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Personal profile
Academic Background
1987-91 MSc Economics (cum laude), Erasmus University Rotterdam
1991-93 MSc Development Economics (cum laude), Erasmus University
1993-96 Economic consultant, SEOR Rotterdam
1996-2000 PhD Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
2001-04 Research Officer, University of Sheffield
2004- School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia
1991-93 MSc Development Economics (cum laude), Erasmus University
1993-96 Economic consultant, SEOR Rotterdam
1996-2000 PhD Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
2001-04 Research Officer, University of Sheffield
2004- School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia
Biography
Arjan is a behavioural development economist. His current research is on agricultural investment decisions in Uganda. Recent research includes intra-household allocation in India, Ethiopia, Uganda and Nigeria; and the effectiveness of international development aid.
Career
Before joining the School of International Development in 2004, Arjan worked as a Research Officer for the University of Sheffield on a DFID-funded project on pro-poor growth.
Key Research Interests and Expertise
Experimental economics in developing countries; aid effectiveness; gender inequality; pro-poor growth.
DEV and UEA Research Groups: Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics; Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science
Current research focuses on small farmers’ risk attitudes, their risk-sharing arrangements, and implications for agricultural investment and insurance decisions in eastern Uganda.
Key Responsibilities
Research Coordinator Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development
Teaching Interests
I am currently supervising the following research students:
- Baimba Koroma (growth, human development and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa)
- Janet Mwende Mutiso (sweet potato farming in Uganda)
- Matthew Heaton (seed systems in Ethiopia and Uganda)
- Harsh Vasani (Indian aid to Nepal)
- Ngukwase Surma (female economic empowerment in Nigeria)
- Joshua Hill (language use and cooperation in Uganda)
- Hanna Fuhrmann (sustainable consumption in Lima, Peru)
- Minjin Kim (mobile micro-finance in Kenya)
- Suvarna Pande (scarcity and risk attitudes in Uganda)
- Floris Burgers (education in Uganda)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
- 8 Finished
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Designing insurance to give smallholders a safe way out of poverty
Economic and Social Research Council
13/11/20 → 12/11/21
Project: Research
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Pathways to adoption of improved grass pea varieties
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/08/20 → 4/09/21
Project: Research
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Conceptual Basis for Payment by Results In International Development
Department for International Development
4/11/13 → 12/12/13
Project: Research
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"Mother File" - NO VALUE ATTACHED - Global Evaluation Framework Agreement (GEFA)
Palmer-Jones, R., D'Exelle, B., Turocy, T. & Verschoor, A.
Department for International Development
15/08/12 → 14/08/14
Project: Other
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A Behavioural Economic Analysis of Agricultural Investment Decisions in Uganda
Economic and Social Research Council
20/02/12 → 19/02/15
Project: Research
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Avoiding an Ethiopian perfect storm of neurolathyrism and climate change
Heaton, M., Emmrich, P., Perez-Viana, B., Mulat, B. & Verschoor, A., 2022Research output: Other contribution
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Designing development interventions: The application of service design and discrete choice experiments in complex settings
Osborne, M., Lambe, F., Ran, Y., Dehmel, N., Tabacco, G. A., Balungira, J., Perez-Viana, B., Widmark, E., Holmlid, S. & Verschoor, A., Oct 2022, In: World Development. 158, 105998.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Probability weighting for losses and for gains among smallholder farmers in Uganda
Verschoor, A. & D'Exelle, B., Feb 2022, In: Theory and Decision. 92, p. 223-258 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)14 Downloads (Pure) -
What should I aspire to? Peer effects in adolescents’ friendship networks
D'Exelle, B., Habraken, R. & Verschoor, A., 3 Mar 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Economic Development and Cultural Change.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An endowment effect for risk levels: Evidence from a Ugandan lab
Clist, P., Verschoor, A. & D'Exelle, B., Feb 2021, In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 182, p. 297-310 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile10 Downloads (Pure)
Press / Media
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Supporting agricultural investment in Uganda (Feb 2021)
23/02/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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ESRC announces winners of its 2020 Celebrating Impact Prize (Nov 2020)
12/11/20 → 25/11/20
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Economic and Social Research Council Announces Finalists for Prestigious Celebrating Impact Prize (Oct 2020)
21/10/20 → 22/10/20
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media