Journal articles

Suryadarma, D., and Edwards, R.B. (2022) “Social and Economic Impacts of Online Marketplaces on Women in Asia”, Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, forthcoming (special issue editorial)

Hadiwidjaja, G., Falcon, W., Edwards, R.B., Higgins, M.M., and Naylor, R.L. (2022), “Using Conditional Cash Payments to Prevent Land-Clearing Fires: A Cautionary Tale from Indonesia”, with Grace Hadiwijaja, Wally Falcon, Matt Higgins, Roz Naylor, and Sudarno Sumarto, Agriculture, 12:7 [TNP2K working paper]

Curtain, R., Edwards, R.B., Tani, M., and Withers, G (2022), “It is time for a new regional compact”, Australian Economic Review, May. [open access published version]

Halimatussadiah, A., Edwards, R.B., Maulia, R.F., and Moeis, F.R. (2022), “Agriculture, Development, and Sustainability in the COVID-19 Era”, Bulletin of Indonesia Economic Studies, April. [published version]

Edwards, R.B. (2020) “Bubble in, bubble out: lessons for the global recovery and future crises from COVID-19 and the Pacific”, World Development, 135, November. [published version] [preprint]

Edwards, R.B., Falcon, W.P., Higgins, M.M., and Naylor, R.L. (2020), “Causes of Indonesia’s Forest Fires”, World Development, 127, March. [published version]

Naylor, R.L., Higgins, M.M., Edwards, R.B., and Falcon, W.P. (2019) “Decentralization and the environment: assessing smallholder oil palm development in Indonesia ”, Ambio, Jan, pp. 1—14. [published version]

Edwards, R.B. (2017) “The Oil Palm Complex”, Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, 34: 2, pp. 430-431 [published version] [link to the e-book and publisher]

Edwards, R.B. (2016) “Mining away the Preston curve”, World Development, 78, February 2018, pp. 22—36. [published version] [Wikipedia article]

Working papers

Export agriculture and rural poverty: evidence from Indonesian palm oil. [paper] [presentation, NEUDC 2018] [DI blog] Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of International Economics

Fight fire with finance: a randomized field experiment to curtail land-clearing fire in Indonesia, with Wally Falcon, Grace Hadiwidjaja, Matt Higgins, Roz Naylor, and Sudarno Sumarto (Stanford University, SMERU Research Institute, and TNP2K). [AEA Trial Registry DOI] [TNP2K working paper] [short presentation, NBER SI 2020] [long presentation ACDE Seminar Aug 2020] [webinar video, NOVAFRICA] [policy talk, J-PAL] [policy brief] [Mongabay article] [podcast]. Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics

Spillovers from agricultural processing [paper] [short presentation, NEUDC 2019] [long presentation, RSE Nov Applied Micro]

Vocational qualification supply, demand, and returns: the case of the Australia Pacific Training Coalition, with Tunye Qui (ANU) [presentation video, Pacific Migration Research Workshop 2021] [presentation slides]

Temporary migration and native unemployment: evidence from the Australia's Pacific labour mobility schemes, with April Zhou (ANU graduate).

Global agricultural value chains and local forest loss dynamics: evidence on Indonesian palm oil factories, with Shuhao Yang (ANU graduate).

Local impacts of resource booms, with Paul Burke (ANU).

Mining projects and local economic development in Papua New Guinea, with Kelly Samof (University of Papua New Guinea).

Major projects currently in the field

Small Firm Diaries Fiji, with Jonathan Morduch (New York University), Tim Ogden (FAI NYU), and Neelesh Gounder (University of the South Pacific), 2021—

The Remittance Diaries, with Jonathan Morduch (New York University), Tim Ogden (FAI NYU), and Hannah Postel (Stanford), 2021—

Pacific Labour Mobility Survey, with Dung Doan and Matt Dornan (World Bank), 2020—

The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme Impact Evaluation, with Dung Doan, Matt Dornan (World Bank), and Toan Nguyen (ANU), 2020—

Migration attitudes and perceptions in Australia, with Toan Nguyen and Terence Wood (ANU), 2022—

Temporary migration, household welfare, and skills: evidence on Timorese meatworkers, with Mike Rose (ANU), 2019—. On hold. Baseline data completed.

Completed field projects

An experiment to curtail land-clearing fire in Indonesia, with Stanford University (multiple co-PIs), Sampan Kalimantan, the Packard Foundation, and the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction, 2017—2019. Papers and other material above.

Selected other work in progress

The impact of coronavirus framings on attitudes to aid and migration, with Chris Hoy (World Bank) and Terence Wood (ANU). Experiment completed. [AEA Trial Registry DOI]

Elections, trust, and conflict, with Yusaku Horiuchi (Dartmouth College) and Daniel Suryadarma (Asian Development Bank Institute)

Emigration and firms: evidence from the Kingdom of Tonga, with Matt Dornan and Dung Doan (World Bank)

Immigration relaxations as active labour market policy: Evidence from the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Program, with Toan Nguyen (ANU)

Temporary immigration and firms: evidence from Australia’s Pacific labour mobility schemes, with Satish Chand (University of New South Wales)

Plantation agriculture and child labor, with Eric Edmonds (Dartmouth College). Resting