Francis J Teal
Ph.D., University of London
Reader in Economics
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Research Interests
Summary: Applied microeconomics of Africa, analysis of firms and labour markets.
My research uses micro panel data on firms and households in Africa to investigate a range of questions relating to the performance of labour markets, wage determination and firm growth. The overall objective of the research group is to carry out work on poverty, inequality and the quality of life in developing countries.
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Recent Working Papers
- Heterogeneous returns and the persistence of agricultural technology adoption (2010)
- Aggregation versus Heterogeneity in Cross-Country Growth Empirics (2010)
- Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa: a Review of Channels and Interactions (2010)
- Productivity Analysis in Global Manufacturing Production (2010)
- The Returns to Formality and Informality in Urban Africa (2010)
- Jobs, Skills and Incomes in Ghana: How was poverty halved? (2010)
- Learning & Earning in Africa: Where are the Returns to Education High? (2010)
- Econometrics for Grumblers: A New Look at the Literature on Cross-Country Growth Empirics (2009)
- A Common Factor Approach to Spatial Heterogeneity in Agricultural Productivity Analysis (2009)
- Modeling Technology and Technological Change in Manufacturing: How do Countries Differ? (2008)
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