Manufacturing

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

Gender Norms at Work: Impacts on Women’s Hiring and Workplace Experiences in Bangladesh

This project investigates the role of gender norms on women’s workplace experience, inter-employee interactions, and firm productivity.

Research Project
1 Mar 2023

Monitoring Harassment in Organizations

We evaluate secure survey methods designed for the ongoing monitoring of harassment in organizations. We use the resulting data to answer policy relevant questions about the nature of harassment: How prevalent is it?

Working Paper
27 Feb 2023

Chinese Imports and Industrialization in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

The rise of China in the global economy has been linked with negative impacts on employment across many high and middle-income countries. However, evidence for African countries is limited.

Working Paper
25 Jan 2023

Consumer Search and Firm Location: Theory and Evidence from the Garment Sector in Uganda

This paper studies the role of consumer information frictions in driving firms’ location choices within cities.

Working Paper
18 Dec 2022

Foreign direct investment and knowledge diffusion in poor locations

We use plant level census data to identify spillovers from FDI in Ethiopia’s manufacturing sector.

Journal Article
1 Sep 2022

Performance Ranks, Conformity, and Cooperation: Evidence from a Sweater Factory

Performance ranking triggers multiple social incentives for workers. On one hand, it offers status rewards to induce the workers to increase their effort. On the other, it introduces risks of social retribution from coworkers for outperforming them.

Working Paper
1 Jul 2022

Productivity and Reallocation, with Distortions: Evidence from Eswatini

This paper studies productivity growth and input reallocation across plants, and scrutinises the wedges between the marginal product of inputs and marginal costs hindering the allocative efficiency of factor inputs.

Working Paper
24 Jun 2022

Exploring adoption of renewable energy technology (RET) among apparel exporters in Bangladesh: Policy landscape, current capacities, and future pathways

This study investigates the drivers and barriers to the adoption of sustainable energy sources among ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh.

Research Project
1 Jun 2022

Production Network Disruptions: Evidence from the Civil- Conflict in Ethiopia

This project aims to quantify the extent of conflict-induced propagations and its effect in the manufacturing establishments in Ethiopia.

Research Project
1 Apr 2022

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