Development and History
Development and Economic History
Members of the Development and Economic History Research Group combine archival data, lab-in-the-field experiments, randomized controlled trials, text analysis, survey and secondary data along with theoretical tools to study issues in development and economic history. Faculty and students work in the field in South Asia, China and Africa as well as doing archival work in libraries across Europe and Asia.
Almost all faculty are members of CAGE in the economics department and some are also members of Warwick Interdisciplinary Centre for International Development (WICID). There is a regular weekly external seminar, two weekly internal workshops, and high quality research students. We also organise international conferences on campus, or in Venice.
Our activities
Development and Economic History Research Group Workshop/Seminar
Monday: 1.00-2.00pm
For faculty and PhD students at Warwick and other top-level academic institutions across the world. For a detailed scheduled of speakers please follow the link below.
Organisers: Bishnupriya Gupta and Claudia Rei
People
Academics
Academics associated with the Development and Economic History Research Group are:
Research Students
Events
CWIP Workshop - Ludovica Gazze
Title: Improving Residential Air Quality: Barriers to Adoption of Air Purifiers and Effects on Health and Well-Being (Pre-analysis plan)
Joint with Patrick Behrer and Bridget Hoffmann
We will conduct a randomised controlled trial with three groups, a control and two free air purifier trials of 10 and 90 days, with low- and middle-income households in Mexico City. First, we will use air quality monitors, wearable fitness trackers, smart outlets, and in-person surveys to measure residential air quality and estimate the impacts of air purification on health and well-being. Second, we will test interventions to address three potential key barriers to adoption of purifiers: experience, information, and cost. After the interventions, we will elicit all participants’ willingness to pay (WTP) for the purifier in an in-person survey. Later in the survey, we will provide households in the trials with personalised feedback on objectively-measured improvements in air quality and health relative to matched control participants to increase information and the salience of the air purifier’s benefits and elicit WTP a second time.