Jared Gars

I am a researcher at the University of Chicago and UCEMA as part of JILAEE – the Joint Initiative for Latin American Experimental Economics and LEAP, Bocconi.

Previously, I was a Junior Economist in the Trade and Agriculture Directorate at the OECD.

I earned my Ph.D. in Ag. and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin in 2018. From 2016 until 2018, I was a PODER fellow at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. My research is on agriculture, behavioral, and development economics. I am currently working with both private and public institutions on experiments in OECD countries, Latin America, and Africa.

Email: gars.jared [at] gmail.com  /  Curriculum Vitae

Can differences in individual learning explain patterns of technology adoption? Evidence on heterogeneous learning patterns and hybrid rice adoption in Bihar, India
with Patrick Ward. World Development, 115:178-189 (2019)

Media and Motivation: The Effect of Performance Pay on Writers and Content
with Ivan Balbuzanov and Emilia Tjernström. (New draft coming soon)

Confidence and Information Usage: Evidence from Soil Testing in India
with Ram Fishman, Avinash Kishore, Yoav Rothler and Patrick Ward (Submitted)

Seeds of Uncertainty: Information, Subjective Expectations, and Technology Adoption
with Emilia Tjernström. (New draft coming soon)

Resilient Economic Development in Malawi
with Selim Gulesci and Diego Ubfal (Baseline completed)

Practical Design Principles for Agri-Environmental Schemes
with Santiago Guerrero, Jussi Lankoski, and Laure Kuhfuss (Data collection ongoing)

Stereotypes and political attitudes in the age of Coronavirus: Empirical evidence from Italy
with Dante Donati and Nandan Rao (Data collection completed)

Impacts of Privatization on Market Performance in Dakar, Senegal
with Jean-François Houde, Molly Lipscomb, and Laura Schechter (Data collection completed)

Housing policies for sustainable and inclusive cities: How national governments can deliver affordable housing and compact urban development. (2020)
with A. Moreno-Monroy, T. Matsumoto, A. Schumann, R. Ahrend, and J. Crook. Coalition for Urban Transitions and OECD

The growth of metropolitan areas in: Cities in the World: A New Perspective on Urbanisation. (2020)
OECD Urban Studies, OECD Publishing, Paris