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Biography
Pieter Serneels is Reader (Associate Professor) in Economics at the University of East Anglia. He holds a PhD from the University of Oxford. His research focuses on applied micro, behavioural and labour economics, and political economy in low income countries. He is a Research Fellow at theInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Oxford’s Centre for the Study of African Economies(CSAE) and Department of International Development, and a Full Member of the European Development Research Network. He is also an executive member of the Center for Behavioral and Experimental Social Sciences (CBESS) at the University of East Anglia.
You can email him at p.serneels@uea.ac.uk
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You can email him at p.serneels@uea.ac.uk
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Key Research Interests
Pieter's research focuses on applied mico, behavioural and labour economics and political economics in low income countries, using methods and insights from behavioural and experimental economics. I am currently working on research in health and labour, service delivery, education, and conflict.
Research Groups: Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics; Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science;
Health Policy and Practice
Teaching Interests
I teach Microeconomics of Development and Econometrics at the Masters level, and Development Economics, Micro-economics and Economics of Education at the undergraduate level.
I co-direct the MSc in Development Economics.
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
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Capacity building training BIGD, BRAC University
Institute of Governance and Development
15/03/19 → 30/03/19
Project: Consultancy
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Effective Eduction Systems (RISE)
Department for International Development
1/07/18 → 30/09/20
Project: Research
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Malaria, Productivity and Access to Treatment: experimental evidence from Nigeria
Economic and Social Research Council
17/09/12 → 15/08/14
Project: Research
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Aspirations, poverty and education. Evidence from India
Serneels, P. & Dercon, S., Jan 2021, In: Journal of Development Studies. 57, 1, p. 163-183 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Health information, treatment, and worker productivity
Dillon, A., Friedman, J. & Serneels, P., 1 Apr 2021, In: Journal of the European Economic Association. 19, 2, p. 1077–1115 39 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Productivity and health: Physical activity as a measure of effort
Akogun, O., Dillon, A., Friedman, J., Prasann, A. & Serneels, P., Oct 2021, In: World Bank Economic Review. 35, 3, p. 652–680 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recruitment, effort, and retention effects of performance contracts for civil servants: Experimental evidence from Rwandan primary schools
Leaver, C., Ozier, O., Serneels, P. & Zeitlin, A., Jul 2021, In: American Economic Review. 111, 7, p. 2213–2246 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The COVID-19 pandemic and maternal mental health in a fragile and conflict-affected setting: A cohort study in Tumaco, Colombia
Moya, A., Serneels, P., Desrosiers, A., Reyes, V., Gómez Torres, M. J. & Lieberman, A., 1 Aug 2021, In: The Lancet Global Health. 9, 8, p. E1068-E1076 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile14 Citations (Scopus)8 Downloads (Pure)