STEFANO CARIA
Hi! I am a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford, the Academic Director of CSAE, and a Hugh Price Fellow at Jesus College.
I am also:
- associate editor at Econometrica,
- co-chair of J-PAL's Labor Sector,
- lead academic for IGC Ethiopia.
I am affiliated to J-PAL, BREAD, CEPR (development and labour), CAGE and the EEE program at STICERD. I am currently a recipient of a Leverhulme Prize.
I was a founding trustee of the Global Change Data Lab (the charity that produces Our World in Data), but I do not longer serve in this role.
Here is my CV.
RESEARCH
MITIGATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF JOB LOSS IN LOWER-INCOME COUNTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA
with Girum Abebe, Francois Gerard, Lukas Hensel
COMPETITION AND MANAGEMENT UPGRADING: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA.
with Girum Abebe, Pascaline Dupas, Marcel Fafchamps and Tigabu Getahun
THE BARRIERS TO FEMALE EMPLOYMENT: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM EGYPT.
with Bruno Crépon, Caroline Krafft, AbdelRahman Nagy
R&R Review of Economics and Statistics
THE ALLOCATION OF INCENTIVES IN MULTI-LAYERED ORGANISATIONS.
with Erika Deserranno, Gianmarco Leon-Ciliotta, Philipp Kastrau
Journal of Political Economy, 2025
MATCHING FRICTIONS AND DISTORTED BELIEFS: EVIDENCE FROM A JOB FAIR EXPERIMENT.
with Girum Abebe, Marcel Fafchamps, Paolo Falco, Simon Franklin, Simon Quinn and Forhad Shilpi
Economic Journal, 2025
VILLAGE SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
with Julien Labonne
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,2024
AN ADAPTIVE TARGETED FIELD EXPERIMENT: JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEES IN JORDAN.
with Grant Gordon, Max Kasy, Soha Osman, Simon Quinn and Alex Teytelboym
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024
SCEPTICAL EMPLOYERS? EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE ON BIASED BELIEFS CONSTRAINING FIRM GROWTH.
with Paolo Falco
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024
SEARCHING WITH FRIENDS.
with Simon Franklin and Marc Witte
Journal of Labor Economics, 2023
GLOBAL BEHAVIORS, PERCEPTIONS AND THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL NORMS AT THE ONSET OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
with Thiemo Fetzer, Marc Witte, Lukas Hensel, Jon Jachimowicz, Johannes Haushofer, Andriy Ivchenko, Elena Reutskaja, Christopher Roth, Stefano Fiorin, Margarita Gómez, Gordon Kraft-Todd, Friedrich Gotz, Erez Yoeli
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022
THE SELECTION OF TALENT: EXPERIMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA.
with Girum Abebe and Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
American Economic Review, 2021
ANONYMITY OR DISTANCE? JOB SEARCH AND LABOUR MARKET EXCLUSION IN A GROWING AFRICAN CITY
with Girum Abebe, Paolo Falco, Marcel Fafchamps, Simon Franklin, Simon Quinn
Review of Economic Studies, 2021
CAN PEOPLE FORM LINKS TO EFFICIENTLY ACCESS INFORMATION?
with Marcel Fafchamps
Economic Journal, 2020
EXPECTATIONS, NETWORK CENTRALITY AND PUBLIC GOOD CONTRIBUTIONS: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
with Marcel Fafchamps
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019
DOES THE RISK OF POVERTY REDUCE HAPPINESS?
with Paolo Falco
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018
REVIEWS
BARRIERS TO SEARCH AND HIRING IN URBAN LABOUR MARKETS
Senior editor, with Kate Orkin
Co-editors: Alison Andrew, Robert Garlick, Rachel Heath, Niharika Singh
IGC WHITE PAPER ON SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
with Robin Burgess, Tim Dobermann, Allegra Saggese
WORK IN PROGRESS
Designing Severance Insurance: Theory and Evidence from Ethiopia.
with Girum Abebe, Francois Gerard, Lukas Hensel and Sara Spaziani
Conditionally accepted based on pre-results review, Journal of Development Economics.
Climate change beliefs and climate migration in Bangladesh.
with Gharad Bryan, Robin Burgess and Jack Thiemel
Experimental Evidence on Urban Poverty Traps in Bangladesh.
with Oriana Bandiera, Menna Bishop, Robin Burgess and Jack Thiemel