Robin Burgess , is a Professor of Economics, Co-founder and Director of the

International Growth Centre The International Growth Centre (IGC) is an economic research centre based at the London School of Economics, operated in partnership with University of Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government. The centre was launched in December 2008 and is fund ...

, as well as Co-Founder and Director of the Economics of Energy and the Environment (EEE) program at the

London School of Economics and Political Science , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

. His areas of research interest include

environmental economics Environmental economics is a sub-field of economics concerned with environmental issues. It has become a widely studied subject due to growing environmental concerns in the twenty-first century. Environmental economics "undertakes theoretical or ...

development economics Development economics is a branch of economics which deals with economic aspects of the development process in low- and middle- income countries. Its focus is not only on methods of promoting economic development, economic growth and structural ...

and

political economy Political economy is the study of how Macroeconomics, economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and Economy, national economies) and Politics, political systems (e.g. law, Institution, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied ph ...

. He has also worked in labour economics and

public economics Public economics ''(or economics of the public sector)'' is the study of government policy through the lens of economic efficiency and equity. Public economics builds on the theory of welfare economics and is ultimately used as a tool to improve ...

. He has published on a variety of topics including

natural disasters A natural disaster is "the negative impact following an actual occurrence of natural hazard in the event that it significantly harms a community". A natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage property, and typically leaves some econo ...

mass media Mass media refers to a diverse array of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place include a variety of outlets. Broadcast media transmit information ...

rural In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because ...

land reform Land reform is a form of agrarian reform involving the changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed property redistribution, generally of agricultural ...

labour regulation Labour laws (also known as labor laws or employment laws) are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, ...

, industrial

policy Policy is a deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within an organ ...

taxation A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal person, legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regiona ...

poverty Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little income. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects. When evaluating poverty in ...

and

growth Growth may refer to: Biology * Auxology, the study of all aspects of human physical growth * Bacterial growth * Cell growth * Growth hormone, a peptide hormone that stimulates growth * Human development (biology) * Plant growth * Secondary growth ...

Early life and education

Burgess holds the following degrees: *BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences,

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

, 1985 *MSc Economics,

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

, 1988 *D.Phil Economics,

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

, 1998

Professional activities

Burgess currently serves as the Director of the

. He has founded the Economics of Energy and the Environment (EEE) program at the LSE, serving as a platform to connect young and established researchers in environmental economics and to mainstream issues of environment, energy, and climate within economics and economic policy. He also serves as the current President of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), on the Editorial Board of VoxDev, on the Board of CEGA and is an Affiliate of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and Y-RISE, a Research Fellow in the CEPR and a

Fellow of the British Academy Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. The categories are: # Fellows – scholars resident in the United Kingdom # C ...

. He is also a fellow of the

European Economic Association The European Economic Association (EEA) is a professional academic body which links European economists. It was founded in the mid-1980s. Its first annual congress was in 1986 in Vienna and its first president was Jacques Drèze. The current pres ...

Research and selected publications

Robin Burgess' main research areas include: *

Below is a list of his main publications: *"The Glittering Prizes: Career Incentives and Bureaucrat Performance."

Marianne Bertrand Marianne Bertrand (born c. 1970) is a Belgian economist who currently works as Chris P. Dialynas Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. Bertrand belongs to the world's most prominent labour economists in ...

, Robin Burgess, Arunish Chawla, and Guo Xu. 2020, In: ''The Review of Economic Studies'', 87 (2): 626–655. *"Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labour Market Experiment in Uganda." Livia Alfonsi,

Oriana Bandiera Oriana Bandiera, FBA (born 26 August 1971) is an Italian economist and academic, specialising in development economics. She has been Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics since 2009. She is currently the Sir Anthony Atkinson Pr ...

, Vittorio Bassi, Robin Burgess,

Imran Rasul Imran Rasul (born 29 July 1974) is a professor of economics at the University College London, managing editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association, and co-director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at t ...

, Munshi Sulaiman, and Anna Vitali. 2020, In: ''Econometrica'', 88 (6): 2369–2414. *"Labor Markets and Poverty in Village Economies."

, Robin Burgess, Narayan Das, Selim Gulesci,

, and Munshi Sulaiman. 2017, In: ''The Quarterly Journal of Economics'', 132 (2): 811–870. *"The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya." Robin Burgess, Remi Jedwab,

Edward Miguel Edward "Ted" Andrew Miguel (born 1974) is the Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics in the Department of Economics at University of California, Berkeley, US. He is the founder and faculty director of the Center for Effective Gl ...

, Ameet Morjaria, and Gerard Padró i Miquel. 2015, In: ''American Economic Review'', 105 (6): 1817–1851. *"The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics." Robin Burgess, Matthew Hansen, Benjamin A. Olken, Peter Potapov, and Stefanie Sieber. 2012, In: ''The Quarterly Journal of Economics'', 127 (4): 1707–1754. *"Can Openness Mitigate the Effects of Weather Shocks? Evidence from India’s Famine Era." Robin Burgess and Dave Donaldson. 2010, In: ''American Economic Review'', 100 (2): 449–453. *"The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India."

Philippe Aghion Philippe Mario Aghion FBA (born 17 August 1956) is a French economist who is a professor at College de France, at INSEAD, and at the London School of Economics. He is also teaching at the Paris School of Economics. Philippe Aghion was formerly th ...

, Robin Burgess,

Stephen Redding Stephen Redding is a British-American economist, focusing in international trade and economic geography and productivity and economic growth, currently the Harold T. Shapiro *64 Professor in Economics at Princeton University. He is a fellow of t ...

, and

Fabrizio Zilibotti Fabrizio Zilibotti (born September 7, 1964) is an Italian economist. He is the Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics at Yale University. Zilibotti was previously Professor of Economics at University College London, the Unive ...

. 2008, In: ''American Economic Review'', 98 (4): 1397–1412. *"Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment." Robin Burgess and Rohini Pande. 2005, In: ''American Economic Review'', 95 (3): 780–795. *"Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India."

Timothy Besley Sir Timothy John Besley, (born 14 September 1960) is a British academic economist who is the School Professor of Economics and Political Science and Sir W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE ...

and Robin Burgess. 2004, In: ''The Quarterly Journal of Economics'', 119 (1): 91–134. *"Land Reform, Poverty Reduction, and Growth: Evidence from India."

and Robin Burgess. 2000, In: ''The Quarterly Journal of Economics'', 115 (2): 389–430.

References

External links

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