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Workplace:ETH Zurich - Lehrstuhl Entwicklungsökonomie
Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) (Federal Institute of Technology Zurich), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2022

  1. The fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of structural change
    Passauer Diskussionspapiere, Volkswirtschaftliche Reihe, University of Passau, Faculty of Business and Economics Downloads

2020

  1. The impact of gender and ethnic discrimination on redistribution and productivity
    VfS Annual Conference 2020 (Virtual Conference): Gender Economics, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association Downloads

2019

  1. The impact of discrimination on redistributive preferences and productivity: experimental evidence from the United States
    VfS Annual Conference 2019 (Leipzig): 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall - Democracy and Market Economy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association Downloads

2016

  1. How to attract an audience at a conference: Paper, person or place?
    Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG Downloads
    See also Journal Article How to Attract an Audience at a Conference: Paper, Person or Place?, German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik (2017) Downloads (2017)
  2. Microcredit and financial distress: Evidence from Uganda
    VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association

2015

  1. Attracting attentive academics: Paper, person or place?
    University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics Downloads
    Also in VfS Annual Conference 2014 (Hamburg): Evidence-based Economic Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2014) Downloads
  2. Making an impact? The relevance of information on aid effectiveness for charitable giving. A laboratory experiment
    Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG Downloads
    See also Journal Article Making an impact? The relevance of information on aid effectiveness for charitable giving. A laboratory experiment, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2019) Downloads View citations (25) (2019)

2014

  1. Why don’t households invest in latrines: health, prestige, or safety?
    Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG Downloads

2013

  1. Analyzing Effectiveness of Development Aid Projects: Evaluation Ratings or Project Indicators?
    Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG Downloads
  2. Conditional cooperation among the poor: a new profile?
    Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG Downloads
  3. Desired Fertility and Children Born across Time and Space
    Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG Downloads
  4. Poverty, Vulnerability, and Reference Dependent Utility
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Downloads
    See also Journal Article Poverty, Vulnerability, and Reference-Dependent Utility, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2014) Downloads View citations (11) (2014)
  5. Urban Mortality Transitions: The Role of Slums
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging Downloads
  6. Women: Walking and Waiting for Water The Time Value of Public Water Supply
    Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG Downloads

2012

  1. Risk Experiments in Gains and Losses: A Case Study for Benin
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Downloads View citations (5)
  2. When is shared sanitation improved sanitation? - The correlation between number of users and toilet hygiene
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (2)

2011

  1. Deadly Cities? A Note on Spatial Inequalities in Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2011, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG (2010) Downloads
  2. Water and sanitation to reduce child mortality: the impact and cost of water and sanitation infrastructure
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (5)
  3. Where do Kampala’s poor “go”? - Urban sanitation conditions in Kampala’s low-income areas
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (1)

2010

  1. Water, sanitation and children's health: evidence from 172 DHS surveys
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (17)

2008

  1. Social Interactions and Fertility in Developing Countries
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging Downloads View citations (8)

2007

  1. Competitive and Segmented Informal Labor Markets
    Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2006, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics (2006) Downloads View citations (27)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) Downloads View citations (20)
    W.E.P. - Würzburg Economic Papers, University of Würzburg, Department of Economics (2006) Downloads View citations (21)
  2. Estimating Vulnerability to Covariate and Idiosyncratic Shocks
    Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research Downloads View citations (5)
  3. Measuring Chronic Non-Income Poverty
    Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Göttingen 2007, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics Downloads View citations (8)

2006

  1. Households' Vulnerability to Covariate and Idiosyncratic Shocks
    Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2006, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics Downloads View citations (5)
  2. La croissance est-elle pro-pauvres au Mali ?
    Working Papers, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation) Downloads View citations (12)

2005

  1. Growth and Poverty in Burkina Faso. A Reassessment of the Paradox
    Working Papers, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation) Downloads View citations (7)
    Also in Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2005) Downloads View citations (7)

    See also Journal Article Growth and Poverty in Burkina Faso: A Reassessment of the Paradox, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2007) View citations (31) (2007)
  2. Inflation Inequality and the Measurement of Pro-Poor Growth
    Working Papers, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation) Downloads
    Also in Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Kiel 2005, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics (2005) Downloads
  3. Inter- and Intra-household Linkages Between the Informal and Formal Sector: a Case Study for Urban Burkina Faso
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Downloads View citations (10)

Journal Articles

2022

  1. An index of access to essential infrastructure to identify where physical distancing is impossible
    Nature Communications, 2022, 13, (1), 1-10 Downloads
  2. Do Social Investments by Mining Companies Harm Citizen-State Relations? Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso
    Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58, (3), 417-435 Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Economic Recovery but Stagnating Mental Health During a Global Pandemic? Evidence from Ghana and South Africa
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, 68, (2), 563-589 Downloads View citations (1)
  4. Indicators for Sanitation Quality in Low-Income Urban Settlements: Evidence from Kenya, Ghana, and Bangladesh
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2022, 162, (2), 683-720 Downloads
  5. Six research priorities to support corporate due-diligence policies
    Nature, 2022, 606, (7916), 861-863 Downloads View citations (5)
  6. Slow-downs of fertility decline: When should we call it a 'fertility stall'?
    Demographic Research, 2022, 46, (26), 737-766 Downloads View citations (1)

2021

  1. Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in poor urban neighborhoods: The case of Accra and Johannesburg
    World Development, 2021, 137, (C) Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Stephan Klasen (1966‐2020): In Memoriam
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2021, 67, (1), 285-287 Downloads

2019

  1. Is it what you say or how you say it? The impact of aid effectiveness information and its framing on donation behavior
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2019, 83, (C) Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Making an impact? The relevance of information on aid effectiveness for charitable giving. A laboratory experiment
    Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 136, (C), 18-33 Downloads View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Making an impact? The relevance of information on aid effectiveness for charitable giving. A laboratory experiment, Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers (2015) Downloads (2015)

2018

  1. Women Are Walking and Waiting for Water: The Time Value of Public Water Supply
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, 66, (3), 489 - 517 Downloads View citations (8)

2017

  1. How to Attract an Audience at a Conference: Paper, Person or Place?
    German Economic Review, 2017, 18, (4), 468-491 Downloads
    Also in German Economic Review, 2017, 18, (4), 468-491 (2017) Downloads

    See also Working Paper How to attract an audience at a conference: Paper, person or place?, Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers (2016) Downloads (2016)
  2. The effect of giving respondents time to think in a choice experiment: a conditional cash transfer programme in South Africa
    Environment and Development Economics, 2017, 22, (2), 202-227 Downloads View citations (1)

2016

  1. Desired Fertility and Number of Children Born Across Time and Space
    Demography, 2016, 53, (1), 55-83 Downloads View citations (25)
  2. The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer on Toilet Use in eThekwini, South Africa
    Sustainability, 2016, 8, (10), 1-16 Downloads View citations (3)

2015

  1. How to Assess the Effectiveness of Development Aid Projects: Evaluation Ratings versus Project Indicators
    Journal of International Development, 2015, 27, (8), 1496-1520 Downloads View citations (6)

2014

  1. Poverty, Vulnerability, and Reference-Dependent Utility
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2014, 60, (1), 155-181 Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Poverty, Vulnerability, and Reference Dependent Utility, WIDER Working Paper Series (2013) Downloads (2013)
  2. Slum Residence and Child Health in Developing Countries
    Demography, 2014, 51, (4), 1175-1197 Downloads View citations (20)

2013

  1. Fertility choice, mortality expectations, and interdependent preferences—An empirical analysis
    European Economic Review, 2013, 63, (C), 273-289 Downloads View citations (18)
  2. PUMPS, GERMS AND STORAGE: THE IMPACT OF IMPROVED WATER CONTAINERS ON WATER QUALITY AND HEALTH
    Health Economics, 2013, 22, (7), 757-774 Downloads View citations (13)
  3. Saving a Life-Year and Reaching MDG 4 with Investments in Water and Sanitation: A Cost-Effective Policy&quest
    The European Journal of Development Research, 2013, 25, (1), 129-153 Downloads

2012

  1. Deadly Cities? Spatial Inequalities in Mortality in sub-Saharan Africa
    Population and Development Review, 2012, 38, (3), 469-486 Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Informal employment in developing countries
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (1), 88-98 Downloads View citations (161)

2009

  1. Estimating Households Vulnerability to Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks: A Novel Method Applied in Madagascar
    World Development, 2009, 37, (7), 1222-1234 Downloads View citations (101)

2007

  1. Growth and Poverty in Burkina Faso: A Reassessment of the Paradox
    Journal of African Economies, 2007, 16, (1), 70-101 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper Growth and Poverty in Burkina Faso. A Reassessment of the Paradox, Working Papers (2005) Downloads View citations (7) (2005)
  2. Measuring pro-poor growth when relative prices shift
    Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 82, (1), 245-256 Downloads View citations (39)
 
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