Information on the Pathfinder Research Projects
Phase one
UK-India Bilateral Projects
- Economic Reforms and the Evolution of Productivity in Indian Manufacturing Firms, Professor Kunal Sen
- Women’s Autonomy and the Nutritional Status of Children in India, Professor Wiji Arulampalam
UK-Brazil Bilateral Projects
- Brazilian manufacturing in the face of Chinese competition: economic restructuring, competitiveness and employment, Professor Rhys Jenkins
- Exchanging Data and Skills on ‘Place Inequality’: A UK-Brazilian Collaboration, Professor Charlie Jeffery
- The PBR-5 Network for Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Brazilian Economic Restructuring Process, Professor Nauros Campos
- Gender and ethnic bias in sentencing – a study using Brazilian microdata, Professor Brian Francis
- Social inequality and women’s response to domestic violence: a UK-Brazil research partnership, Professor Charlotte Watts
- Firm Behaviour and the Introduction of New Products: Evidence Using a Firm Micro Data Set in Brazil, Dr Xavier Cirera
UK-India-Brazil Trilateral Projects
- Inequalities in Access to Health Care in Brazil and India: Closing the Gap for the Poorest-poor, Dr Sabu Padmadas
- Employment and occupational outcomes: the impact of widening access to education in Brazil and India, Professor Geraint Johnes
- Urbanisation and spatial inequalities in health in Brazil and India, Dr Tarani Chandola
- Assessing the impact of higher education expansion on economic restructuring, occupational change and access to opportunities in Brazil and India, Professor Kate Purcell
Phase two
Links to phase two projects will be added when they are available.UK-China Bilateral Projects
- Return migrants and international knowledge flows: China and the UK, Professor Xiaohui Liu (with additional funds from the NSFC)
- CEO Effects on Firm Performance in China: The Role of Incentives, Firm Governance Arrangements and CEO Capital, Mr Alex Bryson (with additional funds from the NSFC)
- The Impacts of Fall in Exports on Livelihoods in China: Urban Unemployment, Rural Poverty and the Welfare of Ruralurban Migrants, Professor Lina Song
- Social mobility and social capital in China and Britain, a comparative study, Professor Yaojun Li
- Coping with the Urban Environment? Gender Disadvantage, Social Inequalities and Well-being of Economic Migrants in China, Dr Sabu Padmadas
- Understanding Inequality in Elderly Well-being in China and the UK, Dr Winnie Yip
UK-South Africa Bilateral Projects
- The relationship between Spatial Inequality and Attitudes to Inequality in South Africa, Mr David McLennan
- Microfoundations of Access to FinanceL Demand-side Perspectives in South Africs, Professor Thankom Arun
- Chinese Competition and the Restructuring of South African Manufacturing, Professor Rhys Jenkins
- Poverty and Inequalities in Child Welfare Outcomes in South Africa: An analysis of panel data, Professor Ian Timaeus
- School progression, school choice and travel to school amongst urban South African secondary school leavers, Dr Seraphim Alvanides
UK-China-South Africa Trilateral Projects
- Addressing the impact of internal labour migration on intergenerational support, health and income: the cases of China and South Africa, Professor Jane Falkingham
