Market Design for Land Trade: Evidence from Uganda and Kenya [Slides] [Latest version]
with Gharad Bryan (London School of Economics), Jonathan de Quidt (Queen Mary of London) and Tom Wilkening (Melbourne University)
Explaining the land trade game in Masaka ©Mariajose Silva-Vargas
Matching with the right attitude: the effect of matching firms with refugee workers [Latest version][IPA blog, VoxDev] [Photo Story]
with Francesco Loiacono (EBRD)
Tailoring test as part of the research
©Mariajose Silva-Vargas
Contact in the Workplace and Social Cohesion: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
[Latest version] [Photo Story]
with Francesco Loiacono (EBRD)
Mariam and Sifa working together as a result of the research ©Mariajose Silva-Vargas
FAME – Female Access to Male-dominated Employment [Data collection ongoing]
with Gharad Bryan (London School of Economics), Jonathan de Quidt (Queen Mary of London), Marie Christelle Mabeu (Toronto Metropolitan University), and Celine Zipfel (Stockholm School of Economics)
ASAFIN mechanics teacher
©Mariajose Silva-Vargas
Enhancing the Integration of Vulnerable Refugees in Luxembourg: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial (IDEALUX) [Data collection ongoing]
with Martín Fernández-Sanchez (LISER), Mounir Karadja (Uppsala University), Akib Khan (Stockholm School of Economics).
Other
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Pairing photography and research for social change, interview 2023
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Vocational Training Programmes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Insights from Experimental Studies, LISER Policy Brief 2023
- The World Bank Development Impact Blog turns 10: we celebrate with a new logo! *Photography and logo by Mariajose Silva-Vargas
- We Need More Respectful and Inclusive Experiments in Development Economics: A Proposal. Promarket
- Uganda’s Nakivale Refugee Camp: Notes from our PhD fieldwork, UNU-Merit
- Interview on research grants and fieldwork, UNU-Merit
- Improving access to labour markets for refugees, Evidence from Uganda IGC Policy brief & Report
Grants
- Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs research grant 2023
- J-PAL@20 Photo Project Grant 2023
- J-PAL Jobs and Opportunity Initiative (Pilot Project) - 2020
- Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) - Exploratory Grant, 2020
- Peace and Recovery Programme (Full Grant) - Innovations for Poverty Action, 2020
- Peace and Recovery Programme (Exploratory Grant) - Innovations for Poverty Action, 2018
- Small Projects - International Growth Centre (IGC), 2018 United Nations University PhD Fellowship, 2017-2020