Details about Michael Lokshin

E-mail:
Homepage:	http://econ.worldbank.org/programs/poverty/toolkit
Phone:	202-4731772
Postal address:	1818 H Street, NW The World Bank, MC3-306 Washington, DC 20433
Workplace:	Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank Group, (more information at EDIRC)

Access statistics for papers by Michael Lokshin.

Last updated 2023-05-19. Update your information in the RePEc Author Service.

Short-id: plo30

---

Jump to Journal Articles Books Chapters Software Items

Working Papers

2023

1. Toward Environmentally Sustainable Public Institutions: The Green Government IT Index
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
2. Who Suffers the Most from the Cost-of-Living Crisis ?
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2022

3. Electoral Cycles and Public Spending during the Pandemic
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
4. Explaining the Evolution of Job Tenure in Europe, 1995–2020
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
5. Is Social Protection a Luxury Good ?
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
6. Job Tenure and Structural Change in the Transition Economies of Europe
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
7. Protect Incomes or Protect Jobs ? The Role of Social Policies in Post-Pandemic Recovery
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

2021

8. Effects of Public Sector Wages on Corruption: Wage Inequality Matters
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
9. The Highways and Side Roads of Statistical Capacity Building
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
10. Would Mexican Migrants be Willing to Guarantee Americans a Basic Income ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2020

11. Hide and Protect: A Role of Global Financial Secrecy in Shaping Domestic Institutions
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
12. Life Satisfaction, Subjective Wealth, and Adaptation to Vulnerability in the Russian Federation during 2002-2017
    Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020)
    GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2020)
13. Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2019) View citations (2)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2019) View citations (2)
    Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2019) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2021)
14. Opening-up Trajectories and Economic Recovery: Lessons after the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in CESifo Economic Studies (2021)
15. Scarred but Wiser: World War 2's COVID Legacy
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (1)
16. The Important Role of Equivalence Scales: Household Size, Composition, and Poverty Dynamics in Russia
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
17. The Important Role of Equivalence Scales: Household Size, Composition, and Poverty Dynamics in the Russian Federation
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2020) View citations (4)
    GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2020) View citations (3)
18. The Sooner, the Better: The Early Economic Impact of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (27)

2019

19. A Market for Work Permits
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
20. Inequality and Welfare Dynamics in the Russian Federation during 1994-2015
    GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (7)
    Also in Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2019) View citations (3)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2018) View citations (4)
21. The Missing Market for Work Permits
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2014

22. Distributed computations in Stata
    2014 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group

2013

23. Changes in household composition as a shock-mitigating strategy
    HSE Working papers, National Research University Higher School of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in The Economics of Transition (2015)

2012

24. Explaining the Dynamics in Perceptions of Job Insecurity in Russia
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2011

25. A practical comparison of the bivariate probit and linear IV estimators
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2012)
26. Average and Marginal Returns to Upper Secondary Schooling in Indonesia
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    Also in CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2011) View citations (7)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (7)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Applied Econometrics (2017)
27. Tall claims: mortality selection and the height of children
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (22)

2009

28. Month of Birth and Children's Health in India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2012)
29. Stata in large-scale development
    DC09 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group

2008

30. Does poverty research in Russia follow the scientific method?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in VOPROSY ECONOMIKI (2008)
31. The effect of male migration for work on employment patterns of females in nepal
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)

2007

32. Measuring welfare gains from better quality infrastructure
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Infrastructure Development (2009)
33. Obstacles to School Progression in Rural Pakistan: An Analysis of Gender and Sibling Rivalry Using Field Survey Data
    CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2009)
34. Work-related migration and poverty reduction in Nepal
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Development Economics (2010)

2006

35. Forgone earnings from smoking: evidence for a developing country
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)

2005

36. Improving child nutrition outcomes in India: can the integrated child development services be more effective?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (31)
37. Lasting local impacts of an economywide crisis
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (10)
38. Searching for the economic gradient in self-assessed health
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
39. Wage differentials between the public and private sector in India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Development (2007)
40. Who bears the cost of Russia's military draft?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article in The Economics of Transition (2008)
41. Who cares about relative deprivation ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2010)

2004

42. Gainers and Losers from Trade Reform in Morocco
    Conference papers, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2004) View citations (58)
43. Robustness of subjective welfare analysis in a poor developing country - Madagascar 2001
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Studies (2006)

2003

44. Evaluating the impact of infrastructure rehabilitation projects on household welfare in rural Georgia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
45. Gender and poverty: a life cycle approach to the analysis of the differences in gender outcomes
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
46. On the utility consistency of poverty lines
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (24)
47. Poverty and economic growth in Egypt, 1995-2000
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)
48. Wage differentials and state-private sector employment choice in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)

2002

49. Rich and powerful? Subjective power and welfare in Russia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2005)

2001

50. Household schooling decisions in rural Pakistan
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (39)
51. Household strategies for coping with poverty and social exclusion in post-crisis Russia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)

2000

52. Child care and women's labor force participation in Romania
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)
53. Identifying welfare effects from subjective questions
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (76)
    See also Journal Article in Economica (2001)
54. Sex workers and the cost of safe sex - the compensating differential for condom use in Calcutta
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)
55. Short-lived shocks with long-lived impacts? - household income dynamics in a transition economy
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (24)
56. Single mothers in Russia - household strategies for coping with poverty
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2000)
57. The effect of early childhood development programs on women's labor force participation and older children's schooling in Kenya
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)

1999

58. Household childcare choices and women's work behavior in Russia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2004)
59. Subjective economic welfare
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (30)
60. Who wants to redistribute? Russia's tunnel effect in the 1990's
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)

Journal Articles

2022

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

2021

2. Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations*
   Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 83, (4), 870-896 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2020)
3. Opening-Up Trajectories and Economic Recovery: Lessons after the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
   CESifo Economic Studies, 2021, 67, (3), 332-369 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2020)
4. The sooner, the better: The economic impact of non‐pharmaceutical interventions during the early stage of the COVID‐19 pandemic
   Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2021, 29, (4), 551-573 View citations (3)

2020

5. Welfare Dynamics and Inequality in the Russian Federation During 1994–2015
   The European Journal of Development Research, 2020, 32, (4), 812-846 View citations (12)

2019

6. Did the Poor Adapt to Their Circumstances? Evidence from Long-run Russian Panel Data
   Economics Bulletin, 2019, 39, (4), 2258-2274 View citations (5)

2017

7. Average and Marginal Returns to Upper Secondary Schooling in Indonesia
   Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2017, 32, (1), 16-36 View citations (17)
   See also Working Paper (2011)

2015

8. Changes in household composition as a shock-mitigating strategy
   The Economics of Transition, 2015, 23, (2), 371-388 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2013)

2014

9. MODELING THE EFFECTS OF IMMUNIZATIONS TIMING ON CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES IN INDIA
   Health Economics, 2014, 23, (5), 606-620 View citations (2)

2013

10. Farewell to Destitution?
    Journal of the New Economic Association, 2013, 18, (2), 158-161

2012

11. A practical comparison of the bivariate probit and linear IV estimators
    Economics Letters, 2012, 117, (3), 762-766 View citations (103)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
12. Month of Birth and Children’s Health in India
    Journal of Human Resources, 2012, 47, (1), 174-203 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper (2009)

2011

13. Impact of interventions on discrete outcomes: Maximum likelihood estimation of the binary choice models with binary endogenous regressors
    Stata Journal, 2011, 11, (3), 368-385 View citations (63)
14. Tall claims: Mortality selection and the height of children in India
    Economics & Human Biology, 2011, 9, (4), 393-406 View citations (26)

2010

15. Who cares about relative deprivation?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2010, 73, (2), 171-185 View citations (64)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
16. Work‐Related Migration and Poverty Reduction in Nepal
    Review of Development Economics, 2010, 14, (2), 323-332 View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2009

17. A survey of poverty research in Russia: Does it follow the scientific method?
    Economic Systems, 2009, 33, (3), 191-212 View citations (5)
18. Measuring Welfare Gains from Better Quality Infrastructure
    Journal of Infrastructure Development, 2009, 1, (2), 87-109 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
19. Obstacles to school progression in rural Pakistan: An analysis of gender and sibling rivalry using field survey data
    Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 88, (2), 335-347 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
20. The Effect of Male Migration on Employment Patterns of Women in Nepal
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2009, 23, (3), 481-507 View citations (84)

2008

21. Creating print-ready tables in Stata
    Stata Journal, 2008, 8, (3), 374-389 View citations (1)
22. Does Poverty Research in Russia Follow the Scientific Method?
    VOPROSY ECONOMIKI, 2008, (6)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
23. Testing for an economic gradient in health status using subjective data
    Health Economics, 2008, 17, (11), 1237-1259 View citations (15)
24. Who bears the cost of Russia's military draft?
    The Economics of Transition, 2008, 16, (3), 359-387 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2007

25. Lasting Impacts of Indonesia’s Financial Crisis
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 56, (1), 27-56 View citations (17)
26. Maximum likelihood and two-step estimation of an ordered-probit selection model
    Stata Journal, 2007, 7, (2), 167-182 View citations (25)
27. The Economic Cost of Smoking: Differences in Wages between Smokers and Non-smokers in Russia
    Applied Econometrics, 2007, 6, (2), 60-80 View citations (1)
28. Wage differentials between the public and private sectors in India
    Journal of International Development, 2007, 19, (3), 333-355 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2006

29. Difference-based semiparametric estimation of partial linear regression models
    Stata Journal, 2006, 6, (3), 377-383 View citations (53)
30. Distributional and Welfare Implications of the Military Draft in Russia: Micro-level Evidence
    VOPROSY ECONOMIKI, 2006, (1)
31. Robustness of subjective welfare analysis in a poor developing country: Madagascar 2001
    Journal of Development Studies, 2006, 42, (4), 559-591 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
32. TESTING POVERTY LINES
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2006, 52, (3), 399-421 View citations (18)
33. Women's labour force participation and child care in Romania
    Journal of Development Studies, 2006, 42, (1), 90-109 View citations (7)

2005

34. Has Rural Infrastructure Rehabilitation in Georgia Helped the Poor?
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2005, 19, (2), 311-333 View citations (54)
35. Rich and powerful?: Subjective power and welfare in Russia
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2005, 56, (2), 141-172 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2004

36. Combining Longitudinal Household and Community Surveys for Evaluation of Social Transfers: infrastructure rehabilitation projects in rural Georgia
    Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2004, 5, (2), 265-277 View citations (10)
37. Household Childcare Choices and Women’s Work Behavior in Russia
    Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39, (4) View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
38. Household Income Dynamics in Two Transition Economies
    Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, 2004, 8, (3), 1-33 View citations (65)
39. Household Strategies of Coping with Shocks in Post‐crisis Russia
    Review of Development Economics, 2004, 8, (1), 15-32 View citations (19)
40. Maximum likelihood estimation of endogenous switching regression models
    Stata Journal, 2004, 4, (3), 282-289 View citations (310)
41. The Effect of Early Childhood Development Programmes on Women's Labour Force Participation and Older Children's Schooling in Kenya
    Journal of African Economies, 2004, 13, (2), 240-276 View citations (8)
42. Wage Differentials between the State and Private Sectors in Moscow
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2004, 50, (1), 107-123 View citations (32)

2003

43. Sex workers and the cost of safe sex: the compensating differential for condom use among Calcutta prostitutes
    Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 71, (2), 585-603 View citations (82)
44. Wage differentials and state‐private sector employment choice in Yugoslavia
    The Economics of Transition, 2003, 11, (3), 463-491 View citations (28)

2002

45. Self-rated economic welfare in Russia
    European Economic Review, 2002, 46, (8), 1453-1473 View citations (165)

2001

46. Identifying Welfare Effects from Subjective Questions
    Economica, 2001, 68, (271), 335-357 View citations (152)
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2000

47. Single Mothers in Russia: Household Strategies for Coping with Poverty
    World Development, 2000, 28, (12), 2183-2198 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
48. Welfare Impacts of the 1998 Financial Crisis in Russia and the Response of the Public Safety Net
    The Economics of Transition, 2000, 8, (2), 269-295 View citations (51)
49. Who wants to redistribute?: The tunnel effect in 1990s Russia
    Journal of Public Economics, 2000, 76, (1), 87-104 View citations (222)

1999

50. The Emerging Underclass in the Russian Federation: Income Dynamics, 1992-1996
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1999, 47, (4), 803-29 View citations (19)

1998

51. Monitoring the economic transition in the Russian Federation and its implications for the demographic crisis -- the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey
    World Development, 1998, 26, (11), 1977-1993 View citations (34)

Books

2018

1. Measuring the Effectiveness of Social Protection
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (3)

2017

2. Measuring Gender Equality
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group

2016

3. Key Labor Market Indicators
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group

2014

4. Analyzing Food Security Using Household Survey Data: Streamlined Analysis with ADePT Software
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (10)
5. Simulating Distributional Impacts of Macro-dynamics: Theory and Practical Applications
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (9)

2013

6. A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality--Theory and Practice: Streamlined Analysis with ADePT Software
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (32)

2011

7. Assessing Sector Performance and Inequality in Education: Streamlined Analysis with ADePT Software
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group
8. Health Equity and Financial Protection: Streamlined Analysis with ADePT Software
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (8)

Chapters

2011

1. Chapter 6 Foregone Earnings from Smoking: Evidence for a Developing Country
   A chapter in Research in Labor Economics, 2011, pp 209-238 View citations (2)

2006

2. On the Consistency of Poverty Lines
   Springer View citations (1)

Software Items

2011

1. LOOKFOR_ALL: Stata module to search for variables/patterns in.dta files
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2008

2. MOVESTAY: Stata module for maximum likelihood estimation of endogenous regression switching models
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (5)
3. XML_TAB: Stata module to save results in Excel XML format
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2006

4. EGEN_INEQUAL: Stata module providing extensions to generate inequality and poverty measures
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (2)