Nationality British Fields Development economics Influenced by Tim Besley | Name Robin Burgess Influences Tim Besley | |
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Institution London School of Economics, International Growth Centre Alma mater University of Oxford
London School of Economics
University of Edinburgh Organizations founded International Growth Centre Education University of Oxford, University of Edinburgh, London School of Economics and Political Science | ||
Randomising policy interventions in developing countries robin burgess
Robin Burgess is a Professor of Economics, Founder and Director of the International Growth Centre, and Co-Director of the Economic Organisation and Public Policy Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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- Randomising policy interventions in developing countries robin burgess
- Robin burgess on the enhancement of the glasgow school of art repository at repository fringe 2011
- Education
- Career
- Research areas
- Selected publications
- References
His areas of research interest include development economics, public economics, political economy, labour economics and environmental economics. He has published on a variety of topics including natural disasters, mass media, rural banks, land reform, labour regulation, industrial policy, taxation, poverty and growth.
Robin burgess on the enhancement of the glasgow school of art repository at repository fringe 2011
Education
Career
He has been a Visiting Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, the National Bureau of Economic Research, Ecole Polytechnique, University College London and the University of California at Berkeley. He is a Director of the International Growth Centre, Program Director of the Development Economics Program at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), a Member of the Board of the Bureau for Research in the Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER), a member of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a Fellow of the European Development Research Development Network (EUDN), a member of the Institute for Policy Dialogue (IPR), an Associate Editor of the Economic Journal and is the Founder and Director of the Microeconomics of Growth Research Network. Before joining academia he worked for the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the Government of India.