Ying Chen (LSE)
Ying Chen is a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics. Her existing research covers various urban economic topics in developing economies. She has strong interests in urban, labour, and development economics.
Content by Ying Chen
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Publication - Policy Brief
Unequal commutes: Job accessibility and employment in Accra
6 Sep 2017 | Nathalie Picarelli , Pascal Jaupart, Ying Chen, Ana Moreno-Monroy
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Publication - Project Report
Unequal commutes: Job accessibility & employment in Accra
18 Aug 2017 | Nathalie Picarelli , Pascal Jaupart, Ying Chen, Ana Moreno-Monroy
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Blog post
A call for resilient cities: Weather shocks & disease in Dar es Salaam
A recent IGC Working Paper looks at the relationship between extreme rainfall, flooding, infrastructure and cholera incidence in Dar es Salaam. Climate change will have a significant impact on the lives of the poor in the years ahead as extreme weather events, such as floods, heavy precipitation and droughts, are expected to become more frequent. As cities in sub-Saharan...
17 Aug 2017 | Nathalie Picarelli , Pascal Jaupart, Ying Chen
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Publication - Working Paper
Cholera in times of floods Weather shocks and health in Dar es Salaam
8 Aug 2017 | Nathalie Picarelli , Pascal Jaupart, Ying Chen
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Publication - Policy Brief
Weather shocks and health in Dar es Salaam
8 Aug 2017 | Nathalie Picarelli , Pascal Jaupart, Ying Chen
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Project
Cholera outbreaks and floods: An empirical analysis through the lense of urban patterns in Dar es Salaam
Albeit highly treatable and preventable, diarrhoea ranks third in terms of mortality causes in Tanzania and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in general. Tanzania has experienced yearly outbreaks of cholera (an acute diarrhoeal illness) until the mid-2000s, and sporadically since then with the latest one in late 2015 reporting 7,155 cumulative cases and 96 deaths (as of early...
9 Jan 2017 | Nathalie Picarelli , Ying Chen, Pascal Jaupart
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Project
Urban distances and labour market participation of the poor: The case of urban Ghana
Over the last three decades, Ghana’s urban population has more than tripled, rising from 4 million in the mid-1980s to nearly 14 million people in 2015. The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) accounts for almost 4 million dwellers, making it one of the largest metropolitan areas in West Africa. Rapid urbanization has led to the emergence of several social problems...
10 Aug 2016 | Ying Chen, Pascal Jaupart, Nathalie Picarelli