Young Scholars Conference 2020 - Call for Papers - CLOSED

The PEDL programme will be hosting a two-day virtual conference focused on PhD candidates and young scholars. The conference is open to any paper on firms in lower-income countries. Find more information here.

It Takes Two: Experimental Evidence on the Determinants of Technology Diffusion

Hardy and McCasland (2021) report on an experiment that brings insights from the literature on demand-side determinants of technology adoption to the study of peer-to-peer diffusion.

Journal Article

1 Mar 2021

A Tentative Story of Resilience: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Pakistani Labour Market

C-19 Note

16 Feb 2021

Management Traits as Embodied Human Capital: A Randomised Field Experiment in Ethiopia

What is the effect of exposing motivated youth to firm management in practice? To answer this question, we place young professionals for one month in established firms to shadow middle managers.

Research Note

12 Feb 2021