{"id":632,"date":"2019-06-04T14:50:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T13:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/?page_id=632"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:00:38","slug":"development-economics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/economics\/research\/development-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"Development Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our research embraces a wide range of development issues.\u00a0 Members of the cluster are part of the Global Development Research Division<\/a> (GDRD) at the University of Reading and conduct mainly applied research using a wide range of data including survey data, big data and archival data. We have published and supervised research students mainly in the following areas:<\/p>\n

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  1. Labour<\/strong><\/span>: We work on a range of labour market issues including gendered labour markets, wellbeing at work, migration, sex work, discrimination and child labour.<\/li>\n
  2. Political Economy<\/strong><\/span>: We have a strong focus on the political economy of development\u00a0\"\"including electoral politics, impact of media on political opinions, institutions and ethnic fragmentation.<\/li>\n
  3. Big data<\/strong><\/span>: We conduct research on development planning using big data analytics to help with urban planning and resource allocation. We also use online prices to Data driven decision making.<\/li>\n
  4. Environment<\/strong><\/span>: We are interested in a broad range of environmental issues in developing countries, from natural resources exploitation, including deforestation, to the impact of environmental policy, climate change and pollution on a variety of development outcomes.<\/li>\n
  5. Intrahousehold allocation of resources<\/strong><\/span>. We look at the intrahousehold allocation of resources in relation to child health, schooling and labour. We explore the role of women within households and their bargaining power, wellbeing, and vulnerability to domestic violence.<\/li>\n
  6. Firms<\/span>.<\/strong> We analyse the performance of financial and non-financial firms in relation to environmental policy, infrastructure, political economy factors, competition and trade.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The cluster has strong research links with the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development<\/a> and the Department of Geography and Environmental Science<\/a> as well as the Walker Institute<\/a> as part of a wider, cross-cutting, interdisciplinary Global Development Research Division<\/a> within the University of Reading. Externally, we have links with the DSA, the World Bank, the International Association for Feminist Economics and UN-Wider, amongst others.<\/p>\n

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    Our Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    Academics<\/strong>:<\/p>\n