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Erin Kelley


is an Economist in the Development Impact (DIME) department at the World Bank. Erin¡¯s research focuses on issues related to labor market frictions, technology adoption in agriculture and social protection. Her work on labor markets frictions includes projects in Kenya that document how monitoring technologies improve by helping firm owners restructure contracts, and work with a large e-commerce platform in Africa that investigates how expanding market-access for small firms affects firm growth. Another area of her work focuses on understanding barriers to technology adoption in , including research in Bangladesh that establishes how the use of demonstration plots can induce communication about new seed varieties. Her work on social protection and refugee populations estimates the impacts of idleness on and documents preferences for repatriation among the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Erin welcomes ongoing partnerships on issues related to labor markets and firm growth, agriculture, and social protection.

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