CEP | People | Amanda Dahlstrand

Biography

Dr Amanda Dahlstrand completed her PhD in Economics at the London School of Economics in 2022 and joined the University of Zurich’s Economics Department as an Assistant Professor in July 2023 after a postdoc at the Microsoft Research New England. Prior to this Amanda worked as a Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. She holds a MA in Development Economics from Yale University and a BA in PPE from Oxford University.

Current areas of research include:

Labor economics: health and technology, matching and productivity
Development economics: health and technology, matching and productivity, incentives and infrastructure

Publications

CEP discussion papers

Defying distance? The provision of services in the digital age

Digital platforms are transforming services by making the physical distance between provider and user less relevant. I quantify the potential gains this flexibility offers in the context of digital primary care in Sweden... Read more...

Amanda Dahlstrand

07 December 2022

Journal article

Planning Ahead for Better Neighborhoods: Long-Run Evidence from Tanzania

Africa’s demand for urban housing is soaring, even as it faces a proliferation of slums. In this setting, can modest infrastructure investments in greenfield areas where people subsequently build their own houses facilit... Read more...

Neeraj Baruah, Amanda Dahlstrand, Guy Michaels, Dzhamilya Nigmatulina, Ferdinand Rauch and Tanner Regan

01 July 2021

SERC Discussion Papers

Planning Ahead for Better Neighborhoods: Long Run Evidence from Tanzania

What are the long run consequences of planning and providing basic infrastructure in neighborhoods, where people build their own homes? We study "Sites and Services" projects implemented in seven Tanzanian cities during ... Read more...

Neeraj Baruah, Amanda Dahlstrand, Guy Michaels, Dzhamilya Nigmatulina, Ferdinand Rauch and Tanner Regan

27 September 2017