Dennis Egger
@eggerdennis.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics @OxfordEconDept Working on general equilibrium effects of cash and social protection, migration, and networks.
www.dennisegger.net
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Come join us at Oxford!
⏰ We are hiring on the junior market! ⏰
Multiple open positions at the Oxford Department of Economics:
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2 positions associate professor open field, 1 position development econ.
cc @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
Multiple open positions at the Oxford Department of Economics:
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2 positions associate professor open field, 1 position development econ.
cc @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
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November 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Can cash transfers save lives? The latest @nber.org paper by the CSAE's @eggerdennis.bsky.social & co-authors finds giving cash to pregnant women in rural Kenya reduces infant & child deaths.
Watch this @give-directly.bsky.social video about the study👇
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Watch this @give-directly.bsky.social video about the study👇
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How giving cash to moms cut infant deaths in half | GiveDirectly
In rural Africa, too many newborns die not from rare diseases, but from poverty: no hospital nearby, no money for transport, not enough food for a healthy pregnancy.
A landmark UC Berkeley & Oxford…
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August 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Can cash transfers save lives? The latest @nber.org paper by the CSAE's @eggerdennis.bsky.social & co-authors finds giving cash to pregnant women in rural Kenya reduces infant & child deaths.
Watch this @give-directly.bsky.social video about the study👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7x-...
Watch this @give-directly.bsky.social video about the study👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7x-...
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New from CEGA: cash transfers ⬇️ infant mortality by 48% & under-5 mortality by 45%!
Researchers including Michael Walker, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Grady Killeen and Nick Shankar found cash enabled mothers to rest more, eat better + access healthcare.
go.cega.org/cashimpacts
Researchers including Michael Walker, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Grady Killeen and Nick Shankar found cash enabled mothers to rest more, eat better + access healthcare.
go.cega.org/cashimpacts
Cash Transfers Dramatically Cut Infant Mortality in Kenya, New Research Finds
Berkeley, CA (18 Aug. 2025) — With the global development community facing financial upheaval, global development goals increasingly out of reach, and the need for aid greater than ever, new...
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August 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New from CEGA: cash transfers ⬇️ infant mortality by 48% & under-5 mortality by 45%!
Researchers including Michael Walker, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Grady Killeen and Nick Shankar found cash enabled mothers to rest more, eat better + access healthcare.
go.cega.org/cashimpacts
Researchers including Michael Walker, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Grady Killeen and Nick Shankar found cash enabled mothers to rest more, eat better + access healthcare.
go.cega.org/cashimpacts
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New paper by the CSAE's @eggerdennis.bsky.social (@oxfordecondept.bsky.social) & co-authors shows that giving expectant mothers in rural Kenya a one-time $1,000 unconditional cash transfer reduced
🔸infant mortality by 49%
🔸under-5 mortality by 45%
economics.web.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...
🔸infant mortality by 49%
🔸under-5 mortality by 45%
economics.web.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...
Study Finds Giving Pregnant Women Cash Transfers Cuts Infant Mortality in Half
economics.web.ox.ac.uk
August 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
New paper by the CSAE's @eggerdennis.bsky.social (@oxfordecondept.bsky.social) & co-authors shows that giving expectant mothers in rural Kenya a one-time $1,000 unconditional cash transfer reduced
🔸infant mortality by 49%
🔸under-5 mortality by 45%
economics.web.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...
🔸infant mortality by 49%
🔸under-5 mortality by 45%
economics.web.ox.ac.uk/article/stud...
New WP! 🚨
The paper 'Can Cash Transfers Save Lives? Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment in Kenya' is published in @nber.org er.org
✒️Michael Walker, @nshankar.bsky.social, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social & Grady Killeen
Read here👇 www.nber.org/papers/w34152
✒️Michael Walker, @nshankar.bsky.social, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social & Grady Killeen
Read here👇 www.nber.org/papers/w34152
Can Cash Transfers Save Lives? Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment in Kenya
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August 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
New WP! 🚨
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🎉 New Season Alert!
Episode 1 of Season 7 of NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE #SustainableDevelopmentTalks with @eggerdennis.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordcsae.bsky.social on his work:
"Slack and Economic Development"
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/41c0HuF
Also on Spotify: bit.ly/41xQXw4
Episode 1 of Season 7 of NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE #SustainableDevelopmentTalks with @eggerdennis.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordcsae.bsky.social on his work:
"Slack and Economic Development"
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/41c0HuF
Also on Spotify: bit.ly/41xQXw4
February 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🎉 New Season Alert!
Episode 1 of Season 7 of NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE #SustainableDevelopmentTalks with @eggerdennis.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordcsae.bsky.social on his work:
"Slack and Economic Development"
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/41c0HuF
Also on Spotify: bit.ly/41xQXw4
Episode 1 of Season 7 of NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE #SustainableDevelopmentTalks with @eggerdennis.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordcsae.bsky.social on his work:
"Slack and Economic Development"
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/41c0HuF
Also on Spotify: bit.ly/41xQXw4
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🌟NEW @blavatnikschool.bsky.social scholarship for DPhils carrying out quantitative economic research. The Urban Labour Markets in Africa Scholarship will be supervised by Kate Orkin. Join CSAE & #MBRG.
⏰ Apply by Thursday 9 Jan 2025
ℹ️https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/study/dphil/dphil-fees-and-funding
⏰ Apply by Thursday 9 Jan 2025
ℹ️https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/study/dphil/dphil-fees-and-funding
January 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🌟NEW @blavatnikschool.bsky.social scholarship for DPhils carrying out quantitative economic research. The Urban Labour Markets in Africa Scholarship will be supervised by Kate Orkin. Join CSAE & #MBRG.
⏰ Apply by Thursday 9 Jan 2025
ℹ️https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/study/dphil/dphil-fees-and-funding
⏰ Apply by Thursday 9 Jan 2025
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🆕 Do cash transfers cause inflation?
Today on VoxDev, Michael Walker, Nachiket Shah,
@tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Felix Samy Soliman & @tilmangraff.bsky.social explore the macroeconomic impacts of cash transfers: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
Today on VoxDev, Michael Walker, Nachiket Shah,
@tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Felix Samy Soliman & @tilmangraff.bsky.social explore the macroeconomic impacts of cash transfers: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
Do cash transfers cause inflation?
Evidence from cash transfers at scale in Kenya suggests that demand-side policies or stimulus may be very effective at raising output without creating inflationary pressure when there is a lot of ‘sla...
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January 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🆕 Do cash transfers cause inflation?
Today on VoxDev, Michael Walker, Nachiket Shah,
@tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Felix Samy Soliman & @tilmangraff.bsky.social explore the macroeconomic impacts of cash transfers: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
Today on VoxDev, Michael Walker, Nachiket Shah,
@tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Felix Samy Soliman & @tilmangraff.bsky.social explore the macroeconomic impacts of cash transfers: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
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🆕 How low demand constrains productivity and economic development
Today on VoxDev, Michael Walker, Nachiket Shah, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Felix Samy Soliman & @tilmangraff.bsky.social explore the role of slack in Kenyan firms: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
Today on VoxDev, Michael Walker, Nachiket Shah, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Felix Samy Soliman & @tilmangraff.bsky.social explore the role of slack in Kenyan firms: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
How low demand constrains productivity and economic development
Evidence from Kenya shows that small firms have a lot of ‘slack’, i.e. they could produce substantially more output without having to hire additional workers, buy additional machines, or raise prices,...
voxdev.org
January 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🆕 How low demand constrains productivity and economic development
Today on VoxDev, Michael Walker, Nachiket Shah, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Felix Samy Soliman & @tilmangraff.bsky.social explore the role of slack in Kenyan firms: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
Today on VoxDev, Michael Walker, Nachiket Shah, @tedmiguel.bsky.social, @eggerdennis.bsky.social, Felix Samy Soliman & @tilmangraff.bsky.social explore the role of slack in Kenyan firms: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
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I am looking for an experienced research manager to join me at Oxford, starting as early as 1 March.
Help set up a new research group for macro-experimental development. A highly impactful role for both research and policy!
economics.web.ox.ac.uk/research-man...
I am looking for an experienced research manager to join me at Oxford, starting as early as 1 March.
Help set up a new research group for macro-experimental development. A highly impactful role for both research and policy!
economics.web.ox.ac.uk/research-man...
economics.web.ox.ac.uk
January 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🚨 Ten days left to apply 🚨
I am looking for an experienced research manager to join me at Oxford, starting as early as 1 March.
Help set up a new research group for macro-experimental development. A highly impactful role for both research and policy!
economics.web.ox.ac.uk/research-man...
I am looking for an experienced research manager to join me at Oxford, starting as early as 1 March.
Help set up a new research group for macro-experimental development. A highly impactful role for both research and policy!
economics.web.ox.ac.uk/research-man...
I am looking for an experienced research manager, starting as early as 1 March (with some flexibility).
📣We're #hiring for a range of research roles at the CSAE.
Join us & work with @eggerdennis.bsky.social, @gamblingondev.bsky.social, Noam Angrist & the whole CSAE team on development across the globe.
⏰Apply by 15 Jan
ℹ️Find out more: www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
#EconSky #researchjobs #econ_ra
Join us & work with @eggerdennis.bsky.social, @gamblingondev.bsky.social, Noam Angrist & the whole CSAE team on development across the globe.
⏰Apply by 15 Jan
ℹ️Find out more: www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
#EconSky #researchjobs #econ_ra
December 5, 2024 at 3:03 PM
I am looking for an experienced research manager, starting as early as 1 March (with some flexibility).
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📣🎉REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the CSAE Conference 2025. #OxCSAE2025
Join us for 3 days to discuss economic development in Africa across a range of topics.
🗣️Keynote: James Robinson (Nobel Prize 2024 winner)
📆23-25 March 2025
🏢Oxford, UK
💻Register by 23 Feb (05 Jan for speakers): cvent.me/MmdZ3g
Join us for 3 days to discuss economic development in Africa across a range of topics.
🗣️Keynote: James Robinson (Nobel Prize 2024 winner)
📆23-25 March 2025
🏢Oxford, UK
💻Register by 23 Feb (05 Jan for speakers): cvent.me/MmdZ3g
November 20, 2024 at 9:50 AM
📣🎉REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the CSAE Conference 2025. #OxCSAE2025
Join us for 3 days to discuss economic development in Africa across a range of topics.
🗣️Keynote: James Robinson (Nobel Prize 2024 winner)
📆23-25 March 2025
🏢Oxford, UK
💻Register by 23 Feb (05 Jan for speakers): cvent.me/MmdZ3g
Join us for 3 days to discuss economic development in Africa across a range of topics.
🗣️Keynote: James Robinson (Nobel Prize 2024 winner)
📆23-25 March 2025
🏢Oxford, UK
💻Register by 23 Feb (05 Jan for speakers): cvent.me/MmdZ3g
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📣We're #hiring for a range of research roles at the CSAE.
Join us & work with @eggerdennis.bsky.social, @gamblingondev.bsky.social, Noam Angrist & the whole CSAE team on development across the globe.
⏰Apply by 15 Jan
ℹ️Find out more: www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
#EconSky #researchjobs #econ_ra
Join us & work with @eggerdennis.bsky.social, @gamblingondev.bsky.social, Noam Angrist & the whole CSAE team on development across the globe.
⏰Apply by 15 Jan
ℹ️Find out more: www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
#EconSky #researchjobs #econ_ra
November 21, 2024 at 9:55 AM
📣We're #hiring for a range of research roles at the CSAE.
Join us & work with @eggerdennis.bsky.social, @gamblingondev.bsky.social, Noam Angrist & the whole CSAE team on development across the globe.
⏰Apply by 15 Jan
ℹ️Find out more: www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
#EconSky #researchjobs #econ_ra
Join us & work with @eggerdennis.bsky.social, @gamblingondev.bsky.social, Noam Angrist & the whole CSAE team on development across the globe.
⏰Apply by 15 Jan
ℹ️Find out more: www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
#EconSky #researchjobs #econ_ra
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We are growing, we are hiring - 6 new positions in development economics
One Ass. Professor
Three Post-Docs
One Pre-doc
One Research Manager
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
One Ass. Professor
Three Post-Docs
One Pre-doc
One Research Manager
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
November 17, 2024 at 12:02 PM
We are growing, we are hiring - 6 new positions in development economics
One Ass. Professor
Three Post-Docs
One Pre-doc
One Research Manager
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
One Ass. Professor
Three Post-Docs
One Pre-doc
One Research Manager
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/vacancies