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Homepage:	http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/economics
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Workplace:	School of Economics, University of Nottingham, (more information at EDIRC) School of Economics, University of Nottingham, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2021

1. The economic impact of political instability and mass civil protest
   Discussion Papers, Nottingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic and Political Research (NICEP) View citations (2)
   Also in Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT (2017) View citations (1)

2020

2. Heterogeneous effect of health insurance on financial risk: Evidence from two successive surveys in Ghana
   Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT

2018

3. Decomposing the urban-rural welfare gap in Sri Lanka
   Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT
4. Rates of return to education in Sri Lanka
   Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT
5. Sectoral choice and selectivity
   Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT

2017

6. The Determinants of Virtue: Modelling Changes in the CSR Ratings of Chinese Firms
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2017)

2016

7. Deconstructing Informality: A Response to Vulnerability or an Optimal Choice?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
8. Informal Employment in China: Trends, Patterns and Determinants of Entry
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (20)
9. Reducing Child Undernutrition: How far Does Income Growth Take Us?
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (1)
   Also in FCND briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2002) View citations (8)
10. The impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian economy
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
    Also in Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT (2015)
    See also Journal Article The Impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian Economy, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2019) View citations (21) (2019)

2015

11. Hedonic adaptation to treatment: Evidence from a medical intervention
    Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT
    See also Journal Article Hedonic Adaptation to Treatment: Evidence from a Medical Intervention, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) (2020)

2013

12. Job Contact Networks and Wages of Rural-Urban Migrants in China
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (18)
13. The Effects of the State Sector on Wage Inequality in Urban China: 1988–2007
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988--2007, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2014) View citations (8) (2014)

2012

14. Determinants of Educational Attainment in Mena
    Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT View citations (7)
15. Gender differentials in maths test scores in Mena countries
    Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT View citations (5)
16. Understanding Urban Wage Inequality in China 1988-2008: Evidence from Quantile Analysis
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Understanding Urban Wage Inequality in China 1988–2008: Evidence from Quantile Analysis, World Development, Elsevier (2014) View citations (40) (2014)

2008

17. Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988–2002
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2008) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988-2002, World Development, Elsevier (2010) View citations (16) (2010)
18. International School Test Scores and Economic Growth
    Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL TEST SCORES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell (2013) View citations (7) (2013)
19. Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (146)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (140)
    See also Journal Article Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants, World Development, Elsevier (2008) View citations (140) (2008)
20. Social Protection and Migration in China: What Can Protect Migrants from Economic Uncertainty?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
21. The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China’s Transition
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2008) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China's Transition, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2009) View citations (39) (2009)

2007

22. Food Price Changes and Consumer Welfare in Ghana in the 1990s
    Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT View citations (6)
23. Who Gains from Trade Protection in Ghana? A Household-Level Analysis
    Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT View citations (1)

2003

24. Regional or National Poverty Lines?: The Case of Uganda in the 1990s
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Regional or National Poverty Lines? The Case of Uganda in the 1990s, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2003) View citations (17) (2003)

2002

25. Reducing child undernutrition
    FCND discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (10)
26. Working Paper 39 - Human Capital and Economic Development
    Working Paper Series, African Development Bank View citations (4)

2000

27. Education and Health at the Household Level in Sub-Saharan Africa
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (24)
    Also in Working Papers, Chicago - Graduate School of Business (2000) View citations (23)
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2000) View citations (28)

1999

28. Changes in poverty in Uganda, 1992-1997
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (18)
29. Educational expansion and economic decline: returns to education in Kenya, 1978-1995
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (7)

1998

30. Changes in poverty in Uganda, 1992-1996
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (3)

1997

31. User Fees, Expenditure Restructuring and Voucher Systems in Education
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (3)
    Also in Research Paper, World Institute for Development Economics Research (1997) View citations (1)
    WIDER Working Papers, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

1996

32. Education and agricultural productivity: evidence from Uganda
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (66)
    See also Journal Article Education and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Uganda, Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (1996) View citations (64) (1996)
33. The gender wage gap in three African countries
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The Gender Wage Gap in Three African Countries, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (1999) View citations (69) (1999)

1995

34. "The rich are just like us, only richer." Poverty functions or consumption functions? Evidence from Uganda
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (17)
35. Problems of measuring changes in poverty over time: the case of Uganda 1989-1992
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (1)
36. Socio-economic factors, fertility and its proximate determinants in Côte d'Ivoire
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (1)
37. The impact of public services on health care and morbidity: evidence from Kenya
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford
38. Woman-headed households and poverty: an empirical deconstruction for Kenya
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

1991

39. Agriculture and the macroeconomy: consequences of negative external shocks in Ghana and the cote d'ivoire; 1979-87
    ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Who Looks after the Kids? The Effects of Childcare Choice on Early Childhood Development in China
   Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 83, (3), 619-640 View citations (4)

2020

2. Hedonic Adaptation to Treatment: Evidence from a Medical Intervention
   Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56, (3), 613-629
   See also Working Paper Hedonic adaptation to treatment: Evidence from a medical intervention, Discussion Papers (2015) (2015)

2019

3. The Impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian Economy
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2019, 33, (1), 231-258 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper The impact of the Arab Spring on the Tunisian economy, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (4) (2016)

2018

4. Framing effects on bribery behaviour: experimental evidence from China and Uganda
   Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2018, 4, (1), 86-97 View citations (2)
5. The microeconomic impact of political instability: Firm‐level evidence from Tunisia
   Review of Development Economics, 2018, 22, (4), 1590-1619 View citations (9)

2017

6. The impact of job contact networks on wages of rural–urban migrants in China: a switching regression approach
   Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2017, 15, (1), 81-101 View citations (9)

2014

7. The effect of the state sector on wage inequality in urban China: 1988--2007
   Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2014, 12, (1), 29-45 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper The Effects of the State Sector on Wage Inequality in Urban China: 1988–2007, IZA Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (7) (2013)
8. Understanding Urban Wage Inequality in China 1988–2008: Evidence from Quantile Analysis
   World Development, 2014, 62, (C), 1-13 View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper Understanding Urban Wage Inequality in China 1988-2008: Evidence from Quantile Analysis, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (3) (2012)

2013

9. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL TEST SCORES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
   Bulletin of Economic Research, 2013, 65, (1), 82-90 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper International School Test Scores and Economic Growth, Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (7) (2008)

2011

10. Growth regressions and data revisions in Penn World Tables
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2011, 38, (3), 301-312 View citations (4)

2010

11. Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988-2002
    World Development, 2010, 38, (5), 665-678 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988–2002, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (3) (2008)

2009

12. The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China's Transition
    Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45, (2), 256-275 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper The Economics of Communist Party Membership: The Curious Case of Rising Numbers and Wage Premium during China’s Transition, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (2) (2008)

2008

13. Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants
    World Development, 2008, 36, (11), 2325-2340 View citations (140)
    See also Working Paper Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants, MPRA Paper (2008) View citations (146) (2008)

2007

14. Child Health in Uganda: Policy Determinants and Measurement
    The European Journal of Development Research, 2007, 19, (2), 210-233 View citations (4)

2006

15. Should teachers stay at home? The impact of international teacher mobility
    Journal of International Development, 2006, 18, (6), 771-786 View citations (4)
16. Why Do Girls in Rural China Have Lower School Enrollment?
    World Development, 2006, 34, (9), 1639-1653 View citations (31)

2005

17. Has China crossed the river? The evolution of wage structure in urban China during reform and retrenchment
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33, (4), 644-663 View citations (93)

2004

18. Contrasting paradigms: segmentation and competitiveness in the formation of the chinese labour market
    Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2004, 2, (3), 185-205 View citations (37)

2003

19. Reducing Child Malnutrition: How Far Does Income Growth Take Us?
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2003, 17, (1), 107-131 View citations (133)
20. Regional or National Poverty Lines? The Case of Uganda in the 1990s
    Journal of African Economies, 2003, 12, (4), 598-624 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Regional or National Poverty Lines?: The Case of Uganda in the 1990s, WIDER Working Paper Series (2003) View citations (17) (2003)

2002

21. Causes et conséquences des réductions d'effectifs dans les entreprises publiques en Chine
    Revue d’économie du développement, 2002, 10, (3), 159-189 View citations (1)
22. Labor retrenchment in China: Determinants and consequences
    China Economic Review, 2002, 13, (2-3), 252-275 View citations (104)
23. Trade shocks in developing countries. Volume 1: Africa; Volume 2: Asia and Latin America, edited by Paul Collier and Jan Gunning (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, Volume 1 pp. 491, £60 h|b; Volume 2, pp. 360, £50 h|b)
    Journal of International Development, 2002, 14, (2), 298-299 View citations (1)

2001

24. ‘The Rich Are Just Like Us, Only Richer’: Poverty Functions or Consumption Functions?
    Journal of African Economies, 2001, 10, (4), 433-469 View citations (16)

2000

25. Rates of Return on Physical and Human Capital in Africa's Manufacturing Sector
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2000, 48, (4), 801-27 View citations (27)

1999

26. The Gender Wage Gap in Three African Countries
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1999, 47, (2), 289-312 View citations (69)
    See also Working Paper The gender wage gap in three African countries, CSAE Working Paper Series (1996) View citations (4) (1996)

1998

27. The Impact of Public Services on Health Care and Illness: A Treatment Effects Model with Sample Selectivity
    Journal of African Economies, 1998, 7, (1), 1-33 View citations (5)

1996

28. Education and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Uganda
    Journal of International Development, 1996, 8, (3), 415-444 View citations (64)
    See also Working Paper Education and agricultural productivity: evidence from Uganda, CSAE Working Paper Series (1996) View citations (66) (1996)
29. Education and health in sub-Saharan Africa
    Journal of International Development, 1996, 8, (3), 307-339 View citations (35)
30. How Does Female Education Affect Fertility? A Structural Model for the Cote D'Ivoire
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1996, 58, (1), 139-66 View citations (14)
31. Primary Education as an Input into Post-primary Education: A Neglected Benefit
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1996, 58, (1), 211-19 View citations (26)
32. Women-headed households and household welfare: An empirical deconstruction for Uganda
    World Development, 1996, 24, (12), 1811-1827 View citations (46)

1995

33. The Interaction between Poverty and Gender in Human Capital Accumulation: The Case of the Primary Leaving Examination in Cote d'Ivoire
    Journal of African Economies, 1995, 4, (2), 192-224 View citations (7)

Chapters

2010

1. China’s Labour Market: Evolution and Impediments
   Palgrave Macmillan

2008

2. Poverty in Nigeria
   Palgrave Macmillan