Dennis Egger
@eggerdennis.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics @OxfordEconDept Working on general equilibrium effects of cash and social protection, migration, and networks. www.dennisegger.net
🚨 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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Maximilian Kasy@maxkasy.bsky.social · 9mo ago⏰ We are hiring on the junior market! ⏰ Multiple open positions at the Oxford Department of Economics: econjobmarket.org/positions?sh... 2 positions associate professor open field, 1 position development econ. cc @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
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-...
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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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
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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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...
Study Finds Giving Pregnant Women Cash Transfers Cuts Infant Mortality in Half
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New WP! 🚨
CSAE@oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 12mo agoThe paper 'Can Cash Transfers Save Lives? Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment in Kenya' is published in @nber.org er.org ✒️Michael Walker, @nshankar.bsky.social, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social & Grady Killeen Read here👇 www.nber.org/papers/w34152
🎉 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
🌟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
🆕 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...
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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🆕 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...
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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🚨 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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I am looking for an experienced research manager, starting as early as 1 March (with some flexibility).
CSAE@oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 2y ago📣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
📣🎉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
📣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
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
