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Working Papers

2023

1. Job Displacement and Reallocation Failure: Evidence from Climate Shocks in Morocco
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
   See also Journal Article Job displacement and reallocation failure. Evidence from climate shocks in Morocco, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation (2024) (2024)

2022

2. Facing Displacement and a Global Pandemic: Evidence from a Fragile State
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2022)
   RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2022)
   See also Journal Article Facing displacement and a global pandemic: evidence from a fragile state, JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press (2024) (2024)
3. Is Inequality Systematically Underestimated in Sub-Saharan Africa ? A Proposal to Overcome the Problem
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
4. New Algorithm to Estimate Inequality Measures in Cross-Survey Imputation: An Attempt to Correct the Underestimation of Extreme Values
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2021

5. Does Gender Equality in Labor Participation Bring Real Equality ? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
6. Living Standards of Tunisian Households in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
7. Using Poverty Maps to Improve the Design of Household Surveys: The Evidence from Tunisia
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Using poverty maps to improve the design of household surveys: the evidence from Tunisia, Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer (2023) (2023)

2020

8. Migration in Libya: A Spatial Network Analysis
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
   See also Journal Article Migration in Libya: A spatial network analysis, World Development, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
9. Once NEET, Always NEET ? A Synthetic Panel Approach to Analyze the Moroccan Labor Market
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Once NEET, always NEET? A synthetic panel approach to analyze the Moroccan labor market, Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2023) (2023)
10. The State of Land Use in Northern Nigeria: A Landsat-Based Mapping Framework
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2019

11. Polarization and Its Discontents: Morocco before and after the Arab Spring
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article Polarization and its discontents: Morocco before and after the Arab Spring, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2023) (2023)

2018

12. Education is Forbidden: The Effect of the Boko Haram Conflict on Education in North-East Nigeria
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article Education is forbidden: The effect of the Boko Haram conflict on education in North-East Nigeria, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (54) (2019)
13. The devil is in the details: growth, polarization, and poverty reduction in Africa in the past two decades
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2016

14. All that glitters is not gold: polarization amid poverty reduction in Ghana
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
    See also Journal Article All that Glitters is not Gold: Polarization Amid Poverty Reduction in Ghana, World Development, Elsevier (2018) View citations (11) (2018)
15. Heterogeneous returns to income diversification: evidence from Nigeria
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
16. Poverty Reduction in Nigeria in the Last Decade
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (17)
17. Should I stay or should I go ? internal migration and household welfare in Ghana
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

2015

18. Are we confusing poverty with preferences ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)
19. Can we measure resilience ? a proposed method and evidence from countries in the Sahel
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (19)
20. No condition is permanent: middle class in Nigeria in the last decade
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article No Condition is Permanent: Middle Class in Nigeria in the Last Decade, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (6) (2019)
21. Poverty Reduction in Ghana
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (21)
22. Poverty Reduction in Ghana—Progress and Challenges
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (22)
23. Vulnerability to malnutrition in the West African Sahel
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)

2014

24. The Centre Cannot Hold: Patterns of Polarization in Nigeria
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (3)

2012

25. Poverty in Mozambique: new evidence from recent household surveys
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (17)

2007

26. Creating safety nets through semi-parametric index-based insurance: A simulation for Northern Ghana
    101st Seminar, July 5-6, 2007, Berlin Germany, European Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (6)
27. Is the Nutritional Status of Males and Females Equally Affected by Economic Growth? Evidence from Vietnam in the 1990s
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)

2006

28. Food Security in Vietnam during the 1990s: The Empirical Evidence
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (13)

2003

29. Is Korea catching up? An analysis of the labour productivity growth in South Korea
    Working Papers, SEMEQ Department - Faculty of Economics - University of Eastern Piedmont
    See also Journal Article Is Korea Catching Up? An Analysis of the Labour Productivity Growth in South Korea, Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2006) View citations (2) (2006)

2002

30. L’economia coreana dopo la crisi: novità e vecchi problemi
    Working Papers, SEMEQ Department - Faculty of Economics - University of Eastern Piedmont

Journal Articles

2024

1. An attempt to correct the underestimation of inequality measures in cross-survey imputation through generalized additive models for location, scale and shape
   Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2024, 91, (C)
2. Does gender equality in labor participation bring equality? Evidence from developing and developed countries
   Empirical Economics, 2024, 67, (1), 289-311
3. Estimation of Multidimensional Poverty in Morocco: A Small Area Estimation Approach Using Meteorological and Socio-economic Covariates
   Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2024, 175, (2), 545-575
4. Facing displacement and a global pandemic: evidence from a fragile state
   JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, 2024, 90, (3), 460-480
   See also Working Paper Facing Displacement and a Global Pandemic: Evidence from a Fragile State, CEPR Discussion Papers (2022) (2022)
5. Job displacement and reallocation failure. Evidence from climate shocks in Morocco
   European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2024, 51, (1), 1-31
   See also Working Paper Job Displacement and Reallocation Failure: Evidence from Climate Shocks in Morocco, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2023) (2023)
6. Underestimating the Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Income Distribution in the U.S. and Brazil
   Economies, 2024, 12, (9), 1-32

2023

7. Migration in Libya: A spatial network analysis
   World Development, 2023, 163, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Migration in Libya: A Spatial Network Analysis, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2020) (2020)
8. Once NEET, always NEET? A synthetic panel approach to analyze the Moroccan labor market
   Review of Development Economics, 2023, 27, (4), 2401-2437
   See also Working Paper Once NEET, Always NEET ? A Synthetic Panel Approach to Analyze the Moroccan Labor Market, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
9. Polarization and its discontents: Morocco before and after the Arab Spring
   The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2023, 21, (1), 105-129
   See also Working Paper Polarization and Its Discontents: Morocco before and after the Arab Spring, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2019) (2019)
10. Using poverty maps to improve the design of household surveys: the evidence from Tunisia
    Statistical Methods & Applications, 2023, 32, (5), 1641-1657
    See also Working Paper Using Poverty Maps to Improve the Design of Household Surveys: The Evidence from Tunisia, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2022

11. Are We Really Painting the Devil on the Walls? Polarization and its Drivers in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Past Two Decades
    Journal of African Economies, 2022, 31, (2), 124-146 View citations (1)
12. Response to ‘Polarization and Poverty Reduction in Africa: The Devil Is in the Choice of Equivalence Relation’
    Journal of African Economies, 2022, 31, (2), 176-179

2021

13. How polarized is sub-Saharan Africa? A look at the regional distribution of consumption expenditure in the 2000s
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2021, 73, (2), 796-819 View citations (1)

2020

14. We forgot the middle class! Inequality underestimation in a changing Sub-Saharan Africa
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2020, 18, (1), 45-70 View citations (2)

2019

15. Education is forbidden: The effect of the Boko Haram conflict on education in North-East Nigeria
    Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 141, (C) View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper Education is Forbidden: The Effect of the Boko Haram Conflict on Education in North-East Nigeria, CSEF Working Papers (2018) View citations (21) (2018)
16. No Condition is Permanent: Middle Class in Nigeria in the Last Decade
    Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55, (2), 294-310 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper No condition is permanent: middle class in Nigeria in the last decade, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
17. The Devil is in the Detail: Growth, Inequality and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Last Two Decades
    Journal of African Economies, 2019, 28, (4), 408-434 View citations (4)
18. Vulnerability to stunting in the West African Sahel
    Food Policy, 2019, 83, (C), 39-47 View citations (2)

2018

19. All that Glitters is not Gold: Polarization Amid Poverty Reduction in Ghana
    World Development, 2018, 102, (C), 275-291 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper All that glitters is not gold: polarization amid poverty reduction in Ghana, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) (2016)

2017

20. When the Centre Cannot Hold: Patterns of Polarization in Nigeria
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63, (4), 608-632 View citations (18)

2016

21. A Continuous†time Markov Chain Approach for Modeling of Poverty Dynamics: Application to Mozambique
    African Development Review, 2016, 28, (4), 482-495 View citations (1)

2010

22. Adult BMI as a Health and Nutritional Inequality Measure: Applications at Macro and Micro Levels
    World Development, 2010, 38, (7), 1012-1023 View citations (16)
23. Safety Nets and Index-Based Insurance: Historical Assessment and Semiparametric Simulation for Northern Ghana
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2010, 58, (4), 671-712 View citations (5)

2008

24. Discovering sources of inequality in transition economies: a case study of rural Vietnam
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 2008, 41, (1), 75-96 View citations (9)

2006

25. Is Korea Catching Up? An Analysis of the Labour Productivity Growth in South Korea
    Oxford Development Studies, 2006, 34, (3), 323-339 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Is Korea catching up? An analysis of the labour productivity growth in South Korea, Working Papers (2003) (2003)

2003

26. The determinants of East Asian trade flows: a gravity equation approach
    Journal of Asian Economics, 2003, 14, (5), 695-711 View citations (56)

Books

2021

1. Morocco's Jobs Landscape
   (Paysage de l’emploi au Maroc)
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group

2010

2. Africa Development Indicators 2010: Silent and Lethal, How Quiet Corruption Undermines Africa's Development
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (11)