Items where Author is "Burgess, Robin"

Article

Balboni, Clare ORCID: 0009-0002-5088-5532, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Olken, Benjamin A. (2024) The origins and control of forest fires in the Tropics. The Review of Economic Studies. ISSN 0034-6527 (In Press)

Balboni, Clare ORCID: 0009-0002-5088-5532, Berman, Aaron, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Olken, Benjamin A. (2023) The economics of tropical deforestation. Annual Review of Economics, 15. 723 – 754. ISSN 1941-1383

Xu, Guo, Bertrand, Marianne and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (2023) Organization of the state: home assignment and bureaucrat performance. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 39 (2). 371 - 419. ISSN 8756-6222

Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Bassi, Vittorio, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi and Vitali, Anna (2023) The search for good jobs: evidence from a six-year field experiment in Uganda. Journal of Labor Economics. ISSN 0734-306X (In Press)

Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Deserranno, Erika, Morel, Ricardo, Sulaiman, Munshi and Rasul, Imran (2023) Social incentives, delivery agents, and the effectiveness of development interventions. Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 1 (1). 162 - 224. ISSN 2832-9368

Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Deserranno, Erika, Morel, Ricardo, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi and Thiemel, Jack (2022) Microfinance and diversification. Economica, 89 (S1). S239-S275. ISSN 0013-0427

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Khan, Adnan and Xu, Guo (2022) Bureaucracy and development. Annual Review of Economics, 14. 397 - 424. ISSN 1941-1383

Baboni, Clare, Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 and Heil, Anton (2022) Why do people stay poor? Quarterly Journal of Economics, 137 (2). 785 - 844. ISSN 0033-5533

Alfonsi, Livia, Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Bassi, Vittorio, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi and Vitali, Anna (2020) Tackling youth unemployment: evidence from a labor market experiment in Uganda. Econometrica, 88 (6). 2369 - 2414. ISSN 0012-9682

Bertrand, Marianne, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Chawla, Arunish and Xu, Guo (2020) The glittering prizes: career incentives and bureaucrat performance. Review of Economic Studies, 87 (2). 626 - 655. ISSN 0034-6527

Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Buehren, Niklas, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Goldstein, Markus, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran and Sulaiman, Munshi (2020) Women’s empowerment in action: evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 12 (1). 210 - 259. ISSN 1945-7782

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Greenstone, Michael, Ryan, Nicholas and Sudarshan, Anant (2020) The consequences of treating electricity as a right. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 34 (1). 145 - 169. ISSN 0895-3309

Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Das, Narayan, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran and Sulaiman, Munshi (2017) Labor markets and poverty in village economies. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 132 (2). 811 - 870. ISSN 0033-5533

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Miguel, Edward and Stanton, Charlotte (2015) War and deforestation in Sierra Leone. Environmental Research Letters, 10 (9). 095014. ISSN 1748-9326

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Jedwab, Remi, Miguel, Edward, Morjaria, Ameet and Padró i Miquel, Gerard (2015) The value of democracy: evidence from road building in Kenya. American Economic Review, 105 (6). pp. 1817-1851. ISSN 0002-8282

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Hansen, Matthew, Olken, Benjamin and Sieber, Stefanie (2012) The political economy of deforestation in the tropics. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127 (4). pp. 1707-1754. ISSN 0033-5533

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Donaldson, Dave (2010) Can openness mitigate the effects of weather shocks? Evidence from India's famine era. American Economic Review, 100 (2). pp. 449-453. ISSN 0002-8282

Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Goldstein, Markus, Rasul, Imran, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Gulesci, Selim and Sulaiman, Munshi (2010) Intentions to participate in adolescent training programs: evidence from Uganda. Journal of the European Economic Association, 8 (2-3). pp. 548-560. ISSN 1542-4774

Aghion, Philippe ORCID: 0000-0002-9019-1677, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Redding, Stephen and Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2008) The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the License Raj in India. American Economic Review, 98 (4). pp. 1397-1412. ISSN 0002-8282

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Pande, Rohini (2005) Do rural banks matter? Evidence from the Indian social banking experiment. American Economic Review, 95 (3). pp. 780-795. ISSN 0002-8282

Aghion, Philippe ORCID: 0000-0002-9019-1677, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Redding, Stephen and Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2005) Entry liberalization and inequality in industrial performance. Journal of the European Economic Association, 3 (2/3). pp. 291-302. ISSN 1542-4766

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Pande, Rohini and Wong, Grace (2005) Banking for the poor : evidence from India. Journal of the European Economic Association, 3 (02-Mar). pp. 268-278. ISSN 1542-4766

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 (2004) Can labour regulation hinder economic performance?: evidence from India. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119 (1). pp. 91-134. ISSN 0033-5533

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Besley, Tim ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 (2003) Halving global poverty. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 17 (3). pp. 3-22. ISSN 0895-3309

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Besley, Tim ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 (2002) The political economy of government responsiveness: theory and evidence from India. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117 (4). p. 1415. ISSN 0033-5533

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (2001) Political agency, government responsiveness and the role of the media. European Economic Review, 45 (04-Jun). pp. 629-640. ISSN 0014-2921

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (2000) Land reform, poverty reduction and growth: evidence from India. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115 (2). pp. 389-430. ISSN 0033-5533

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (1999) Does inequality mean slow growth? Centrepiece, 4 (1). pp. 24-29. ISSN 1362-3761

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Howes, S and Stern, N (1995) Value-added tax options for India. International Tax and Public Finance, 2 (1). pp. 109-141. ISSN 0927-5940

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Stern, Nicholas (1994) Tax reform in India. Indian Journal of Applied Economics, 3. pp. 1-81. ISSN 0971-8281

Aghion, Philippe ORCID: 0000-0002-9019-1677, Blanchard, O and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (1994) The behaviour of state firms in Eastern Europe, pre-privatisation. European Economic Review, 38 (6 SI). pp. 1327-1361. ISSN 0014-2921

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Stern, Nicholas H (1993) Taxation and development. Journal of Economic Literature, 31 (2). pp. 762-830. ISSN 0022-0515

Book Section

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Esteve-Volart, Berta (2013) The policy origins of poverty and growth in India. In: Besley, Timothy and Cord, Louise J., (eds.) Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth: Insights and Lessons From Country Experiences. World Bank, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 59-79. ISBN 9780821365151

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Venables, Anthony J. (2004) Towards a microeconomics of growth. In: Bourguignon, Francois and Pleskovic, Boris, (eds.) Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics: Accelerating Development. Bangalore Conference Proceedings. World Bank, Washington, pp. 105-139. ISBN 0821358006

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Prat, Andrea (2002) Mass media and political accountability. In: Islam, Roumeen, Djankov, Simeon and McLiesh, Caralee, (eds.) The Right to Tell: the Role of Mass Media in Economic Development. WBI development studies. World Bank, Washington, D.C, USA, pp. 45-60. ISBN 0821352032

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (1999) Social protection and the elderly poor. In: Gillion, C., (ed.) Social Security Pensions: Development and Reform. International Labour Organization, London, UK. ISBN 9789221108597

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Howes, Stephen and Stern, Nicholas (1995) The reform of indirect taxes in India. In: Cassen, Robert and Joshi, Vijay, (eds.) India, the Future of Economic Reform. Oxford University Press, Delhi, India, pp. 113-166. ISBN 0195637194

Aghion, Philippe ORCID: 0000-0002-9019-1677, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Mayer, C (Dis.) (1993) Financing and development in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union - issues and institutional support. In: Giovannini, A, (ed.) Finance and Development - Issues and Experience. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 303-342. ISBN 0-52-144017-3

Aghion, Philippe ORCID: 0000-0002-9019-1677 and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (1993) Financing in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union : issues and institutional support. In: Das, D K, (ed.) International Finance - Contemporary Issues. Routledge, London and New York, pp. 101-128. ISBN 0-41-509280-9

Aghion, Philippe ORCID: 0000-0002-9019-1677, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Fitoussi, JP and Messerlin, PA (1992) Towards the establishment of a continental European Customs Union. In: Flemming, J and Rollo, J M C, (eds.) Trade, Payments and Adjustment in Central and Eastern Europe. Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, pp. 157-180. ISBN 0-90-503150-4

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Stern, N (1991) Social security in developing countries : what, why, who, and how? In: Ahmad, E, Dreze, J, Hills, J and Sen, A, (eds.) Social Security in Developing Countries. WIDER studies in development economics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 41-80. ISBN 0-19-823300-0

Monograph

Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Goldstein, Markus, Buehren, Niklas, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran and Sulaiman, Munshi (2014) Women’s empowerment in action: evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 50). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Miguel, Edward, Jedwab, Remi, Morjaria, Ameet and Miquel, Gerard Padro i (2013) The value of democracy: evidence from road building in Kenya. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 045). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Das, Narayan, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Gulesci, Selim, Sulaiman, Munshi and Rasul, Imran (2013) Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor? Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 043). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Donaldson, Dave (2012) Can openness to trade reduce income volatility? Evidence from colonial India's famine era. . London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Hansen, Matthew, Olken, Benjamin and Sieber, Stefanie (2010) The political economy of deforestation in the tropics. . The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.

Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (2009) Community networks and poverty reduction programmes: evidence from Bangladesh. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers (EOPP 015). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Deschenes, Olivier, Donaldson, Dave and Greenstone, Michael (2009) Weather and death in India: mechanisms and implications of climate change. . CSAE, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Aghion, Philippe ORCID: 0000-0002-9019-1677, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Redding, Stephen and Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2006) The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the License Raj in India. . London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Donaldson, David (2006) Confronting global poverty: the role of institutions, expanding opportunities and market liberalization. . EGDI Secretariat, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden.

Aghion, Philippe ORCID: 0000-0002-9019-1677, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Redding, Stephen and Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2005) The unequal effects of liberalization: evidence from dismantling the license Raj in India. . Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Venables, Tony (2004) Towards a microeconomics of growth. World Bank policy research working paper (3257). World Bank, Washington, DC.

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Pande, Rohini (2003) Do rural banks matter? Evidence from the Indian social banking experiment. Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 40 (DEDPS/40). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London.

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (2003) Can labor regulation hinder economic performance : evidence from India. . London School of Economics and Political Science, London.

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (2003) Halving global poverty. . London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

Aghion, Philippe ORCID: 0000-0002-9019-1677, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Redding, Stephen and Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2003) The unequal effects of liberalization: theory and evidence from India. . London School of Economics and Political Science, London.

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (2002) Can labour regulation hinder economic performance? Evidence from India. . Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Pratt, Andrea (2002) Mass media and political accountability. CARR Discussion Papers (DP 6). ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London, UK.

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (2002) Can labour regulation hinder economic performance: evidence from India. CEPR discussion paper no. 3260. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Zhuang, J (2002) Modernization and son preference in People''s Republic of China. ERD working paper series. Asian Development Bank, Manila.

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (2001) The political economy of government responsiveness : theory and evidence from India. CEPR discussion paper ; no. 2721. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain), London.

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Zhuang, Juzhong (2000) Modernisation and son preference. Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 29 (DEDPS 29). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (2000) The political economy of government responsiveness: theory and evidence from India. Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 28 (DEDPS 28). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (1998) Land reform, poverty reduction and growth : evidence from India. Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 13 (DEDPS 13). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Abul Naga, Ramses H. and Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (1997) Prediction and determination of household permanent income. Distributional Analysis Research Programme; DARP 32 (DARP/32). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Stern, NH (1992) Taxation and development. Development Economics Research Programme ; DEP/42. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London.

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Stern, Nicholas (1989) Social security in developing countries : what, why, who and how? Development economics research programme discussion paper (DEP/23). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

Conference or Workshop Item

Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran and Sulaiman, Munshi (2011) Can entrepreneurship programs transform the economic lives of the poor? In: Growth Week 2010, 2011-02-02, Belfast, United Kingdom, GBR.

Book

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (1993) Public revenue without taxation. Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers Ltd, London. ISBN 0-85-683135-2

Online resource

Greenstone, Michael, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248, Ryan, Nicholas and Sudarshan, Anant (2016) Let them buy light in rural Bihar. International Growth Centre Blog (08 Aug 2016). Website.

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 (2015) Tackling extreme poverty: in conversation with Robin Burgess. International Growth Centre Blog (09 Dec 2015). Website.

Bandiera, Oriana ORCID: 0009-0002-6817-793X, Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Rasul, Imran (2014) Creating entrepreneurs: a big new idea in development. International Growth Centre Blog (07 Jan 2014). Website.

Burgess, Robin ORCID: 0009-0002-1187-3248 and Anand, Anisha (2013) Bihar growth model may bear fruit in other Indian states: Robin Burgess. South Asia @ LSE (23 Jul 2013). Website.