Pramila Krishnan
Pramila is Professor of Development Economics at the University of Oxford. Her research interests include analysis of household behaviour and rural institutions in developing countries; microeconometric approaches to development economics; household economics and labour economics.
Content by Pramila Krishnan
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Project
Exchange rate shocks and firm behaviour: Evidence from Ethiopia and Uganda
As developing countries, Uganda and Ethiopia frequently face exchange rate shocks. The effect of exchange rate shocks on the performance of firms is not well understood. In Ethiopia, policymakers devalue the local currency to correct misalignment. The effect of such devaluation is of interest to policymakers. Manufacturing firms in developing countries rely on imported...
11 Dec 2019 | Pramila Krishnan
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Project
Measuring management practices in Ethiopian firms: Module for the CSA manufacturing survey of medium and large enterprises
The project team has already merged survey data from the Central Statistical Authority's (CSA’s) Census of Medium and Large Enterprises with Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority’s firm level trade data. This has resulted in a panel data set. This project aims to disentangle fluctuations in supply of material inputs from other constraints. Also, the larger aim is to...
29 Nov 2019 | Andualem Mengistu, Tewodros Makonnen Gebrewolde, Pramila Krishnan
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Publication - Working Paper
Restricting trade and reducing variety: Evidence from Ethiopia
25 Sep 2018 | Pramila Krishnan, Peng Zhang
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Publication - Working Paper
Fading choice: Transport costs and variety in consumer goods
25 Sep 2018 | Jan-Willem Gunning, Pramila Krishnan, Andualem Mengistu
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Blog post
Consumer welfare impacts of high transport costs in rural Ethiopia
Access to a variety of manufactured goods reduces in relation to the distance from urban centers. Accordingly, reductions in transport costs increase consumer welfare through higher incomes, lower prices, and increased variety. Transport and consumption in Ethiopia Transport costs reduce consumer welfare, not only through lower incomes and higher prices, but also...
29 Jan 2018 | Pramila Krishnan, Jan-Willem Gunning, Andualem Mengistu
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Project
Fading choice: Market development and the range of goods available across space
A simple measure of market development is the range of products available across space. Current studies of market development focus exclusively on one particular aspect of development: the spatial integration of markets measured by the spatial variation in prices. In contrast, we aim to study the spatial variation in products. This idea derives from an analysis of consumer...
23 Jul 2015 | Jan-Willem Gunning, Pramila Krishnan, Peng Zhang, Andualem Mengistu
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Blog post
Neighbours and extension Agents in Ethiopia: Who matters more for technology diffusion?
Improving agricultural productivity is seen as vital to economic growth in poor countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where productivity growth has lagged behind that of other continents. The focus has therefore been on new technologies, particularly the adoption and diffusion of improved seed varieties and the increased use of fertiliser, supported by investments...
3 Jan 2014 | Pramila Krishnan, Manasa Patnam
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Publication - Working Paper
Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Ethiopia (Working Paper)
1 Feb 2013 | Pramila Krishnan, Irina Shaorshadze
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Project
Background paper on Vocational Education in Ethiopia
This report presents a background study of the state of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Ethiopia. Krishnan and Shaorshadze discuss the state of TVET in Ethiopia, as well as the contextual information on education system and economic indicators in Ethiopia as they relate to the TVET implementation and policy. They argue that given the supply-driven...
1 Sep 2012 | Pramila Krishnan, Irina Shaorshadze
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Publication - Working Paper
Neighbours and Extension Agents in Ethiopia: Who matters more for technology diffusion? (Working Paper)
1 Mar 2012 | Pramila Krishnan, Manasa Patnam
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Project
Innovation and diffusion of crops, inputs and techniques: evidence from a 15 year panel survey
Further adoption of fertiliser and improved seeds are key to increased land productivity in Ethiopian agriculture. However, as in much of sub-Saharan Africa, the adoption and diffusion of such technologies has been slow. While supply side factors undoubtedly play a role, in this paper Pramila Krishnan and Manasa Patnam concentrate on the possibility that imperfect...
1 Feb 2010 | Pramila Krishnan