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Does class size matter in postgraduate education? (2019)
Journal Article
Gaggero, A., & Haile, G. (2020). Does class size matter in postgraduate education?. Manchester School, 88(3), 489-505. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12305

© 2019 The University of Manchester and John Wiley & Sons Ltd The paper examines the impact of class size on postgraduate (PG) grades using administrative data from one of the largest Schools of a Russell Group University in the UK. As well as esti... Read More about Does class size matter in postgraduate education?.

Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda (2018)
Journal Article
Gaggero, A., Appleton, S., & Song, L. (2018). Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda. Journal- Economic Science Association, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40881-018-0049-2

In this study we investigate the effect of framing on bribery behaviour. To do this, we replicate Barr and Serra (Exp Econ, 12(4):488–503, (2009) and carry out a simple one-shot bribery game that mimics corruption. In one treatment, we presented the... Read More about Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda.

Labour market and intra-household dynamics in urban Tanzania (2018)
Journal Article
Bridges, S., Gaggero, A., & Owens, T. (2018). Labour market and intra-household dynamics in urban Tanzania

While a large body of literature documents the existence of informal arrangements to share risk across and within households, there has been little research on the various coping strategies through which risk sharing takes place, and how these strate... Read More about Labour market and intra-household dynamics in urban Tanzania.

Youth Unemployment and Earnings in Africa: Evidence from Tanzanian Retrospective Data (2016)
Journal Article
Bridges, S., Fox, L., Gaggero, A., & Owens, T. (2017). Youth Unemployment and Earnings in Africa: Evidence from Tanzanian Retrospective Data. Journal of African Economies, 26(2), 119-139. https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejw020

We exploit a unique data set of individual labour market histories in urban Tanzania to estimate the effect of early labour market experiences on adult labour market outcomes. We consider four labour market entry states—wage employment, self-employme... Read More about Youth Unemployment and Earnings in Africa: Evidence from Tanzanian Retrospective Data.