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42
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1998
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237

Overview

Robin Burgess is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on economics and social sciences, with a notable emphasis on economics and econometrics within these fields.

Their work encompasses topics related to energy, environment, and transportation policies, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, conservation, biodiversity, resource management, poverty, education, child welfare, microfinance, financial inclusion, as well as innovation and socioeconomic development.

Frequent venues for their publications include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Annual Review of Economics
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • American Economic Journal Applied Economics

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Women's Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa," 2020, American Economic Journal Applied Economics
  • "Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence From a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda," 2020, Econometrica
  • "The Consequences of Treating Electricity as a Right," 2020, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • "The Economics of Tropical Deforestation," 2023, Annual Review of Economics
  • "Bureaucracy and Development," 2022, Annual Review of Economics

They have frequently coauthored with several researchers, including:

  • Oriana Bandiera
  • Imran Rasul
  • Munshi Sulaiman
  • Clare Balboni
  • Michael Greenstone

Their academic output incorporates a significant number of contributions in the intersections of social sciences and economics with an empirical focus on randomized control trials and policy impacts. The research extends into global development issues, particularly within African contexts, addressing both economic and environmental challenges.

Best Publications

  • Do rural banks matter? Evidence from the indian social banking experiment

    Robin Burgess;Rohini Pande

  • The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India

    Timothy Besley;Robin Burgess

  • Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

    Timothy Besley;Robin Burgess

  • Land Reform, Poverty Reduction, and Growth: Evidence from India

    Timothy Besley;Robin Burgess

  • The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya

    Robin Burgess;Remi Jedwab;Edward Miguel;Ameet Morjaria

  • Taxation and development

    Robin Burgess;Nicholas H Stern

  • The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics

    Robin Burgess;Matthew Hansen;Benjamin Olken;Peter Potapov

  • The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India

    Philippe Aghion;Robin Burgess;Stephen J. Redding;Fabrizio Zilibotti

  • Women's Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa ¤

    Oriana Bandiera;Niklas Buehren;Robin Burgess;Markus Goldstein

  • Halving global poverty

    Timothy Besley;Robin Burgess

  • Labor Markets and Poverty in Village Economies

    Oriana Bandiera;Robin Burgess;Narayan Das;Selim Gulesci

  • Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

    Timothy J. Besley;Robin Burgess

  • Entry Liberalization and Inequality in Industrial Performance

    Fabrizio Zilibotti;Stephen Redding;Robin Burgess;Philippe Aghion

  • Political agency, government responsiveness and the role of the media

    Timothy Besley;Robin Burgess

  • The behaviour of state firms in eastern Europe, pre-privatisation

    Philippe Aghion;Philippe Aghion;Olivier Blanchard;Olivier Blanchard;Robin Burgess;Robin Burgess

  • BANKING FOR THE POOR: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA

    Robin Burgess;Rohini Pande;Grace Wong

  • CAN OPENNESS MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF WEATHER SHOCKS? EVIDENCE FROM INDIA'S FAMINE ERA

    Robin Burgess;Dave Donaldson

  • The Political Economy of Government Responsiveness: Theory and Evidence from India

    Timothy J. Besley;Timothy J. Besley;Timothy J. Besley;Robin Burgess;Robin Burgess;Robin Burgess

  • The Unequal Eects of Weather and Climate Change: Evidence from Mortality in India

    Robin Burgess;Olivier Deschenes;Dave Donaldson;Michael Greenstone

  • Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence From a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda

    Livia Alfonsi;Oriana Bandiera;Vittorio Bassi;Robin Burgess

  • ENTRY LIBERALIZATION AND INEQUALITY IN INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE

    Philippe Aghion;Robin Burgess;Stephen Redding;Fabrizio Zilibotti

  • Labor markets and poverty in village economies

    Oriana Bandiera;Robin Burgess;Narayan Das;Selim Gulesci

Frequent Co-Authors

Oriana Bandiera
Oriana Bandiera London School of Economics and Political Science
Imran Rasul
Imran Rasul University College London
Timothy Besley
Timothy Besley London School of Economics and Political Science
Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion London School of Economics and Political Science
Michael Greenstone
Michael Greenstone University of Chicago
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Fabrizio Zilibotti Yale University
Stephen J. Redding
Stephen J. Redding Stanford University
Rohini Pande
Rohini Pande Yale University
Edward Miguel
Edward Miguel University of California, Berkeley

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