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Nicholas Swanson

  • PhD Student
  • University of California - Berkeley

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Nicholas is a PhD Student at UC Berkeley.

Projects

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Kinship pressure and firm-worker matching

Nicholas Swanson 28 Feb 2025
Project
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Constraints to firm growth in the Copperbelt

Nicholas Swanson, Anja Benshaul-Tolonen 31 Mar 2024
Project
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Measuring slums from space

Nick Tsivanidis, Michael Gechter, Nicholas Swanson 30 Jun 2025
Project

Understanding consumption seasonality in Zambia

Kelsey Jack, Supreet Kaur, Nicholas Swanson, Felix Masiye, Ned Augenblick 31 Aug 2019
Project

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Measuring slums from space

Michael Gechter, Minas Sifakis, Nicholas Swanson, Nick Tsivanidis
Policy brief
Report cover page

Kinship pressure and firm-worker matching

Nicholas Swanson
Project report
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Staving off the hungry season in Zambia: Testing a simple and cost-effective approach

Kelsey Jack, Supreet Kaur, Ned Augenblick, Nicholas Swanson, Felix Masiye
Policy brief
Sunday craft market at Manda Hill shopping complex in Lusaka Zambia. Photo credit: Lighton Phiri, CC BY 2.0.

Urban density, trust, and knowledge sharing in Lusaka, Zambia

Nava Ashraf, Calvin Chiu, Alexia Delfino, Edward L. Glaeser, Nicholas Swanson
Policy brief

Urban density, trust, and knowledge sharing in Lusaka

Alexia Delfino, Nicholas Swanson
Blog

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