Martina Kirchberger

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

CSAE and St Antony's College

Biography

I am a PhD candidate in Economics based at the Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University. My thesis investigates the economic consequences of three particular types of risks: (i) environmental risk, (ii) socio-economic risk and (iii) political risk. My first chapter focuses on the effect of environmental risks on labour markets. I explore the effect of natural disasters on labour markets in Indonesia using data on earthquakes; my second chapter focuses on child labour and preferences of children. The third chapter investigates the link between conflict status of a society and costs in the construction sector and is joint work with Paul Collier and Måns Söderbom. I have also undertaken research on agricultural productivity growth for the International Growth Centre and have been involved in policy work with the government in Guinea. Before joining the University of Oxford, I was based in West Africa working in the health sector for the Regional Offices of the United Nations Children's Fund and the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS.