Jeff Weaver

Postdoctoral Fellow, Economics Department, UC San Diego

Jeff Weaver is a post-doctoral fellow in the economics department at UC San Diego. He completed his PhD in economics at Yale University in May 2017, and will be joining the economics department at the University of Southern California (USC) as an assistant professor in fall 2018. His primary areas of research are development economics, applied microeconomics, labor economics, and political economy.

Recent work by Jeff Weaver

Improving last-mile service delivery using phone-based monitoring: Evidence from India

Monitoring a programme by calling recipients is a cost-effective way to improve implementation quality

Articles : Institutions & Political Economy

Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar Jeff Weaver

Published 01.08.22
Corruption, bribery, and public sector hiring in developing countries

Government jobs are often allocated based on bribes and patronage. How does this process work, and can this lead to good outcomes?

Articles : Labour Markets & Migration

Jeff Weaver

Published 04.01.18

Jeff Weaver

Recent work by Jeff Weaver

Improving last-mile service delivery using phone-based monitoring: Evidence from India

Corruption, bribery, and public sector hiring in developing countries