STEFANO CARIA
Hi! I am a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick. I will join the Economics Department at the University of Oxford in September 2025.
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I am currently a recipient of a Leverhulme Prize. I am affiliated to J-PAL, BREAD, CEPR (development and labour), CAGE and the EEE program at STICERD.
I am also:
- associate editor at Econometrica,
- co-chair of J-PAL's Labor Sector,
- co-director of the IGC Research Theme on Firms,
- lead academic for IGC Ethiopia.
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. ​
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Here is my CV.
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RESEARCH
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COMPETITION AND MANAGEMENT UPGRADING: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA.
with Girum Abebe, Pascaline Dupas, Marcel Fafchamps and Tigabu Getahun​
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THE ALLOCATION OF INCENTIVES IN MULTI-LAYERED ORGANISATIONS.
with Erika Deserranno, Gianmarco Leon-Ciliotta, Philipp Kastrau
Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming
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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, forthcoming
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VILLAGE SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
with Julien Labonne
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming
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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
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SCEPTICAL EMPLOYERS? EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE ON BIASED BELIEFS CONSTRAINING FIRM GROWTH.
with Paolo Falco
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024
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SEARCHING WITH FRIENDS.
with Simon Franklin and Marc Witte
Journal of Labor Economics, 2023
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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
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THE SELECTION OF TALENT: EXPERIMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA.
with Girum Abebe and Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
American Economic Review, 2021
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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
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CAN PEOPLE FORM LINKS TO EFFICIENTLY ACCESS INFORMATION?
with Marcel Fafchamps
Economic Journal, 2020
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EXPECTATIONS, NETWORK CENTRALITY AND PUBLIC GOOD CONTRIBUTIONS: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
with Marcel Fafchamps
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019
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DOES THE RISK OF POVERTY REDUCE HAPPINESS?
with Paolo Falco
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018
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REVIEWS
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BARRIERS TO SEARCH AND HIRING IN URBAN LABOUR MARKETS
Senior editor, with Kate Orkin
Co-editors: Alison Andrew, Robert Garlick, Rachel Heath, Niharika Singh
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IGC WHITE PAPER ON SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
with Robin Burgess, Tim Dobermann, Allegra Saggese
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WORK IN PROGRESS
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The Impacts of Subsidized Nurseries on Female Employment in Egypt.
with Bruno Crépon, Caroline Krafft, AbdelRahman Nagy
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Mitigating the consequences of job loss: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia.
with Girum Abebe, Francois Gerard, Lukas Hensel
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Climate change beliefs and climate migration in Bangladesh.
with Gharad Bryan, Robin Burgess and Jack Thiemel
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Experimental Evidence on Urban Poverty Traps in Bangladesh.
with Oriana Bandiera, Menna Bishop, Robin Burgess and Jack Thiemel
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