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Labor economics, Development economics, Applied microeconomics
Ethiopia, Ghana, Germany, Egypt

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Employment (9)

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: Amsterdam, NL

Employment
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

IZA - Institute of Labor Economics: Bonn, DE

2020-09-01 to 2023-08-31 | Research Associate
Employment
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Marc Witte

New York University Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi, AE

2019-09-01 to 2020-08-31 | Postdoctoral Associate
Employment
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Marc Witte

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2016-04-01 to 2018-12-31 | Research Assistant for Professor Stefan Dercon and Professor Tanguy Bernard (Economics)
Employment
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Marc Witte

International Labour Organization: Geneva, CH

2014-12-01 to 2016-01-31 | Short-Term Consultant
Employment
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Marc Witte

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2014-07-01 to 2015-12-31 | Research Manager for Professor Marcel Fafchamps, Dr Simon Quinn (Economics)
Employment
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Marc Witte

World Bank: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2013-09-01 to 2014-11-30 | Short-Term Consultant
Employment
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Marc Witte

Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2012-04-01 to 2012-12-31 | Visiting Economist
Employment
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Marc Witte

Ecologic Institute: Berlin, Berlin, DE

2010-02-01 to 2010-08-31 | Working Student
Employment
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Marc Witte

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2014-10-01 to 2019-03-19 | DPhil Economics (Economics)
Education
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Marc Witte

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2013-09-01 to 2014-08-01 | Probationer research student (Economics)
Education
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Marc Witte

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2012-09-01 to 2013-08-01 | MSc Economics for Development (Economics)
Education
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Marc Witte

Professional activities (1)

IZA - Institute of Labor Economics: Bonn, DE

2023-09-01 to present | Research Fellow
Membership
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Marc Witte

Funding (9)

Demand for feedback

2022-06 to 2023-12 | Grant
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Bonn, DE)
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Marc Witte

Reducing Frictions in Ethiopian Labor Markets

2021-06 to 2023-06 | Grant
New York University Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi, AE)
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Marc Witte

Impacts of Small-Scale Biogas Technology on Energy Access in Egypt

2021-06 to 2022-06 | Grant
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (MA, MA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

KCAI-21-00045

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Marc Witte

Vacancy Information, Applicant Selection, Skill Mismatch

2021 to 2023 | Grant
International Growth Centre (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

ETH-21166, ETH-20174

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Marc Witte

"Getting Online for Jobs!" Reducing information frictions through digital technology in low-income country public employment services

2020 to 2022 | Grant
International Growth Centre (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

ETH-20103

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Marc Witte

Formalized Employee Search and Labor Demand

2019 to 2020 | Grant
Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries, Centre for Economic Policy Research (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PEDL ERG 6023

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Marc Witte

Formalized Employee Search and Labor Demand

2018 to 2019 | Grant
International Growth Centre (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

ETH-32425

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Marc Witte

The Economic Effects of Mental Health Interventions in Low and Middle-Income Countries

2017 to 2019 | Grant
Anonymous Donor (-, US)
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Marc Witte

Job referrals and strategic network formation

2016 to 2018 | Grant
International Growth Centre (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

ETH-32405

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Marc Witte

Works (9)

Allocating labor across small firms: Experimental evidence on information constraints

Journal of Development Economics
2024-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Morgan Hardy; Seongyoon Kim; Jamie McCasland; Andreas Menzel; Marc Witte
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The Effects of Mental Health Interventions on Labor Market Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

TI Discussion Paper Series
2024-06-20 | Working paper | Author
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25d00705-4205-437d-94e0-cf5bb920e886

Contributors: Crick Lund; Kate Orkin; Marc Witte; John Walker; Johannes Haushofer; Vikram Patel
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

The impact of firm downsizing on workers

World Development
2024-04 | Journal article | Author
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2-s2.0-85180490977

Contributors: Morgan Hardy; Gisella Kagy; Eyoual Demeke; Marc Witte; Christian Johannes Meyer
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Formalized Employee Search and Labor Demand

SSRN
2023 | Working paper | Author
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02a0c15e-be3c-4cf5-b332-05106cb91034

Contributors: Lukas Hensel; Tsegay Tekleselassie; Marc Witte
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Searching With Friends

Journal of Labor Economics
2023-10 | Journal article | Author
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2-s2.0-85175027786

Contributors: Stefano Caria; Simon Franklin; Marc Witte
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Global Behaviors, Perceptions, and the Emergence of Social Norms at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Lukas Hensel; Marc Witte; A. Stefano Caria; Thiemo Fetzer; Stefano Fiorin; Friedrich M. Götz; Margarita Gomez; Johannes Haushofer; Andriy Ivchenko; Gordon Kraft-Todd et al.
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The market-reach of pandemics

World Development
2021-01-01 | Journal article | Author
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670b1c73-8b2b-4c79-9878-f576c6798fb4

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2-s2.0-85092537228

Contributors: Christian Johannes Meyer; Morgan Hardy; Marc Witte; Gisella Kagy; Eyoual Demeke
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Do youth employment programs improve labor market outcomes? A quantitative review

World Development
2019-02 | Journal article | Author
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2-s2.0-85055291294

Contributors: Jochen Kluve; Susana Puerto; David Robalino; Jose M. Romero; Friederike Rother; Jonathan Stöterau; Felix Weidenkaff; Marc Witte
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Can mental health treatments help prevent or reduce intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review

BMC Women's Health
2019-02-14 | Journal article | Author
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48bd5257-03c8-4aee-9402-d1a3d99b41ce

EID:

2-s2.0-85061557550

Contributors: W.A. Tol; S.M. Murray; C. Lund; P. Bolton; L.K. Murray; T. Davies; J. Haushofer; K. Orkin; Marc Witte; L. Salama et al.
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Peer review (16 reviews for 12 publications/grants)

Review activity for Campbell systematic reviews. (1)
Review activity for Economic development and cultural change. (3)
Review activity for German economic review. (1)
Review activity for International journal of manpower. (1)
Review activity for Journal of development effectiveness. (1)
Review activity for Journal of development studies. (2)
Review activity for Journal of international development. (1)
Review activity for Journal of labor economics. (2)
Review activity for Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics. (1)
Review activity for Small business economics. (1)
Review activity for The European journal of development research (1)
Review activity for The European journal of development research. (1)