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Working Papers

2024

1. The Impact of Role Models on Youths' Aspirations, Gender Attitudes and Education in Somalia
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2023

2. Does human capital influence the gender gap in earnings? Evidence from four developing countries
   CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

2022

3. Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-emotional Skills
   Working Papers, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (1)
4. Social Protection and Foundational Cognitive Skills during Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Public Works Programme
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2022)
   See also Journal Article Social Protection and Foundational Cognitive Skills during Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Public Works Program, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
5. The Mental Cost of Job Loss: Assessing the Impact on Young Adults in Vietnam
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2021

6. Do More School Resources Increase Learning Outcomes? Evidence from an Extended School-Day Reform
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   Also in Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics (2021) View citations (3)
7. Expecting Better? How Young People Form Their Earnings Expectations
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
8. Infuencing youths' aspirations and gender attitudes through role models: Evidence from Somali schools
   Working Papers, Texas A&M University, Department of Economics View citations (8)
9. Stratification of Returns to Higher Education in Peru: The Role of Education Quality and Major Choices
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, Peruvian Economic Association (2021) View citations (1)
10. Unpacking the Post-lockdown Employment Recovery of Young Women in the Global South
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
11. Young women's transitions from education to the labour market in Ethiopia: A gendered life-course perspective
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2020

12. Human Capital Development
    Working Papers, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department View citations (1)

2017

13. Gender differences in the choice of major: The importance of female role models
    Departmental Working Papers, Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article Gender Differences in the Choice of Major: The Importance of Female Role Models, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (155) (2020)
14. Smarter through Social Protection? Evaluating the Impact of Ethiopia's Safety-Net on Child Cognitive Abilities
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Smarter through social protection? Evaluating the impact of Ethiopia’s safety-net on child cognitive abilities, Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (9) (2019)

2016

15. Potential for application of a probabilistic catastrophe risk modelling framework to poverty outcomes: general form vulnerability functions relating household poverty outcomes to hazard intensity in Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
16. Vulnerability to drought and food price shocks: evidence from Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Vulnerability to Drought and Food Price Shocks: Evidence from Ethiopia, World Development, Elsevier (2017) View citations (35) (2017)

2015

17. Charitable Dictators? Determinants of Giving to NGOs in Uganda
    Cahiers de recherche, Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke
    See also Journal Article Charitable Dictators? Determinants of Giving to NGOs in Uganda, Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2018) (2018)

2012

18. Live aid revisited: long-term impacts of the 1984 Ethiopian famine on children
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2010) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article LIVE AID REVISITED: LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THE 1984 ETHIOPIAN FAMINE ON CHILDREN, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2014) View citations (81) (2014)
19. Normative Choices and Tradeoffs when Measuring Poverty over Time
    OPHI Working Papers, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford View citations (4)

2011

20. Early Nutrition and Cognition in Peru
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (10)
    Also in Working Papers, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department (2011)
21. Early Nutrition and Cognition in Peru: A Within-Sibling Investigation
    Working Papers, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú View citations (7)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2011) View citations (6)

2008

22. Intertemporal Poverty Measurement: Tradeoffs and Policy Options
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (12)

Journal Articles

2025

1. The long shadow of conflict on human capital: Intergenerational evidence from Peru
   Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 174, (C)

2024

2. Reprioritising inclusion and equity to meet SDG4: Action is needed beyond the education sector – and must begin before school entry
   International Journal of Educational Development, 2024, 104, (C) View citations (1)
3. Social Protection and Foundational Cognitive Skills during Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Public Works Program
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2024, 38, (2), 296-318 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Social Protection and Foundational Cognitive Skills during Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Public Works Programme, IZA Discussion Papers (2022) (2022)

2022

4. Young Lives, Interrupted: Short-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
   Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58, (6), 1063-1080 View citations (6)

2020

5. From Rural to Urban, but not Through Migration: Household Livelihood Responses to Urban Reclassification in Northern Ethiopia†
   Journal of African Economies, 2020, 29, (2), 173-191 View citations (2)
6. Gender Differences in the Choice of Major: The Importance of Female Role Models
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12, (3), 226-54 View citations (155)
   See also Working Paper Gender differences in the choice of major: The importance of female role models, Departmental Working Papers (2017) View citations (23) (2017)
7. Reinforcement or compensation? Parental responses to children’s revealed human capital levels
   Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33, (1), 233-270 View citations (7)

2019

8. Fuzzy Chronic Poverty: A Proposed Response to Measurement Error for Intertemporal Poverty Measurement
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65, (1), 119-143 View citations (1)
9. Smarter through social protection? Evaluating the impact of Ethiopia’s safety-net on child cognitive abilities
   Oxford Development Studies, 2019, 47, (1), 79-96 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Smarter through Social Protection? Evaluating the Impact of Ethiopia's Safety-Net on Child Cognitive Abilities, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2018

10. Charitable Dictators? Determinants of Giving to NGOs in Uganda
    Journal of International Development, 2018, 30, (1), 80-101
    See also Working Paper Charitable Dictators? Determinants of Giving to NGOs in Uganda, Cahiers de recherche (2015) (2015)

2017

11. The Development of Vulnerability Functions Relating Household Poverty Outcomes to Crop Failures in Ethiopia with the Prospect of Developing a Probabilistic Catastrophe Risk Model
    The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2017, 42, (4), 657-674
12. Vulnerability to Drought and Food Price Shocks: Evidence from Ethiopia
    World Development, 2017, 96, (C), 65-77 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper Vulnerability to drought and food price shocks: evidence from Ethiopia, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (4) (2016)

2016

13. Social protection for all ages? Impacts of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program on child nutrition
    Social Science & Medicine, 2016, 159, (C), 92-99 View citations (25)

2014

14. LIVE AID REVISITED: LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THE 1984 ETHIOPIAN FAMINE ON CHILDREN
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2014, 12, (4), 927-948 View citations (81)
    See also Working Paper Live aid revisited: long-term impacts of the 1984 Ethiopian famine on children, CEPR Discussion Papers (2012) (2012)

2013

15. Catching up from early nutritional deficits? Evidence from rural Ethiopia
    Economics & Human Biology, 2013, 11, (2), 148-163 View citations (19)
16. Know Your Place: Ethiopian Children’s Contributions to the Household Economy
    The European Journal of Development Research, 2013, 25, (4), 600-620 View citations (5)

2012

17. Shocks, Consumption and Income Diversification in Rural Ethiopia
    Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48, (9), 1209-1222 View citations (64)

2010

18. Safety nets or investment in the future: Does food aid have any long‐term impact on children's growth?
    Journal of International Development, 2010, 22, (8), 1134-1145 View citations (1)

Edited books

2022

1. Human Rights and Economic Inequalities
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

2021

2. Human Rights and Economic Inequalities
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

Chapters

2011

1. A Poor Life? Chronic Poverty and Downward Mobility in Rural Ethiopia, 1994 to 2004
   Chapter 3 in Why Poverty Persists, 2011 View citations (3)