Robin Burgess

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Robin Burgess
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Robin Burgess
NationalityBritish
InstitutionLondon School of Economics, International Growth Centre
FieldDevelopment economics
Alma mater
University of Oxford
London School of Economics
University of Edinburgh
Doctoral
students		Dave Donaldson (economist)
Imran Rasul
Websitehttps://www.robinburgess.com

Robin Burgess FBA, is a Professor of Economics, Co-founder and Director of the International Growth Centre, 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.[1][2]

His areas of research interest include environmental economics, development economics and political economy. He has also worked in labour economics and public economics. He has published on a variety of topics including natural disasters, mass media, rural banks, land reform, labour regulation, industrial policy, taxation, poverty and growth.

Early life and education[]

Robin Burgess was brought up in Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, the US, the Philippines and Italy where his father worked as a doctor and his mother as a child nutritionist.[3] He holds the following degrees:[4]

Career[]

Before joining academia he worked for the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the Government of India. He has held positions as Lecturer (Assistant Professor) and Reader (Associate Professor) at the London School of Economics (LSE). He has been a Visiting Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, the National Bureau of Economic Research, Ecole Polytechnique, University College London and the University of California at Berkeley. In 2007, he became a full professor of economics at the LSE.

Throughout his career, Robin Burgess has worked in multiple countries, including Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Uganda and Sierra Leone. He has worked with the government of India on tax system reform, and with the governments of Myanmar, India, and Pakistan on reforms of the energy sector.

Robin Burgess was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2016.[5]

Professional Activities[]

Robin Burgess currently serves as the Director of the International Growth Centre. 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.[6][7] 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.[8] He is also a fellow of the European Economic Association.[9]

Previously, Robin Burgess has been Program Director of the Development Economics Program at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER), a Fellow of the European Development Research Development Network (EUDN), a member of the Institute for Policy Dialogue (IPR), an Associate Editor of the Economic Journal and the Founder and Director of the Microeconomics of Growth Research Network.

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.[10] Marianne Bertrand, 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.[11] Livia Alfonsi, Oriana Bandiera, Vittorio Bassi, Robin Burgess, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman, and Anna Vitali. 2020, In: Econometrica, 88 (6): 2369–2414.
  • Labor Markets and Poverty in Village Economies.[12] Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Narayan Das, Selim Gulesci, Imran Rasul, and Munshi Sulaiman. 2017, In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 132 (2): 811–870.
  • The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya.[13] Robin Burgess, Remi Jedwab, Edward Miguel, Ameet Morjaria, and Gerard Padró i Miquel. 2015, In: American Economic Review, 105 (6): 1817–1851.
  • The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16] Philippe Aghion, Robin Burgess, Stephen Redding, and Fabrizio Zilibotti. 2008, In: American Economic Review, 98 (4): 1397–1412.
  • Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment.[17] Robin Burgess and Rohini Pande. 2005, In: American Economic Review, 95 (3): 780–795.
  • Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India.[18] Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess. 2004, In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119 (1): 91–134.
  • Land Reform, Poverty Reduction, and Growth: Evidence from India.[19] Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess. 2000, In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115 (2): 389–430.

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Robin Burgess' Personal Website". Robin Burgess. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  2. ^ LSE Faculty Website. "Robin Burgess". London School of Economics. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Bio". Robin Burgess. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  4. ^ Burgess, Robin (28 March 2021). "Robin Burgess' CV" (PDF).
  5. ^ "British Academy announces new President and elects 66 new Fellows".
  6. ^ "Environment, Energy and Climate". Robin Burgess. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  7. ^ "STICERD news: New STICERD Research Programme". STICERD, London School of Economics. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  8. ^ "Bio". Robin Burgess. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  9. ^ "Fellows | EEA". www.eeassoc.org. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  10. ^ Bertrand, Marianne; Burgess, Robin; Chawla, Arunish; Xu, Guo (2020-03-01). "The Glittering Prizes: Career Incentives and Bureaucrat Performance". The Review of Economic Studies. 87 (2): 626–655. doi:10.1093/restud/rdz029. ISSN 0034-6527.
  11. ^ Alfonsi, Livia; Bandiera, Oriana; Bassi, Vittorio; Burgess, Robin; Rasul, Imran; Sulaiman, Munshi; Vitali, Anna (2020). "Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence From a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda". Econometrica. 88 (6): 2369–2414. doi:10.3982/ECTA15959. ISSN 1468-0262.
  12. ^ Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Das, Narayan; Gulesci, Selim; Rasul, Imran; Sulaiman, Munshi (2017-05-01). "Labor Markets and Poverty in Village Economies*". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 132 (2): 811–870. doi:10.1093/qje/qjx003. ISSN 0033-5533.
  13. ^ Burgess, Robin; Jedwab, Remi; Miguel, Edward; Morjaria, Ameet; Padró i Miquel, Gerard (2015). "The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya". American Economic Review. 105 (6): 1817–1851. doi:10.1257/aer.20131031. ISSN 0002-8282.
  14. ^ Burgess, Robin; Hansen, Matthew; Olken, Benjamin A.; Potapov, Peter; Sieber, Stefanie (2012-11-01). "The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics*". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 127 (4): 1707–1754. doi:10.1093/qje/qjs034. ISSN 0033-5533.
  15. ^ Burgess, Robin; Donaldson, Dave (2010). "Can Openness Mitigate the Effects of Weather Shocks? Evidence from India's Famine Era". American Economic Review. 100 (2): 449–453. doi:10.1257/aer.100.2.449. ISSN 0002-8282.
  16. ^ Aghion, Philippe; Burgess, Robin; Redding, Stephen J.; Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2008). "The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India". American Economic Review. 98 (4): 1397–1412. doi:10.1257/aer.98.4.1397. ISSN 0002-8282.
  17. ^ Burgess, Robin; Pande, Rohini (2005). "Do Rural Banks Matter? Evidence from the Indian Social Banking Experiment". American Economic Review. 95 (3): 780–795. doi:10.1257/0002828054201242. ISSN 0002-8282.
  18. ^ Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin (2004-02-01). "Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India*". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 119 (1): 91–134. doi:10.1162/003355304772839533. ISSN 0033-5533.
  19. ^ Besley, Timothy; Burgess, Robin (2000-05-01). "Land Reform, Poverty Reduction, and Growth: Evidence from India*". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 115 (2): 389–430. doi:10.1162/003355300554809. ISSN 0033-5533.
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