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Working Papers

2024

1. The Growth Elasticity of Poverty: Is Africa Any Different ?
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2019

2. Minimum Wages and Labor Supply in an Emerging Market: The Case of Mauritius
   Working Papers, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit View citations (1)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2018) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Minimum Wages and Labour Supply in an Emerging Market: The Case of Mauritius, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2024) (2024)

2015

3. Poverty Reduction in Ghana
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (21)
4. Poverty Reduction in Ghana—Progress and Challenges
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (22)
5. Structural Transformation, Productivity, and Employment in Ghana 1991-2012
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

2011

6. Fewer Jobs or Smaller Paychecks? Aggregate Crisis Impacts in Selected Middle-Income Countries
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011) View citations (3)

2010

7. Avoiding the Eye of the Storm: How to Deal Effectively with Job Crises
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
   See also Journal Article Avoiding the Eye of the Storm: How to Deal Effectively with Job Crises, World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank (2010) (2010)
8. Fewer Jobs or Smaller Paychecks? Labor Market Impacts of the Recent Crisis in Middle-Income Countries
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Fewer Jobs or Smaller Paychecks? Labor Market Impacts of the Recent Crisis in Middle-Income Countries, World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank (2010) View citations (8) (2010)
9. Understanding the impact of economic shocks on labor market outcomes in developing countries: an application to Indonesia and Mexico
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

2009

10. Coping with crises: why and how to protect employment and earnings
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)

2007

11. Does employment generation really matter for poverty reduction ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (29)

2004

12. Economic growth, income distribution, and poverty in Poland during transition
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)

2002

13. The hidden costs of ethnic conflict - decomposing trends in educational outcomes of young Kosovars
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)

2001

14. Causes of inequality in health: who are you? where do you live? or who your parents were?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)

1999

15. A bundle of joy or an expensive luxury: a comparative analysis of the economic environment for family formation in Western Europe
    Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank

1997

16. Wage Differentials between Men and Women: Evidence from British Birth Cohort Studies
    Discussion Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

1994

17. Unions, safety committees and workplace injuries
    Discussion Papers in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Unions, Safety Committees and Workplace Injuries, British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics (1995) View citations (19) (1995)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Is economic growth less welfare enhancing in Africa? Evidence from the last forty years
   World Development, 2024, 184, (C)
2. Minimum Wages and Labour Supply in an Emerging Market: The Case of Mauritius
   Journal of African Economies, 2024, 33, (2), 185-203
   See also Working Paper Minimum Wages and Labor Supply in an Emerging Market: The Case of Mauritius, Working Papers (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2015

3. A checklist to avoid pilot failures: lessons from a set of women's economic empowerment initiatives
   Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2015, 7, (1), 90-110

2012

4. Coping with Crises: Policies to Protect Employment and Earnings
   The World Bank Research Observer, 2012, 27, (1), 106-141 View citations (3)

2010

5. Avoiding the Eye of the Storm: How to Deal Effectively with Job Crises
   World Bank - Economic Premise, 2010, (40), 1-5
   See also Working Paper Avoiding the Eye of the Storm: How to Deal Effectively with Job Crises, World Bank Publications - Reports (2010) (2010)
6. Fewer Jobs or Smaller Paychecks? Labor Market Impacts of the Recent Crisis in Middle-Income Countries
   World Bank - Economic Premise, 2010, (11), 1-4 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Fewer Jobs or Smaller Paychecks? Labor Market Impacts of the Recent Crisis in Middle-Income Countries, World Bank Publications - Reports (2010) View citations (4) (2010)

1999

7. How Unequally Has Equal Pay Progressed since the 1970s? A Study of Two British Cohorts
   Journal of Human Resources, 1999, 34, (3), 534-556 View citations (11)
8. The Wages of Motherhood: Better or Worse?
   Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1999, 23, (5), 543-64 View citations (92)

1995

9. Is pay discrimination against young women a thing of the past? A tale of two cohorts
   International Journal of Manpower, 1995, 16, (2), 60-65
10. Unions, Safety Committees and Workplace Injuries
    British Journal of Industrial Relations, 1995, 33, (2), 275-288 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Unions, safety committees and workplace injuries, Discussion Papers in Economics (1994) View citations (2) (1994)

1993

11. Equity and efficiency in Italian health care
    Health Economics, 1993, 2, (1), 15-29 View citations (1)
12. Measuring Union Power in British Manufacturing: A Latent Variable Approach
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1993, 55, (1), 65-85 View citations (5)

1991

13. Horizontal equity in the delivery of health care
    Journal of Health Economics, 1991, 10, (2), 251-256 View citations (15)
14. On the measurement of horizontal inequity in the delivery of health care
    Journal of Health Economics, 1991, 10, (2), 169-205 View citations (91)
15. On the measurement of inequalities in health
    Social Science & Medicine, 1991, 33, (5), 545-557 View citations (374)

1989

16. Equity in the Finance and Delivery of Health Care: Some Tentative Cross-country Comparisons
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 1989, 5, (1), 89-112 View citations (140)

1988

17. Tax-based incomes policies: will they work? have they worked?
    Fiscal Studies, 1988, 9, (2), 81-94

Books

2017

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

2014

2. Lessons Learned and Not Yet Learned from a Multicountry Initiative on Women's Economic Empowerment
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group
3. Working through the Crisis: Jobs and Policies in Developing Countries during the Great Recession
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (3)
4. Working toward Better Pay: Earning Dynamics in Ghana and Tanzania
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (6)

2008

5. Making Work Pay in Bangladesh: Employment, Growth, and Poverty Reduction
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (3)
6. Making Work Pay in Madagascar: Employment, Growth, and Poverty Reduction
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (8)
7. Making Work Pay in Nicaragua: Employment, Growth, and Poverty Reduction
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (21)

2007

8. Employment and Shared Growth: Rethinking the Role of Labor Mobility for Development
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (4)
9. Internal Labor Mobility in Central Europe and the Baltic Region
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (14)

2001

10. Unequal Pay for Women and Men: Evidence from the British Birth Cohort Studies, vol 1
    MIT Press Books, The MIT Press

Chapters

2010

1. Internal Labour Mobility in Central Europe and the Baltic Region: Evidence from Labour Force Surveys
   Chapter 8 in The Labour Market Impact of the EU Enlargement. A New Regional Geography of Europe?, 2010, pp 197-225 View citations (10)
   Also in Springer (2010) View citations (9)