Marc
Witte
Assistant Professor in Economics, VU Amsterdam
Collaborators

About

Marc Witte is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Economics Department (School of Business and Economics) at VU Amsterdam and a Research Fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. Previously, Marc was a Postdoctoral Associate at NYU Abu Dhabi and received his DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. His research interests are in development economics, labour economics, and the economics of networks. His affiliated work within the research group mainly focuses on research in meta-analysis, including examining the effect of mental health interventions on economic outcomes. 

Contact

Email: mjw20@nyu.edu

Personal website here

Ongoing research projects
Formal Hiring Practices, Firm Growth, and Inclusive Labour Markets in Ethiopia

Researchers test whether it is possible to nudge small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to use formal hiring channels and whether an improvement in technology will formalise hiring techniques. 

Lukas Hensel
Marc Witte
Perceptions of an Insufficient Government Response at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic are Associated with Lower Mental Well-Being

A large-scale survey over 58 countries shows a strong association between perceptions of insufficient government response and lower mental well-being from respondents.

Lukas Hensel
Marc Witte
Working papers
Searching With Friends

Researchers study how a job-search assistance intervention in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, affects the job-search partners of programme participants. 

Marc Witte
Stefano Caria
Simon Franklin