Erlend Berg

New Resources

Can rural public works affect agricultural wages? Evidence from India, CSAE working paper
The Determinants of Earnings Inequalities: Panel data evidence from South Africa, CSAE working paper
CSAE Research Summary 2012
Financial Architecture and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Tanzania, CSAE working paper
Media Freedom and Democracy: Complements or Substitutes in the Fight against Corruption?, CSAE working paper
Market Integration and Border Effects in Eastern Africa, CSAE working paper
How to improve knowledge and take-up of public services by the poor: The case of the RSBY National Health Insurance in India, iiG Briefing Paper 20

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in Economics

Biography

Research Interests:

I use economic theory and econometric techniques to study development at the micro-level. My main interest is in the financial lives of poor people, including credit, savings and insurance behaviour. I currently have ongoing projects in India as well as South Africa.

Work in progress:

Health care and information: A randomised experiment in India (with Maitreesh Ghatak, R Manjula, D Rajasekhar and Sanchari Roy)
Does payment into bank accounts encourage saving? Evidence from South Africa
Funeral insurance
Liquidity constraints: A robust analysis using panel data
Block grants and regional development (with Jørn Rattsø)