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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
Joint Research Director
REF coordinator School of International Development
Teaching Interests
I am currently supervising the following research students:
- 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 Devlopment 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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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
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Combining service design and discrete choice experiments for intervention design: An application to weather index insurance
Dehmel, N., Ran, Y., Osborne, M., Verschoor, A., Lambe, F., Balungira, J., Tabacco, G., Perez-Viana, B., Widmark, E. & Holmlid, S., 2021, In: MethodsX. 8, 101513.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of preferences for pro-environmental behaviour among urban-middle class households in Peru
Fuhrmann, H., D'Exelle, B. & Verschoor, A., Feb 2021, In: Ecological Economics. 180, 106850.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Probability weighting for losses and for gains among smallholder farmers in Uganda
Verschoor, A. & D'Exelle, B., 15 Dec 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Theory and Decision.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Role of Preferences for Pro-environmental Behaviour among Urban Middle Class Households In Peru
Fuhrmann, H., D'Exelle, B. & Verschoor, A., Apr 2020, (DEV Working Paper Series; no. 56).Research output: Working paper
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