Olivia Wirth

Room: HK 16, 111

Phone: +49 (0)851 509 5673

E-Mail: Olivia.Wirth@uni-passau.de

Research Area: C.2

First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm

Second Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Bauernschuster

External Mentor: tbd

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Olivia Wirth is a doctoral researcher at the RTG DPE and at the Chair of Development Economics. She is researching

the effects of digitalisation on firms, smallholder farmers and household welfare in developing countries
the effects of expanding mobile phone coverage in Africa
the potential of innovative digital platforms

European Public Choice Society (EPCS), Hannover

International Conference on Development Economics (ICDE), Paris

German Development Economics Conference (GDEC), Dresden

Dodlova, M., Kis-Katos, K., Kochanova, A., and Wirth, O. (2023). Mobile technologies and firm formalization: Evidence from Uganda (No. wp-2023-99). World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Freundl, V., Grewenig, E., Kugler, F., Lergetporer, P., Schüler, R., Wedel, K., Werner, K., Wirth, O. and Woessmann, L. (2022). The ifo Education Survey 2014–2021: A New Dataset on Public Preferences for Education Policy in Germany. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik.

Hermes, H., Lergetporer, P., Peter, F., Wiederhold, S., Freundl, V., and Wirth, O. (2021). Bewerbungsunterstützung erhöht die Kita-Inanspruchnahme von Kindern aus bildungsferneren Familien. ifo Schnelldienst, 74(09), 41-45.