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Working Papers

2023

1. COVID-19 School Closures, Learning Losses and Intergenerational Mobility
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
2. Does Food Insecurity Hinder Migration ? Experimental Evidence from the Indian Public Distribution System
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
3. Synthesis of the Impacts of Covid-19 on India’s Labor Market: Looking at People, Places and Policies
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2022

4. COVID-19 and Economic Inequality: Short-Term Impacts with Long-Term Consequences
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)

2021

5. COVID-19 and Inequality
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
6. Intergenerational Mobility around the World
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)

2019

7. China and the United States: Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)
8. Economic Mobility Across Generations in the Developing East Asia and Pacific Region
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
9. Economic mobility across generations: Old versus new EU member states
   Briefing Papers, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

2016

10. Looking back on two decades of poverty and well-being in India
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
11. Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
12. Why did poverty decline in India ? a nonparametric decomposition exercise
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)

2015

13. Born with a silver spoon: inequality in educational achievement across the world
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)
14. How unfair is the inequality of wage earnings in Russia ? estimates from panel data
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

2014

15. Does access to information empower the poor ? evidence from the Dominican Republic
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
16. Electoral accountability and local government spending in Indonesia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (25)

2013

17. Outcomes, opportunity and development: why unequal opportunities and not outcomes hinder economic development
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
18. Shared prosperity: links to growth, inequality and inequality of opportunity
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (17)

2012

19. Equality of opportunities and fiscal incidence in Cote d'Ivoire
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
20. Inequality of Opportunities in the Labor Market: Evidence from Life in Transition Surveys in Europe and Central Asia
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
    See also Journal Article Inequality of opportunities in the labor market: evidence from life in transition surveys in Europe and Central Asia, IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer (2013) View citations (14) (2013)

2011

21. Electoral accountability, fiscal decentralization and service delivery in Indonesia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (19)
22. How do ex ante simulations compare with ex post evaluations ? evidence from the impact of conditional cash transfer programs
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)
23. Inequality of Opportunities Among Children
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

2010

24. Assessing ex ante the poverty and distributional impact of the global crisis in a developing country: a micro-simulation approach with application to Bangladesh
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (15)
25. Assessing poverty and distributional impacts of the global crisis in the Philippines: a microsimulation approach
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)

2009

26. Measuring the quality of education and health services: the use of perception data from Indonesia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)

2008

27. Bangladesh - Poverty Assessment for Bangladesh: Creating Opportunities and Bridging the East-West Divide
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (16)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Intergenerational mobility around the world: A new database
   Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 166, (C) View citations (5)

2016

2. A global count of the extreme poor in 2012: data issues, methodology and initial results
   The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2016, 14, (2), 141-172 View citations (77)

2013

3. Inequality of opportunities in the labor market: evidence from life in transition surveys in Europe and Central Asia
   IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2013, 2, (1), 1-22 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Inequality of Opportunities in the Labor Market: Evidence from Life in Transition Surveys in Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Publications - Reports (2012) (2012)

2012

4. Are Bangladesh's Recent Gains in Poverty Reduction Different from the Past?
   Bangladesh Development Studies, 2012, 35, (1), 1-26 View citations (5)

2010

5. The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Poverty and Income Distribution: Insights from Simulations in Selected Countries
   World Bank - Economic Premise, 2010, (7), 1-4 View citations (18)

2001

6. Is literacy shared within households? Theory and evidence for Bangladesh
   Labour Economics, 2001, 8, (6), 649-665 View citations (37)

Books

2018

1. Fair Progress?
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (54)

2016

2. Uneven Odds, Unequal Outcomes
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (6)

2015

3. Do African Children Have an Equal Chance?: A Human Opportunity Report for Sub-Saharan Africa
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (3)

2014

4. Simulating Distributional Impacts of Macro-dynamics: Theory and Practical Applications
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (9)

2012

5. Knowing, When You Do Not Know: Simulating the Poverty and Distributional Impacts of an Economic Crisis
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (3)