeles

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis Teal
Francis Teal University of Oxford
Marcel Fafchamps
Marcel Fafchamps Stanford University
Arne Bigsten
Arne Bigsten University of Gothenburg
Paul Collier
Paul Collier University of Oxford
Stefan Dercon
Stefan Dercon University of Oxford
Jan Willem Gunning
Jan Willem Gunning Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Finn Tarp
Finn Tarp University of Copenhagen
Stephen Bond
Stephen Bond University of Oxford
Anke Hoeffler
Anke Hoeffler University of Konstanz
Stijn Claessens
Stijn Claessens Yale University

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