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Working Papers

2012

1. Panel Data Evidence on the Role of Education in the Growth-Volatility Relationship
   Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester
2. Signalling and Productivity Effects of Overeducation: Is It Really a Waste of Resources?
   Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (2)

2011

3. Evaluating tax evasion in the European Union: a case study of the prevalence and character of ‘envelope wage’ payments
   Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester View citations (1)
4. WHY USE ROSCAS WHEN YOU CAN USE BANKS? THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA
   Discussion Papers, University of Nottingham, CREDIT View citations (3)
   Also in Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester (2011) View citations (5)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011) View citations (4)

2008

5. Health and Wages: Panel Evidence on Men and Women using IV Quantile Regression
   Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester View citations (3)

2007

6. Household-level Credit Constraints in Urban Ethiopia
   Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester View citations (15)
   See also Journal Article in Ethiopian Journal of Economics (2012)

2006

7. State Dependence and Causal Feedback of Poverty and Fertility in Ethiopia
   Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester View citations (3)
   Also in ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research (2006) View citations (3)

2005

8. Poverty and Fertility in Less Developed Countries: A Comparative Analysis
   Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester View citations (8)
   Also in ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research (2005) View citations (8)

2003

9. Is Education More Benficial to the Less Able? Eocnometric Evidence from Ethiopia
   Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester View citations (7)
10. Quadratic Food Engel Curves with Measurement Error: Evidence from a Budget Survey
    Discussion Papers in Economics, Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester View citations (7)

Journal Articles

2019

1. Explaining cross-country variations in the prevalence of informal sector competitors: lessons from the World Bank Enterprise Survey
   International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2019, 15, (3), 677-696 View citations (6)

2018

2. EXPLAINING CROSS-NATIONAL VARIATIONS IN THE PREVALENCE OF INFORMAL SECTOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: LESSONS FROM A SURVEY OF 142 COUNTRIES
   Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), 2018, 23, (01), 1-22 View citations (4)
3. Estimating farmers’ willingness to pay for weather index-based crop insurance uptake in West Africa: Insight from a pilot initiative in Southwestern Burkina Faso
   Agricultural and Food Economics, 2018, 6, (1), 1-20 View citations (10)
4. Household survey evidence on domestic workers in Ethiopia
   The Service Industries Journal, 2018, 38, (11-12), 824-840 View citations (1)
5. Services industries and the informal economy: an introduction
   The Service Industries Journal, 2018, 38, (11-12), 645-649 View citations (1)

2017

6. EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF STARTING UP UNREGISTERED ON FIRM PERFORMANCE IN AFRICA
   Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), 2017, 22, (03), 1-20 View citations (10)
7. Informal Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies: The Impacts of Starting up Unregistered on firm Performance
   Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2017, 41, (5), 773-799 View citations (43)
8. Starting-up unregistered and firm performance in Turkey
   International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2017, 13, (3), 797-817 View citations (4)
   Also in International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 1-21 View citations (11)
9. The Complexity of Marriage in Rural Ethiopia: Parental Transfers and Post-marital Residence Choices
   Journal of Development Studies, 2017, 53, (1), 68-81 View citations (2)

2016

10. BUSINESS REGISTRATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: SOME LESSONS FROM INDIA
    Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), 2016, 21, (03), 1-19 View citations (11)
11. THE IMPACTS OF CORRUPTION ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: SOME LESSONS FROM 40 AFRICAN COUNTRIES
    Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), 2016, 21, (04), 1-18 View citations (18)

2014

12. Inclusive Growth and Inequalities in the Context of Structural Transformation: Evidence from Ethiopia&ast
    Development, 2014, 57, (3-4), 512-520 View citations (3)

2013

13. POVERTY AND WELFARE OF THE POOR IN A HIGH‐INCOME COUNTRY: EVIDENCE FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
    Journal of International Development, 2013, 25, (4), 520-535 View citations (1)
14. Schooling, BMI, Height and Wages: Panel Evidence on Men and Women
    Economic Issues Journal Articles, 2013, 18, (2), 1-18 View citations (1)

2012

15. Evaluating 'Varieties of Capitalism' by the Extent and Nature of the Informal Economy: The Case of South-Eastern Europe
    South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 2012, 10, (2), 113-130 View citations (4)
16. Household-Level Credit Constraints in Urban Ethiopia
    Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 2012, 20, (1) View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2011

17. ROSCAs in Urban Ethiopia: Are the Characteristics of the Institutions More Important than those of Members?
    Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47, (7), 998-1016 View citations (13)

2009

18. Health and Productivity: Panel Data Evidence from Ethiopia
    African Development Review, 2009, 21, (1), 59-72 View citations (6)
19. Measuring individuals’ valuation distributions using a stochastic payment card approach: application to solid waste management in Nigeria
    Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2009, 11, (3), 509-521 View citations (5)

2008

20. Simultaneous Random effect models of poverty and Childbearing in Ethiopia
    Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 2008, 14, (2), 78

2007

21. Quadratic Engel Curves with Measurement Error: Evidence from a Budget Survey*
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 69, (1), 123-138 View citations (15)

2005

22. Estimation of Own- and Cross-price Elasticities using Unit Values: Econometric Issues and Evidence from Urban Ethiopia
    Journal of African Economies, 2005, 14, (1), 1-20 View citations (9)
23. Heterogeneity in returns to schooling: Econometric evidence from Ethiopia
    Journal of Development Studies, 2005, 41, (8), 1405-1416 View citations (20)

2003

24. Rural poverty report 2001: the challenge of ending rural poverty edited by the INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IFAD). (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 266)
    Journal of International Development, 2003, 15, (5), 667-668 View citations (2)
25. Valuing freedom: Sen's capability approach and poverty reduction edited by SABINA ALKIRE. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 340)
    Journal of International Development, 2003, 15, (5), 665-667

2001

26. The paradox of Africa's poverty: the role of indigenous knowledge, traditional practices and local institutions - the case of Ethiopia
    Journal of International Development, 2001, 13, (2), 290-291