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Jamie Lee McCasland

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First Name:Jamie
Middle Name:Lee
Last Name:McCasland
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RePEc Short-ID:pmc370
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https://sites.google.com/site/jamiemccasland/

Affiliation

Department of Economics
University of California-Merced

Merced, California (United States)
http://economics.ucmerced.edu/
RePEc:edi:ecucmus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Hardy,Morgan L. & Mbiti,Isaac Mulangu & Mccasland,Jamie Lee & Salcher,Isabelle, 2019. "The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition : Experimental Evidence from Ghana," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8851, The World Bank.
  2. Hardy,Morgan L. & Mccasland,Jamie Lee, 2019. "Lights Off, Lights On : The Effects of Electricity Shortages on Small Firms," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9093, The World Bank.
  3. Clair Null & Jeremy Paley & Jamie McCasland & Jeremy Brecher-Haimson & Christina Phelps, "undated". "Wash For Life: Stage 2 Grantee Profiles," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 4ceaccbee125440cba7eda5b4, Mathematica Policy Research.
  4. Clair Null & Jeremy Paley & Jamie McCasland & Jeremy Brecher-Haimson & Christina Phelps, "undated". "WASH for Life: Findings from an Evaluation of the Partnership Between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Team and USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures," Mathematica Policy Research Reports e5482126f3c2491081cf806f7, Mathematica Policy Research.

Articles

  1. Morgan Hardy & Isaac Mbiti & Jamie McCasland, 2026. "Persistent Impacts of Improved Apprenticeship Training Quality," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 116, pages 190-194, May.
  2. Hardy, Morgan & Kim, Seongyoon & McCasland, Jamie & Menzel, Andreas & Witte, Marc, 2024. "Allocating labor across small firms: Experimental evidence on information constraints," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).
  3. Gabriel Brown & Morgan Hardy & Isaac Mbiti & Jamie McCasland & Isabelle Salcher, 2024. "Can Financial Incentives to Firms Improve Apprenticeship Training? Experimental Evidence from Ghana," American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association, vol. 6(1), pages 120-136, March.
  4. Morgan Hardy & Jamie McCasland, 2023. "Are Small Firms Labor Constrained? Experimental Evidence from Ghana," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 15(2), pages 253-284, April.
  5. Morgan Hardy & Erin Litzow & Jamie McCasland & Gisella Kagy, 2023. "Gender Differences in Informal Labor-Market Resilience," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 37(1), pages 112-126.
  6. Hardy, Morgan & McCasland, Jamie, 2021. "It takes two: Experimental evidence on the determinants of technology diffusion," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
  7. Morgan Hardy & Jamie McCasland, 2021. "Lights Off, Lights On: The Effects of Electricity Shortages on Small Firms," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 35(1), pages 19-33.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Hardy,Morgan L. & Mbiti,Isaac Mulangu & Mccasland,Jamie Lee & Salcher,Isabelle, 2019. "The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition : Experimental Evidence from Ghana," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8851, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Bolli, Thomas & McDonald, Patrick & Renold, Ursula, 2025. "Labor market effects of a dual-VET apprenticeship: Evidence from Nepal," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    2. Marc Witte & Johanna Roth & Morgan Hardy & Christian Johannes Meyer, 2025. "Reaching Marginalized Job Seekers through Public Employment Services: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 25-044/V, Tinbergen Institute.
    3. Armand, Alex & Carneiro, Pedro & Tagliati, Federico & Xia, Yiming, 2026. "Can subsidized employment tackle long-term unemployment? Experimental evidence from North Macedonia," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).

  2. Hardy,Morgan L. & Mccasland,Jamie Lee, 2019. "Lights Off, Lights On : The Effects of Electricity Shortages on Small Firms," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9093, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Meles, Tensay Hadush & Mekonnen, Alemu & Jeuland, Marc & Beyene, Abebe D. & Klug, Thomas & Hassen, Sied & Sebsibie, Samuel & Pattanayak, Subhrendu K., 2025. "Does the payment vehicle matter for valuing improved electricity reliability? A discrete choice experiment in Ethiopia," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    2. Lemaire, Thibault & Medici, Andrea & Melina, Giovanni & Schwerhoff, Gregor & Thube, Sneha, 2026. "Electricity access and economic development: Leveraging climate finance in sub-Saharan Africa11The authors thank Florence Jaumotte, Eva Jenkner, Catherine Pattillo, Hugo Rojas-Romagosa, Antonio Spilimbergo and Nico Valckx for valuable comments. The v," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 153(C).
    3. Shi, Tie & Chen, Hanyi & Liu, Yanzhen, 2025. "Extreme temperatures and residential electricity reliability in China," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    4. Apeti,Ablam Estel & Ly,Alpha, 2023. "Power Constraints and Firm-Level Total Factor Productivity in Developing Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10510, The World Bank.
    5. Stephie Fried & David Lagakos, 2021. "Electricity and Firm Productivity: A General-Equilibrium Approach," CESifo Working Paper Series 9490, CESifo.
    6. Mugyenyi, Joel & Sutil, Gabriel Gonzalez & Modi, Vijay, 2025. "Electricity consumption: The role of grid reliability in appliance ownership and usage in Rwanda," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
    7. Zhang, Dengjun & Durmaz, Nazif & Kagochi, John M., 2025. "Energy outages, in-house power generators, and capacity utilization: The case of African manufacturing," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).
    8. Bhorat, Haroon & Köhler, Timothy, 2025. "Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa’s electricity crisis," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
    9. Yu, Jian & Liu, Peng & Fu, Dahai & Shi, Xunpeng, 2023. "How do power shortages affect CO2 emission intensity? Firm-level evidence from China," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 282(C).
    10. Mensah, Justice Tei, 2024. "Jobs! Electricity shortages and unemployment in Africa," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 167(C).
    11. Rizwana Yasmeen & Wasi Ul Hassan Shah & Larisa Ivascu & Rui Tao & Muddassar Sarfraz, 2022. "Energy Crisis, Firm Productivity, Political Crisis, and Sustainable Growth of the Textile Industry: An Emerging Economy Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-17, November.
    12. Apeti, Ablam Estel & Ly, Alpha, 2024. "Power constraints and firm-level total factor productivity in developing countries," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 309(C).
    13. Bhukta, Rikhia & Pakrashi, Debayan & Saha, Sarani & Sedai, Ashish, 2024. "Community electrification and women’s autonomy," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
    14. Deutschmann, Joshua W. & Postepska, Agnieszka & Sarr, Leopold, 2021. "Measuring willingness to pay for reliable electricity: Evidence from Senegal," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 138(C).
    15. Fox,Louise & Kaul,Upaasna, 2018. "The evidence is in : how should youth employment programs in low-income countries be designed ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8500, The World Bank.
    16. Poignant, Adrian, 2025. "Electricity and female employment: Evidence from Tajikistan’s winter energy crisis," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).
    17. Bao, Bingpeng & Fu, Dahai & Yu, Jian & Zhang, Ying, 2024. "Lights dim, exports down: Examining the trade effects of power shortages on Chinese manufacturing firms," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
    18. Hassan Aly & Fatma Ahmed, 2025. "Effects of electricity outages on enterprise productivity in Egypt: Lessons learned," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 20(9), pages 1-20, September.
    19. Hardy, Morgan & McCasland, Jamie, 2021. "It takes two: Experimental evidence on the determinants of technology diffusion," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).

Articles

  1. Hardy, Morgan & Kim, Seongyoon & McCasland, Jamie & Menzel, Andreas & Witte, Marc, 2024. "Allocating labor across small firms: Experimental evidence on information constraints," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Campos, Francisco & Frese, Michael & Iacovone, Leonardo & Johnson, Hillary C. & McKenzie, David & Mensmann, Mona, 2025. "Long-Term and Lasting Impacts of Personal Initiative Training on Entrepreneurial Success," IZA Discussion Papers 17672, IZA Network @ LISER.

  2. Gabriel Brown & Morgan Hardy & Isaac Mbiti & Jamie McCasland & Isabelle Salcher, 2024. "Can Financial Incentives to Firms Improve Apprenticeship Training? Experimental Evidence from Ghana," American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association, vol. 6(1), pages 120-136, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Crépon, Bruno & Lestant, Eva & Premand, Patrick, 2026. "From Training to Earning : The 7-Year Impact of Dual Apprenticeships on Youth Employment," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11312, The World Bank.
    2. Titi Olayele & Chi Chung Pun & Fred Olayele, 2026. "Informality, pluralism, and entrepreneurial agency in sub-Saharan Africa: A TVET case study," International Journal of Business and Management (IJBM), International Emerging Scholars Society (IESS), New Zealand, vol. 5(1), pages 883-906, May.
    3. Armand, Alex & Carneiro, Pedro & Tagliati, Federico & Xia, Yiming, 2026. "Can subsidized employment tackle long-term unemployment? Experimental evidence from North Macedonia," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).
    4. Andreoni, Antonio & van Huellen, Sophie & Katera, Lucas & Jahari, Cornel, 2024. "How to overcome rent seeking in Tanzania’s skills sector? Exploring feasible reforms through discrete choice experiments," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
    5. Beber, Bernd & Frohnweiler, Sarah & Lakemann, Tabea & Anti Partey, Peter & Schnars, Regina & Lay, Jann, 2025. "Skills trainings and Bayesian learning: A multisite randomized controlled trial in Ghana," Ruhr Economic Papers 1170, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    6. Araujo,Caridad & Baird,Sarah Jane & Das,Saini & Ozler,Berk & Parisotto,Luca & Woldehanna,Tassew, 2024. "Social Protection and Youth," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10832, The World Bank.

  3. Morgan Hardy & Jamie McCasland, 2023. "Are Small Firms Labor Constrained? Experimental Evidence from Ghana," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 15(2), pages 253-284, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Jing, Kecen & Liao, Wen-Chi, 2026. "Expressways, market access, and industrial development in China: Using walled-city panel instrumental variables of minimum spanning tree," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 180(C).
    2. Frohnweiler, Sarah & Adongo, Charles A. & Beber, Bernd & Lakemann, Tabea & Priebe, Jan & Lay, Jann, 2024. "Effects of skills training on employment and livelihood outcomes: A randomized controlled trial with young women in Ghana," Ruhr Economic Papers 1095, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    3. Yasuyuki SAWADA & Mari TANAKA, 2024. "Family Labor, Enforcement, and Product Quality: Evidence from the Lao textile industry," Discussion papers 24061, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
    4. Patrick Sunday Kayongo, 2025. "Re-evaluating the Returns to Labour in Microenterprises: A Statistical Replication and Critical Review of de Mel et al. (2019)," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 68(3), pages 1113-1132, September.
    5. Hardy, Morgan & Kim, Seongyoon & McCasland, Jamie & Menzel, Andreas & Witte, Marc, 2024. "Allocating labor across small firms: Experimental evidence on information constraints," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).
    6. Clement Joubert & Kathleen G. Beegle, 2025. "How Organized Is the Informal Sector ? The Role of Business Associations in Microenterprises in West Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11101, The World Bank.
    7. Kiss, Andrea & Garlick, Robert & Orkin, Kate & Hensel, Lukas, 2023. "Jobseekers' Beliefs about Comparative Advantage and (Mis)Directed Search," IZA Discussion Papers 16522, IZA Network @ LISER.
    8. Kerwin, Jason & Rostom, Nada & Sterck, Olivier, 2024. "Striking the Right Balance: Why Standard Balance Tests Over-Reject the Null, and How to Fix It," IZA Discussion Papers 17217, IZA Network @ LISER.
    9. Beber, Bernd & Frohnweiler, Sarah & Lakemann, Tabea & Anti Partey, Peter & Schnars, Regina & Lay, Jann, 2025. "Skills trainings and Bayesian learning: A multisite randomized controlled trial in Ghana," Ruhr Economic Papers 1170, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    10. Araujo,Caridad & Baird,Sarah Jane & Das,Saini & Ozler,Berk & Parisotto,Luca & Woldehanna,Tassew, 2024. "Social Protection and Youth," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10832, The World Bank.
    11. Joubert, Clement & Beegle, Kathleen, 2025. "How Organized Is the Informal Sector? The Role of Business Associations in Microenterprises in West Africa," IZA Discussion Papers 17887, IZA Network @ LISER.

  4. Morgan Hardy & Erin Litzow & Jamie McCasland & Gisella Kagy, 2023. "Gender Differences in Informal Labor-Market Resilience," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 37(1), pages 112-126.

    Cited by:

    1. Hardy, Morgan & Kim, Seongyoon & McCasland, Jamie & Menzel, Andreas & Witte, Marc, 2024. "Allocating labor across small firms: Experimental evidence on information constraints," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).
    2. Campos, Francisco & Hernandez-de-Benito, Maria & Jamison, Julian C. & Safir, Abla & Zia, Bilal, 2025. "Persistent yet ameliorable shocks to female entrepreneurship: Experimental evidence from Kenya," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).

  5. Hardy, Morgan & McCasland, Jamie, 2021. "It takes two: Experimental evidence on the determinants of technology diffusion," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Réka Juhász & Mara P. Squicciarini & Nico Voigtländer, 2020. "Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Industrialization in France," NBER Working Papers 27503, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Kensuke Sakamoto & Yuya Shimizu, 2025. "Design-Based and Network Sampling-Based Uncertainties in Network Experiments," Papers 2506.22989, arXiv.org, revised Sep 2025.
    3. World Bank, "undated". "Shifting Gears," World Bank Publications - Reports 36317, The World Bank Group.
    4. Shaukat, Mahvish Ifrah & Stegmann, Andreas & Toma, Mattie, 2026. "How Do Organizations Learn ? The Diffusion of Scientific Evidence on Generative AI," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11305, The World Bank.
    5. Mattea Stein, 2021. "Know-how and Know-who: Effects of a Randomized Training on Network Changes Among Small Urban Entrepreneurs," CSEF Working Papers 622, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
    6. Sun, Bing & Yang, Xueting & Zhong, Shen & Tian, Shengnan & Liang, Tian, 2024. "How do technology convergence and expansibility affect information technology diffusion? Evidence from the internet of things technology in China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 203(C).
    7. Dalton, Patricio & Rüschenpöhler, Julius & Uras, Burak & Zia, Bilal, 2019. "Local Best Practices for Business Growth," Other publications TiSEM fc650e2f-88cf-4d75-8257-f, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    8. Has van Vlokhoven, 2023. "Diffusion of Ideas in Networks with Endogenous Search," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 49, pages 269-311, July.

  6. Morgan Hardy & Jamie McCasland, 2021. "Lights Off, Lights On: The Effects of Electricity Shortages on Small Firms," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 35(1), pages 19-33.
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  1. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2020-02-24. Author is listed
  2. NEP-ENT: Entrepreneurship (1) 2020-02-24. Author is listed
  3. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2020-03-09. Author is listed
  4. NEP-PPM: Project, Program and Portfolio Management (1) 2018-11-26. Author is listed
  5. NEP-SBM: Small Business Management (1) 2020-02-24. Author is listed

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