Second, Simon Franklin looks at equilibrium effects of a public works programme in Addis Ababa, finding that the overall welfare gain of exposure to the programme is larger when spillovers through a commuting channel are accounted for. #OxCSAE2022 CSAE

Next! Ida Brzezinska examines the effects on firms and earnings of a reform to China's Hukou system. By comparing firms in cities that did / did not adopt the reform, they find a negative impact on monopsony power and a positive effect on productivity. #OxCSAE2022 CSAE

What are the labour market impacts of a large migration shock? Are men and women differently impacted? João Pereira dos Santos presents evidence from the Portuguese repatriation of the 1970s, wrapping up this years CSAE conference 🎉 #OxCSAE2022 CSAE

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Chris Adam opens the #OxCSAE2023 closing panel on sovereign debt with a throwback to this equation from Intermediate Macroeconomics CSAE

Closing Panel: #OxCSAE2023 Abebe Aemro Selassie (IMF Africa) and Rachel Turner (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) continue the discussion of sovereign debt, touching on topics including concessional finance, climate change and risk appetite amongst other things CSAE

#OxCSAE2023 Closing Panel - the final panellist Gregory Smith talks the inequalities of the international credit market and the post-pandemic reality of many African economies facing default, some for the first time. Creditors & debtors both “learning how to restructure by doing”.

#OxCSAE2023 CSAE Sovereign Debt Closing Panel - final remarks on the huge importance of quick verification and liquidity from Chris Adam (ODID), Abebe Aemro Selassie and Rachel Turner and Gregory Smith answers a question about how to build trust in institutions amongst citizens.

Grateful for the opportunity to present my paper on street safety & female labour force participation at the NEUDC at Harvard yesterday!

The legal case before the ICJ is turning into an epic legal battle of Global South vs. Global North, as evident from German and Canadian interventions, and previous US statements, during the 2nd day of the ICJ hearing: 1/17

Great to be back at #OxCSAE2024 CSAE! Kicking off Behavioural Labour Economics session, Lukas Hensel 🇺🇦 shows that an intervention giving jobseekers information about the jobs in which they have a comparative skills advantage improves job-search targeting and earnings.

NEXT! Linda Maokomatanda discusses a choice experiment with Zambian jobseekers that reveals perceptions & preferences over job attributes. They find strong preferences for Zambian & multinational firms, consistent w reputational damage for Chinese firms #OxCSAE2024 CSAE

First up in #OxCSAE2024 CSAE Gender and the Labour Market session, Pedro de Souza Ferreira unpacks gender referral bias through a hypothetical choice experiment.

Next, Kathleen Beegle examines the effect of a public works programme in urban Djibouti, specifically targeted at women with young children. They find high take-up in a setting with v low FLFP but employment effects don’t persist after the prog ended. #OxCSAE2024 CSAE

Third up in the gender & the labour market session, Anvita Ramachandran presents work using Young Lives data from 4 developing countries to test if human capital influences gender gaps in earnings #OxCSAE2024 CSAE

Final speaker in the Gender and Labour Market Session is Duncan Webb, presenting his job market paper on an experiment to measure and reduce anti-transgender discrimination in Chennai in India #OxCSAE2024 CSAE