Details about Niels-Hugo Blunch

Homepage:	http://www.wlu.edu/williams-school/economics/faculty-and-staff/profile?ID=x258
Postal address:	Department of Economics, Washington and Lee University, 204 West Washington Street, Lexington, VA 24450, USA
Workplace:	Department of Economics, Washington and Lee University, (more information at EDIRC) Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2014

Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education: Evidence from Bangladesh
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007)
See also Journal Article Changing norms about gender inequality in education: Evidence from Bangladesh, Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany (2015) View citations (2) (2015)
Social Networks and Health Knowledge in India: Who You Know or Who You Are?
Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University

2011

The Financial Crisis, Labor Market Transitions and Earnings: A Gendered Panel Data Analysis for Serbia
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)

2009

Literacy, Skills and Welfare: Effects of Participation in Adult Literacy Programs
Working Papers, University of Washington, Department of Economics View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Literacy, Skills, and Welfare: Effects of Participation in Adult Literacy Programs, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2011) View citations (14) (2011)

2008

Multidimensional Human Capital, Wages and Endogenous Employment Status in Ghana
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2007

Religion and Human Capital in Ghana
Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge View citations (5)

2005

Evaluating Job Training in Two Chinese Cities
Upjohn Working Papers, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (6)
Also in Upjohn Working Papers, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (2)
See also Chapter Evaluating job training in two Chinese cities, Book chapters authored by Upjohn Institute researchers, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (2009) View citations (4) (2009)
Journal Article Evaluating job training in two Chinese cities, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
Multinational enterprises and training revisited: do international standards matter?
Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank View citations (11)

2002

Child work in Zambia: a comparative study of survey instruments
Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Child work in Zambia: A comparative study of survey instruments, International Labour Review, International Labour Organization (2005) View citations (1) (2005)
Short- and long-term impacts of economic policies on child labor and schooling in Ghana
Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank View citations (3)

2001

Assymetries in Union Relative Wage Effects in Ghanian Manufacturing - An analysis Applying Quantile Regressions
CLS Working Papers, University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Centre for Labour Market and Social Research
Asymmetries in union relative wage effects in Ghanaian manufacturing - an analysis applying quantile regressions
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
Revisiting the Link Between Poverty and Child Labor: The Ghanaian Experience
CLS Working Papers, University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Centre for Labour Market and Social Research View citations (16)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2000) View citations (34)
The informal sector revisited: a synthesis across space and time
Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank View citations (50)

2000

Is Functional Literacy a Prerequesite for Entering the Labor Market? An Analysis of the Determinants of Adult Literacy and Earnings in Ghana
Working Papers, Centre for Labour Market and Social Research, Danmark- View citations (7)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2000) View citations (7)
CLS Working Papers, University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Centre for Labour Market and Social Research (2000) View citations (7)

1999

Sector growth and the dual economy model - evidence from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Zimbabwe
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)

Journal Articles

2020

Mothers’ health knowledge for children with diarrhea: who you are or who you know?
Review of Economics of the Household, 2020, 18, (4), 1131-1164
Mothers’ health knowledge gap for children with diarrhea: A decomposition analysis across caste and religion in India
World Development, 2020, 126, (C) View citations (4)
Under pressure? Assessing the roles of skills and other personal resources for work-life strains
Review of Economics of the Household, 2020, 18, (3), 883-906 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Under Pressure? Assessing the Roles of Skills and Other Personal Resources for Work-Life Strains, IZA Discussion Papers (2018) (2018)

2019

My Choice: Women’s Contraceptive-Use Autonomy in Bangladesh
Feminist Economics, 2019, 25, (4), 68-93

2018

A Teenager in Love: Multidimensional Human Capital and Teenage Pregnancy in Ghana
Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54, (3), 557-573 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper A Teenager in Love: Multidimensional Human Capital and Teenage Pregnancy in Ghana, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (3) (2017)
Just like a woman? New comparative evidence on the gender income gap across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
IZA Journal of Migration and Development, 2018, 8, (1), 1-41
See also Working Paper Just Like A Woman? New Comparative Evidence on the Gender Income Gap across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2018) (2018)
The Last of the Lost Generations? Formal and Non-Formal Education in Ghana during Times of Economic Decline and Recovery
Journal of African Development, 2018, 20, (2), 35-60 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper The Last of the Lost Generations? Formal and Non-Formal Education in Ghana during Times of Economic Decline and Recovery, IZA Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2017

Adult literacy programs in developing countries
IZA World of Labor, 2017, 374 View citations (14)

2015

Bound to lose, bound to win? The financial crisis and the informal-formal sector earnings gap in Serbia
IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2015, 4, (1), 1-34 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper Bound To Lose, Bound To Win? The Financial Crisis and the Informal-Formal Sector Earnings Gap in Serbia, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (12) (2015)
Changing norms about gender inequality in education: Evidence from Bangladesh
Demographic Research, 2015, 32, (6), 183-218 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education: Evidence from Bangladesh, IZA Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (3) (2014)

2014

Literacy and numeracy skills and education sector reform: evidence from Ghana
Education Economics, 2014, 22, (2), 209-235 View citations (5)
World gone wrong: the financial crisis, labor market transitions and earnings in Serbia
Economic Change and Restructuring, 2014, 47, (3), 187-226 View citations (1)

2013

Staying Alive: Adult Literacy Programs and Child Mortality in Rural Ghana
World Development, 2013, 42, (C), 114-126 View citations (16)

2011

Literacy, Skills, and Welfare: Effects of Participation in Adult Literacy Programs
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2011, 60, (1), 17 - 66 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper Literacy, Skills and Welfare: Effects of Participation in Adult Literacy Programs, Working Papers (2009) View citations (2) (2009)

2009

Evaluating job training in two Chinese cities
Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2009, 7, (1), 77-94 View citations (2)
See also Chapter Evaluating job training in two Chinese cities, Book chapters authored by Upjohn Institute researchers, 2009, 137-155 (2009) View citations (4) (2009)
Working Paper Evaluating Job Training in Two Chinese Cities, Upjohn Working Papers (2005) View citations (6) (2005)

2008

The limited job prospects of displaced workers: evidence from two cities in China
Economic Change and Restructuring, 2008, 41, (3), 187-207 View citations (15)

2006

Shared Sectoral Growth Versus the Dual Economy Model: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Zimbabwe
African Development Review, 2006, 18, (3), 283-308 View citations (10)

2005

Child work in Zambia: A comparative study of survey instruments
International Labour Review, 2005, 144, (2), 211-235 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Child work in Zambia: a comparative study of survey instruments, Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes (2002) View citations (2) (2002)

2004

Asymmetries in the Union Wage Premium in Ghana
The World Bank Economic Review, 2004, 18, (2), 237-252 View citations (15)

Chapters

2010

Context-rich Problems in Economics
Chapter 8 in Teaching Innovations in Economics, 2010 View citations (4)

2009

Evaluating job training in two Chinese cities
A chapter in China in the World Economy, 2009, pp 137-155 View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Evaluating job training in two Chinese cities, Taylor & Francis Journals (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
Working Paper Evaluating Job Training in Two Chinese Cities, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (2005) View citations (6) (2005)