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Kate Orkin Nominated for ESRC Impact Prize 2023

The MBRG's Kate Orkin has been nominated for the Economic and Social Research Council Impact Prize 2023 for the extraordinary impact of research-driven poverty relief measures in South Africa.

Research with the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator published in the AER November 2022

The MBRG's Kate Orkin and co-authors partnered with the South African NGO to study how information from soft skills assessments could be shared to alleviate labour market frictions between firms and young workseekers. Click for a VoxDev summary of results.

MBRG Research published in the June 2022 issue of the JEEA

Research by the MBRG's Kate Orkin and collaborator Anett John was published in the June 2022 issue of the Journal of European Economic Association. See here for the policy note.

Research updates
Can Migration Patterns Help Predict COVID Outbreaks in South Asia?

The lockdown in South Asia has led to mass migration of people back to their home towns and villages as the work opportunities in urban centres shrink. Researchers discuss the public health risk this poses to rural areas. 

Social Protection Response to the COVID-19 Crisis: Country Options

François Gerard, Clément Imbert and Kate Orkin argue that by using a broader patchwork of solutions than higher-income countries, low-income and middle-income countries can cast an emergency safety net with extensive coverage. 

COVID-19 Perceptions and Economic Anxiety

A VoxEU.org column co-authored by researcher Lukas Hensel discusses using Google search activity and individual survey data to document a rapid increase in economic anxiety in the US in response to the initial global spreading of the virus. 

In the media
Kate Orkin Nominated for ESRC Impact Prize 2023

The MBRG's Kate Orkin has been nominated for the Economic and Social Research Council Impact Prize 2023 for the extraordinary impact of research-driven poverty relief measures in South Africa.

Applying Wise Interventions around the World

Dr Greg Walton and Dr Kate Orkin discuss 'wise interventions', and how social science can use this psychologically approach to understand the major problems in social life - poverty, social exclusion, child abuse, and discrimination.

MBRG Measurement series featured by World Bank blog

In his weekly links for the Development Impact blog, David McKenzie features an MBRG measurement matters series post from Lukas Hensel on measuring income expectations using phone surveys.