Data

Raising Retail Productivity through Data Pooling: Preparatory and Pilot Work to Design a Mobile App Intervention in Zambia

This project investigates whether a scalable technology that pools data generated by individual retailers can overcome informational barriers to growth.

Research Project
1 Apr 2023

Supply Chain Networks and Diffusion of Shocks in Rural Markets

This project studies how firm networks affect individual firms' ability to cope with shocks.

Research Project
1 Apr 2023

Government-led Certification and Quality Complementarity in Developing Country Food Supply Chains

This project studies the impact of government-led mandatory quality certification on quality provision along the supply chain. 

Research Project
1 Apr 2023

Firm size and mobility: descriptive evidence from the Senegalese formal sector, 2008-2020

Since 2008, the 10% largest firms in Senegal have consistently accounted for 90% of the total revenue of the private formal sector.

Research Note
13 Mar 2023

Environmental Regulation, Scrutiny and Firm Outcomes

This project studies how changes in environmental regulation affect environmental compliance and firm outcomes.

Research Project
1 Mar 2023

Improving the Measurement of Productivity Dispersion and Misallocation in Developing Countries

This project aims to improve the measurement of how firms produce output in low-income countries. 

Research Project
1 Mar 2023

Digitising Historical Plant-level Data on Labour Outcomes

This project investigates what market frictions may prevent labour reallocation within and across sectors.

Research Project
1 Aug 2022

Role of Firms in Wage Dispersion: Evidence from a developing country

This paper aims to extend our knowledge of wage dispersion to developing countries. For this purpose, we built the first matched employer-employee database in a sub-Saharan African country (Senegal).

Working Paper
1 Apr 2022

Imports, Exports, and Earnings Inequality: Measures of Exposure and Estimates of Incidence

The earnings of individuals depend on the demand for the factor services they supply.

Journal Article
2 Mar 2022

TFP Estimation at the Firm Level: Do Fiscal Pressure, the Legal Form, and the Local Competition Matter for Firm Performance in Senegal

This paper reviews the state of the art in firm-level Total Factor Productivity (TFP) estimation by employing an unbalanced panel of 4,501 Senegalese firms in the Construction and Trade Services industries over the period 2008–2018.

Working Paper
7 Jul 2021

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