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Dennis Egger

@eggerdennis.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Economics @OxfordEconDept Working on general equilibrium effects of cash and social protection, migration, and networks. www.dennisegger.net

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Dennis Egger @eggerdennis.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🚨 Hiring a Malawi-based pre-doc/RA 🚨 The Oxford Centre for Macro-Experimental Development is hiring a Field Research Assistant to support our research in Malawi, with scope to contribute to activities across East Africa. Deadline: rolling #predoc #econra #econ_ra
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Dennis Egger @eggerdennis.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🚨 WP Alert 🚨 ‘Rural-Urban Migration and Market Integration’ with @BenFaber, @WeiLin, and @MingLi is now R&R at AER. www.nber.org/papers/w34098
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socialprotection.org @socialprotection.org · 14/11/2025
▶️Tune in: buff.ly/BhxuyJ6 📩 Subscribe to stay updated: bit.ly/SPpodcastList #SocialProtection #sporg @eggerdennis.bsky.social
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Dennis Egger @eggerdennis.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Come join us at Oxford!
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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Can cash transfers save lives? The latest @nber.org paper by the CSAE's @eggerdennis.bsky.social & co-authors finds giving cash to pregnant women in rural Kenya reduces infant & child deaths. Watch this @give-directly.bsky.social video about the study👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7x-...
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How giving cash to moms cut infant deaths in half | GiveDirectly
In rural Africa, too many newborns die not from rare diseases, but from poverty: no hospital nearby, no money for transport, not enough food for a healthy pregnancy. A landmark UC Berkeley & Oxford…
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Center for Effective Global Action @cega-uc.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
New from CEGA: cash transfers ⬇️ infant mortality by 48% & under-5 mortality by 45%! Researchers including Michael Walker, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Grady Killeen and Nick Shankar found cash enabled mothers to rest more, eat better + access healthcare. go.cega.org/cashimpacts
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Cash Transfers Dramatically Cut Infant Mortality in Kenya, New Research Finds
Berkeley, CA (18 Aug. 2025) — With the global development community facing financial upheaval, global development goals increasingly out of reach, and the need for aid greater than ever, new...
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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
New paper by the CSAE's @eggerdennis.bsky.social (@oxfordecondept.bsky.social) & co-authors shows that giving expectant mothers in rural Kenya a one-time $1,000 unconditional cash transfer reduced 🔸infant mortality by 49% 🔸under-5 mortality by 45% economics.web.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...
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Study Finds Giving Pregnant Women Cash Transfers Cuts Infant Mortality in Half
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Dennis Egger @eggerdennis.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
New WP! 🚨
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NOVAFRICA @novafrica.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
🎉 New Season Alert! Episode 1 of Season 7 of NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE #SustainableDevelopmentTalks with @eggerdennis.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordcsae.bsky.social on his work: "Slack and Economic Development" 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/41c0HuF Also on Spotify: bit.ly/41xQXw4
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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
🌟NEW @blavatnikschool.bsky.social scholarship for DPhils carrying out quantitative economic research. The Urban Labour Markets in Africa Scholarship will be supervised by Kate Orkin. Join CSAE & #MBRG. ⏰ Apply by Thursday 9 Jan 2025 ℹ️https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/study/dphil/dphil-fees-and-funding
Urban Labour Markets in Africa Studentship
Region/country:
Asia
Europe
Europe (excluding UK)
Latin America and the Caribbean
North America
Oceania
Africa
South America
Scholarship source: Blavatnik School of Government
The Blavatnik School of Government offers one or more DPhil studentships for candidates doing quantitative economic research on urban labour markets in Africa, particularly on public policies to improve employment, earnings or productivity. Successful candidates will be supervised by Kate Orkin (Associate Professor at the School) and will join her research group at the Centre for Study of African Economies. Includes photo of people talking.
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
🆕 Do cash transfers cause inflation? Today on VoxDev, Michael Walker, Nachiket Shah, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Felix Samy Soliman & @tilmangraff.bsky.social explore the macroeconomic impacts of cash transfers: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
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Do cash transfers cause inflation?
Evidence from cash transfers at scale in Kenya suggests that demand-side policies or stimulus may be very effective at raising output without creating inflationary pressure when there is a lot of ‘sla...
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
🆕 How low demand constrains productivity and economic development Today on VoxDev, Michael Walker, Nachiket Shah, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Felix Samy Soliman & @tilmangraff.bsky.social explore the role of slack in Kenyan firms: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
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How low demand constrains productivity and economic development
Evidence from Kenya shows that small firms have a lot of ‘slack’, i.e. they could produce substantially more output without having to hire additional workers, buy additional machines, or raise prices,...
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Dennis Egger @eggerdennis.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
🚨 Ten days left to apply 🚨 I am looking for an experienced research manager to join me at Oxford, starting as early as 1 March. Help set up a new research group for macro-experimental development. A highly impactful role for both research and policy! economics.web.ox.ac.uk/research-man...
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Dennis Egger @eggerdennis.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I am looking for an experienced research manager, starting as early as 1 March (with some flexibility).
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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📣🎉REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the CSAE Conference 2025. #OxCSAE2025 Join us for 3 days to discuss economic development in Africa across a range of topics. 🗣️Keynote: James Robinson (Nobel Prize 2024 winner) 📆23-25 March 2025 🏢Oxford, UK 💻Register by 23 Feb (05 Jan for speakers): cvent.me/MmdZ3g
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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
📣We're #hiring for a range of research roles at the CSAE. Join us & work with @eggerdennis.bsky.social, @gamblingondev.bsky.social, Noam Angrist & the whole CSAE team on development across the globe. ⏰Apply by 15 Jan ℹ️Find out more: www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies #EconSky #researchjobs #econ_ra
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Stefan Dercon @gamblingondev.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
We are growing, we are hiring - 6 new positions in development economics One Ass. Professor Three Post-Docs One Pre-doc One Research Manager www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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