1. Research
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  3. Research Projects

Explore the projects our research team are working on, grouped into key themes below. To read working papers of completed research, please visit the Working Papers section of the website. 

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Tackling psychological barriers to job search and employment in Kenya

Researchers partner with the Busara Center for Behavioural Economics to deliver and evaluate a scalable cognitive behavioural therapy for young workseekers in Nairobi.

Kate Orkin
Design and planning
Workseeker Signalling in South Africa

Researchers partner with Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator in a randomised evaluation on whether updating young workseekers' beliefs of their own skills can change search effort and improve labour outcomes in Johannesburg. 

Kate Orkin
Publication available
Understanding the benefits of the digital sector and how to improve matching between firms and jobseekers

What are the benefits of being employed in the digital sector? How can machine learning be leveraged to improve matching between firms and jobseekers? To answer those questions, researchers partner with Shortlist, a hiring platform for digital jobs in Kenya.

Design and planning
Affiliated Projects

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