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Job vacancies and hiring by large employers in Bangladesh

In this project, the research team conducts surveys of approximately 2,200 HR managers at garment factories in Gazipur, Savar, and Narayanganj, the three major garments-producing clusters around peri-urban Dhaka, to create a novel set of stylized facts about vacancies and hiring practices across firms and within firms over time.

Research Project
28 Oct 2024

Does weak contract enforcement hurt female entrepreneurship and inter-gender business linkages?

This project is a series of low-cost lab-in-the-field interventions that aim to identify the causal effects of institutions on business performance and gender gaps, and explore the channels behind this effect in Lusaka, Zambia.

Research Project
28 Oct 2024

Productivity Co-benefits of Energy-saving Technology

This is a randomised controlled trial testing whether providing information and research findings about the benefits of adopting environmentally-friendly technology can lead to increased adoption rates among MSMEs in India.

Research Project
28 Oct 2024

Training and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Ghana

This project seeks to study the effects of accelerator training programmes in developing countries while also controlling for selection bias.

Research Project
1 Mar 2024

Technology Adoption and Firm Employment: Evidence from Burundi

This project seeks to understand how technology adoption impacts employment in the least developed countries. 

Research Project
1 Nov 2023

Female Labour Force Participation and Mixed Gender Workplaces

This study will test labour demand and labour supply-side explanations as to why firms gender-segregate, while also testing several firm-level policy interventions that could ease these frictions.

Research Project
1 Nov 2023

Relational Frictions Along the Supply Chain: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment Among Senegalese Traders

This study seeks to examine the role played by information asymetries and contracting barriers in shaping international trade. 

Research Project
1 Sep 2023

Job vacancies and hiring by large employers in Bangladesh

This project aims to research the extent to which challenges in finding and hiring workers may hinder firms' growth. 

Research Project
1 Aug 2023

Friendship and Collusion Among Lusakan Fruit and Vegetable Sellers

This study examines the role that non-monetary aspects (such as friendships) can play in sustaining collusive behaviour.

Research Project
1 Aug 2023

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