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Working Papers

2016

Children left behind in China: the role of school fees
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Children Left Behind in China: The Role of School Fees, IZA Journal of Development and Migration, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
Welfare dynamics with synthetic panels: the case of the Arab world in transition
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (18)
See also Journal Article Welfare Dynamics With Synthetic Panels: The Case of the Arab World In Transition, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2018) View citations (20) (2018)

2015

Poverty dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012: insights from longitudinal analysis using synthetic panel data
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (19)
See also Journal Article Poverty Dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012: Insights from Longitudinal Analysis Using Synthetic Panel Data, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2018) View citations (22) (2018)
Toward a new definition of shared prosperity: a dynamic perspective from three countries
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
See also Chapter Toward a New Definition of Shared Prosperity: A Dynamic Perspective from Three Countries, International Economic Association Series, Palgrave Macmillan (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2014

Updating poverty estimates at frequent intervals in the absence of consumption data: methods and illustration with reference to a middle-income country
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (17)
See also Journal Article Updating poverty estimates in the absence of regular and comparable consumption data: methods and illustration with reference to a middle-income country, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press (2017) View citations (39) (2017)
Welfare dynamics measurement: two definitions of a vulnerability line and their empirical application
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)
See also Journal Article Welfare Dynamics Measurement: Two Definitions of a Vulnerability Line and Their Empirical Application, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2017) View citations (50) (2017)
Who remained in poverty, who moved up, and who fell down ? an investigation of poverty dynamics in Senegal in the late 2000s
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (15)

2013

Incentives and teacher effort: further evidence from a developing country
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
Measuring poverty dynamics with synthetic panels based on cross-sections
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (69)
Private tutoring in Vietnam: a review of current issues and its major correlates
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
The decision to invest in child quality over quantity: household size and household investment in education in Vietnam
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)
See also Journal Article The Decision to Invest in Child Quality over Quantity: Household Size and Household Investment in Education in Vietnam, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2016) View citations (26) (2016)

2011

School Access, Resources, and Learning Outcomes
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
School Access, Resources, and Learning Outcomes: Evidence from a Non-formal School Program in Bangladesh
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
Using repeated cross-sections to explore movements in and out of poverty
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (35)
See also Journal Article Using repeated cross-sections to explore movements into and out of poverty, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (85) (2014)

2009

International aid and financial crises in donor countries
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (27)
See also Journal Article International aid and financial crises in donor countries, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2013) View citations (38) (2013)

2008

How to interpret the growing phenomenon of private tutoring: human capital deepening, inequality increasing, or waste of resources ?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (14)
See also Journal Article The Growing Phenomenon of Private Tutoring: Does It Deepen Human Capital, Widen Inequalities, or Waste Resources?, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2008) View citations (71) (2008)

Journal Articles

2025

Educational inequalities during COVID-19: Results from longitudinal surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa
International Journal of Educational Development, 2025, 112, (C)
See also Working Paper Educational inequalities during COVID-19: results from longitudinal surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2025) (2025)
Poverty Imputation in Contexts Without Consumption Data: A Revisit With Further Refinements
Review of Income and Wealth, 2025, 71, (1)
See also Working Paper Poverty imputation in contexts without consumption data: a revisit with further refinements, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2025) View citations (2) (2025)
Using Cross-Survey Imputation to Estimate Poverty for Venezuelan Refugees in Colombia
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2025, 177, (1), 207-251
See also Working Paper Using cross-survey imputation to estimate poverty for Venezuelan refugees in Colombia, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2025) (2025)

2024

Does global warming worsen poverty and inequality? An updated review
Journal of Economic Surveys, 2024, 38, (5), 1873-1905
See also Working Paper Does Global Warming Worsen Poverty and Inequality ? An Updated Review, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2024) (2024)
Estimating poverty among refugee populations: a cross-survey imputation exercise for Chad
Oxford Development Studies, 2024, 52, (1), 94-113 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper Estimating Poverty among Refugee Populations: A Cross-Survey Imputation Exercise for Chad, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (5) (2021)

2023

Did a successful fight against COVID-19 come at a cost? Impacts of the pandemic on employment outcomes in Vietnam
World Development, 2023, 161, (C) View citations (6)
See also Working Paper Did a Successful Fight against COVID-19 Come at a Cost? Impacts of the Pandemic on Employment Outcomes in Vietnam, Working Papers (2022) View citations (2) (2022)
Do refugees with better mental health better integrate? Evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia longitudinal survey
Health Economics, 2023, 32, (12), 2819-2835
See also Working Paper Do Refugees with Better Mental Health Better Integrate? Evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia Longitudinal Survey, Working Papers (2023) (2023)
Does the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affect the poor? Evidence from a six-country survey
Journal of Economics and Development, 2023, 26, (1), 2-18
See also Working Paper Does the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affect the poor? Evidence from a six-country survey, Post-Print (2023) (2023)
Estimating poverty for refugees in data-scarce contexts: an application of cross-survey imputation
Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36, (2), 653-679 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper Estimating Poverty for Refugees in Data-scarce Contexts: An Application of Cross-Survey Imputation, Working Papers (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
Is Climate Change Slowing the Urban Escalator Out of Poverty? Evidence from Chile, Colombia, and Indonesia
IJERPH, 2023, 20, (6), 1-21 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper Is Climate Change Slowing the Urban Escalator out of Poverty ? Evidence from Chile, Colombia, and Indonesia, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
Life Satisfaction, Subjective Wealth, and Adaptation to Vulnerability in the Russian Federation during 2002-2019
Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, 2023, 247, (4), 125-153
See also Working Paper Life satisfaction, subjective wealth, and adaptation to vulnerability in the Russian Federation during 2002-2019, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2023) (2023)
Measuring Poverty Dynamics with Synthetic Panels Based on Repeated Cross Sections
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2023, 85, (3), 599-622 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper Measuring Poverty Dynamics with Synthetic Panels Based on Repeated Cross-Sections, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2022) (2022)
What Explains Vietnam's Exceptional Performance in Education Relative to Other Countries? Analysis of the 2012, 2015, and 2018 PISA Data
Economics of Education Review, 2023, 96, (C) View citations (2)

2022

Childcare and maternal employment: Evidence from Vietnam
World Development, 2022, 159, (C) View citations (14)
See also Working Paper Childcare and Maternal Employment: Evidence from Vietnam, Working Papers (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
Decomposing Learning Inequalities in East Africa: How Much Does Sorting Matter?
The World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36, (1), 219-243 View citations (1)
Do Adjustments for Equivalence Scales Affect Poverty Dynamics? Evidence from the Russian Federation during 1994–2017
Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, 68, (S1), S167-S192 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper The Important Role of Equivalence Scales: Household Size, Composition, and Poverty Dynamics in Russia, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (4) (2020)
Inequality and support for government responses to COVID-19
PLOS ONE, 2022, 17, (9), 1-14
See also Working Paper Inequality and Support for Government Responses to COVID-19, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2020) (2020)
The Beneficial Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Pollution: Evidence from Vietnam
Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58, (10), 1917-1933 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper The Beneficial Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Pollution: Evidence from Vietnam, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (5) (2020)
The Unequal Impact of Covid-19: Health, Wealth and Behaviors by Income Groups
Revue française d'économie, 2022, Volume XXXVII, (2), 43-77
See also Working Paper The Unequal Impact of Covid-19: Health, Wealth and Behaviors by Income Groups, Post-Print (2022) (2022)

2021

Building on Vietnam’s Recent COVID-19 Success: A Job-Focused Analysis of Individual Assessments on Their Finance and the Economy
Sustainability, 2021, 13, (19), 1-21 View citations (4)
Does the COVID-19 lockdown improve global air quality? New cross-national evidence on its unintended consequences
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021, 105, (C) View citations (25)
See also Working Paper Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Improve Global Air Quality? New Cross-National Evidence on Its Unintended Consequences, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (12) (2020)
Gender inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic: Income, expenditure, savings, and job loss
World Development, 2021, 140, (C) View citations (112)
See also Working Paper Gender Inequality during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Income, Expenditure, Savings, and Job Loss, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (28) (2020)
Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations*
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 83, (4), 870-896 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) (2020)
Poverty in India in the face of Covid‐19: Diagnosis and prospects
Review of Development Economics, 2021, 25, (4), 1816-1837 View citations (3)
The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access: Evidence from the First Indochina War
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2021, 70, (1), 453 - 484 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access: Evidence from the First Indochina War, HiCN Working Papers (2019) View citations (1) (2019)
To impute or not to impute, and how? A review of poverty‐estimation methods in the absence of consumption data
Development Policy Review, 2021, 39, (6), 1008-1030 View citations (9)

2020

Can Women’s Self-help Groups Contribute to Sustainable Development? Evidence of Capability Changes from Northern India
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2020, 21, (2), 137-160 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper Can Women's Self-Help Groups Contribute to Sustainable Development? Evidence of Capability Changes from Northern India, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (4) (2020)
Children Left Behind in China: The Role of School Fees
IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2020, 11, (1), 29 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Children left behind in China: the role of school fees, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (2) (2016)
Tracking the sustainable development goals: Emerging measurement challenges and further reflections
World Development, 2020, 127, (C) View citations (30)
See also Working Paper Tracking the Sustainable Development Goals: Emerging Measurement Challenges and Further Reflections, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (5) (2019)
Welfare Dynamics and Inequality in the Russian Federation During 1994–2015
The European Journal of Development Research, 2020, 32, (4), 812-846 View citations (15)

2019

DATA GAPS, DATA INCOMPARABILITY, AND DATA IMPUTATION: A REVIEW OF POVERTY MEASUREMENT METHODS FOR DATA‐SCARCE ENVIRONMENTS
Journal of Economic Surveys, 2019, 33, (3), 757-797 View citations (75)
See also Working Paper Data Gaps, Data Incomparability, and Data Imputation: A Review of Poverty Measurement Methods for Data-Scarce Environments, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2018) View citations (3) (2018)
Did the Poor Adapt to Their Circumstances? Evidence from Long-run Russian Panel Data
Economics Bulletin, 2019, 39, (4), 2258-2274 View citations (6)
Is Poverty in Africa Mostly Chronic or Transient? Evidence from Synthetic Panel Data
Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55, (7), 1527-1547 View citations (30)
See also Working Paper Is Poverty in Africa mostly chronic or transient ? evidence from synthetic panel data, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (6) (2017)

2018

Poverty Dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012: Insights from Longitudinal Analysis Using Synthetic Panel Data
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, 67, (1), 131 - 170 View citations (22)
See also Working Paper Poverty dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012: insights from longitudinal analysis using synthetic panel data, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (19) (2015)
The Seemingly Underappreciated Role of Panel Data in Measuring Poverty and Economic Transformation
World Economics, 2018, 19, (3), 45-60 View citations (3)
Varied patterns of catch-up in child growth: Evidence from Young Lives
Social Science & Medicine, 2018, 214, (C), 206-213 View citations (7)
Welfare Dynamics With Synthetic Panels: The Case of the Arab World In Transition
Review of Income and Wealth, 2018, 64, (s1), S114-S144 View citations (20)
See also Working Paper Welfare dynamics with synthetic panels: the case of the Arab world in transition, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (18) (2016)
Well Begun, but Aiming Higher: A Review of Vietnam’s Education Trends in the past 20 Years and Emerging Challenges
Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54, (7), 1171-1195 View citations (32)
See also Working Paper Well begun, but aiming higher: a review of Vietnam's education trends in the past 20 years and emerging challenges, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (5) (2017)

2017

Updating poverty estimates in the absence of regular and comparable consumption data: methods and illustration with reference to a middle-income country
Oxford Economic Papers, 2017, 69, (4), 939-962 View citations (39)
See also Working Paper Updating poverty estimates at frequent intervals in the absence of consumption data: methods and illustration with reference to a middle-income country, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (17) (2014)
Welfare Dynamics Measurement: Two Definitions of a Vulnerability Line and Their Empirical Application
Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63, (4), 633-660 View citations (50)
See also Working Paper Welfare dynamics measurement: two definitions of a vulnerability line and their empirical application, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (12) (2014)

2016

Incentives and teacher effort
The Economics of Transition, 2016, 24, (4), 621-660
The Decision to Invest in Child Quality over Quantity: Household Size and Household Investment in Education in Vietnam
The World Bank Economic Review, 2016, 30, (1), 104-142 View citations (26)
See also Working Paper The decision to invest in child quality over quantity: household size and household investment in education in Vietnam, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (11) (2013)

2014

Using repeated cross-sections to explore movements into and out of poverty
Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 107, (C), 112-128 View citations (85)
See also Working Paper Using repeated cross-sections to explore movements in and out of poverty, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (35) (2011)

2013

International aid and financial crises in donor countries
European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 32, (C), 232-250 View citations (38)
See also Working Paper International aid and financial crises in donor countries, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (27) (2009)

2011

Was Vietnam's Economic Growth in the 1990s Pro-Poor? An Analysis of Panel Data from Vietnam
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2011, 59, (3), 583 - 608 View citations (29)

2008

The Growing Phenomenon of Private Tutoring: Does It Deepen Human Capital, Widen Inequalities, or Waste Resources?
The World Bank Research Observer, 2008, 23, (2), 161-200 View citations (71)
See also Working Paper How to interpret the growing phenomenon of private tutoring: human capital deepening, inequality increasing, or waste of resources ?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (14) (2008)
The Impact of Decentralized Data Entry on the Quality of Household Survey Data in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Vietnam
The World Bank Economic Review, 2008, 22, (1), 165-185 View citations (3)

2007

The determinants and impact of private tutoring classes in Vietnam
Economics of Education Review, 2007, 26, (6), 683-698 View citations (80)

Books

2021

World Development Report 2021
(Informe sobre el desarrollo mundial 2021)
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (30)

2018

Eruptions of Popular Anger
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (6)
Toward a New Social Contract
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (3)

2016

Left Behind
(Los olvidados: pobreza crónica en América Latina y el Caribe - resumen ejecutivo)
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (3)
Poverty in a Rising Africa
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (236)

2015

Addressing Inequality in South Asia
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (42)

2013

Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class
(La movilidad económica y el crecimiento de la clase media en América Latina)
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (153)

2012

More and Better Jobs in South Asia
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (11)

Chapters

2023

Poverty in Russia: a bird’s-eye view of trends and dynamics in the past quarter of a century
Chapter 58 in Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, 2023, pp 627-635
See also Working Paper Poverty in Russia: A Bird's-Eye View of Trends and Dynamics in the Past Quarter of Century, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2021) (2021)
Regression-based imputation for poverty measurement in data-scarce settings
Chapter 13 in Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, 2023, pp 141-150
See also Working Paper Regression-based Imputation for Poverty Measurement in Data Scarce Settings, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2022) (2022)

2016

Filling Gaps when Poverty Data are Missing: Updating Poverty Estimates Frequently with Different Data Sources in Jordan
Palgrave Macmillan
Toward a New Definition of Shared Prosperity: A Dynamic Perspective from Three Countries
Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Toward a new definition of shared prosperity: a dynamic perspective from three countries, The World Bank (2015) View citations (4) (2015)

2010

How much work is too much? Effects of child work hours on schooling – the case of Egypt
A chapter in Child Labor and the Transition between School and Work, 2010, pp 53-97 View citations (1)

Software Items

2025

S2S: Stata module to provide survey to survey imputation tool
Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2014

POVIMP: Stata module to provide poverty estimates in the absence of actual consumption data
Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (4)

Editor

Review of Development Economics
Wiley Blackwell