Professor Beata Javorcik

Economics

University Academic Fellow since 2014

Beata Javorcik is Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. She is on leave from the University of Oxford, where she is Professor of Economics and a Fellow of All Souls College. Before taking up her position at Oxford, she worked at the World Bank in Washington DC, where she focused on research, lending operations and policy advice. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale and a B.A. in Economics (Summa cum Laude) from the University of Rochester.

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Research Areas

International Trade

Foreign Direct Investment

Globalisation

Selected Publications

“Unravelling Deep Integration: Local Labour Market Effects of the Brexit Vote”

with B. Kett and K. Stapleton, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2026

"Globalization and the gender gap in mental well-being"

with B. Arnarson, A. David and J. Munch, Journal of International Economics, 2026

“Did the 2018 Trade War Improve Job Opportunities for US Workers?”

with B. Kett and K. Stapleton, Journal of International Economics, 2025

“Financial Constraints and Propagation of Shocks in Production Networks”

with B. Demir, E. Ors and T. Michalski, Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024

“Good for the Environment, Good for Business: Foreign Acquisitions and Energy Intensity”

with A. Brucal and I. Love, Journal of International Economics, 2019

“Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers through Backward Linkages,”

American Economic Review, 94(3), 2004