Romuald Méango
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Oxford
Romuald is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford and Tutor Fellow (Official Student) at Christ Church. His research focuses on the interaction between subjective expectations and investment in human capital, on the identification of counterfactual outcomes, and on the migration of the skilled labour force. He held a Post-Doctoral researcher position at the Ifo Institute, then at the Max-Planck Institute for Social law and Social Policy in Munich, where he headed the Migration Unit for two years. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Montréal.
Recent work by Romuald Méango
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Why graduates prefer public sector jobs – and what it costs firms
In Côte d'Ivoire, public sector jobs attract highly skilled graduates not primarily through wages but through non-wage amenities such as job security, lower stress, and predictable working conditions. This creates a costly outside option for private ...
Published 23.06.26
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Why graduates struggle to find jobs in West Africa
Educated unemployment in urban West Africa stems from educated workers rationally waiting for scarce, high-paying public and formal private jobs in labour markets characterised by severe hiring frictions. Policies that reduce private-sector hiring co...
Published 12.03.26