Dr Julien Labonne
Professor in Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government
About
Dr Julien Labonne is a Professor in Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. His research is focused on issues of political selection, misinformation, electoral politics and social networks. He carries out field experiments, designs household surveys and uses large-scale datasets to test models of voter and politician behaviour in low and middle income countries. He has a particular interest in Southeast Asia and most of his fieldwork takes place in the Philippines.
Expertise
- Economics, development economics, political economics
- Policy evaluation
- Political selection
- Misinformation
- Elections, politics and political campaigning in The Philippines
- International development
Selected publications
- 'Making Policies Matter: Voter Responses to Campaign Promises' (The Economic Journal, Volume 134, Issue 661, July 2024)
- 'Buying Informed Voters: New Effects of Information on Voters and Candidates' (The Economic Journal, Volume 131, Issue 635, April 2021)
- 'Social Network Structures and the Politics of Public Goods Provision: Evidence from the Philippines'(American Political Science Review, Volume 114, Issue 2, May 2020)
- 'Family Networks and Distributive Politics' (Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 18(4), August 2020)
- 'Politician Family Networks and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from the Philippines' (American Economic Review, Vol. 107(10), 2017)
- 'Village Social structure and Labor Market Performance: Evidence from the Philippines' (Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Volume 219, March 2024)
Languages
English; French