The latest working papers are available at the Discussion Paper Series.
Selected other Working Papers of Prof. Stephan Klasen, Ph.D.:
"Analysis of the Determinants of Fertility Decline in the Czech Republic" (With Andrey Launov, 2005). [pdf]
"Comments on Paper by Emily Oster: Hepatitis B and the Case of the Missing Women" (2005). [pdf]
"The impact of demographic dynamics on economic development, poverty and inequality in Mozambique" (With Silke Woltermann, 2005). [pdf]
"Unemployment Benefits and Unemployment Rates of Low-Skilled and Older Workers in Germany: A Search Equilibrium Approach" (With Andrey Launov and Joachim Wolff). IZA Discussion Paper (2004).
"Population Growth, (Per Capita) Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction in Uganda: A brief Summary of Theory and Evidence" (2004). [pdf]
“The Impact Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth in the Middle East and North Africa”. With Francesca Lamanna. Background paper for World Bank Study: Women in the Public Sphere. Washington, DC: The World Bank (2003). [pdf]
“Geo-additive models of Childhood Undernutrition in three Sub-Saharan African Countries.” With N.B. Kandala and L. Fahrmeir. SFB Discussion Paper No. 287 (2002). [pdf]
“Dynamic Modelling of Child Mortality in Developing Countries: Application for Zambia.” With U.Berger and L. Fahrmeir. SFB Discussion Paper 299 (2002).
“Population, Population Density and Technological Change.“ With Thorsten Nestmann. Presented at Annual Meeting of European Economic Association 2001. Münchner Discussion Papers 2000-15, 2000. [pdf]
“Surviving Unemployment without State Support: Unemployment and Household Formation in South Africa.“ With Ingrid Woolard. SFB Discussion Paper No 213, Munich, 1999, IZA Discussion Paper No 237, 2000. [pdf]
“Growth, Income Distribution, and Well-Being: Comparisons across Space and Time.” With Carola Grün. CESifo Working Paper No. 837 (2002).
"The Nutritional Status of Elites in India, Kenya, and Zambia: An appropriate guide for developing reference standards for undernutrition?" With Alexander Moradi (2000). [pdf]
”Gender Bias in Mortality in a Comparative Perspective.” Prepared for German Cliometric Conference, Toronto 22.-24.9. 1999.
”Malnourished and Surviving in South Asia, better Nourished and Dying Young in Africa: What can Explain this Puzzle?” Presented at European Society for Population Economics Annual Conference, Turin, 24.-26.6.1999, SFB Discussion Paper No 214, 1999. [pdf]
“Education and Marriage Age: Theory and Empirical Evidence.“ With Sanjeev Goyal and Sandeep Baliga. Presented at Annual Meeting of ESEM and EEA in Santiago de Compostela, August, 1999. Department of Economics Discussion Paper No. 99-02, Munich.
Appendix to “Marriage, Bargaining, and Intrahousehold Resource Allocation” (not included in the 1998 Journal of Economic History publication).
"Incorporating Environmental and Social Losses in the Economic Assessment of the Lesotho Highland Water Project.” Mimeographed. Cambridge, UK (1997).
Gender Inequality and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Preliminary Findings. Background Paper for SPA Status Report on Poverty. Mimeographed. Washington, DC: The World Bank (1998).
"Unemployment, Household Formation, Poverty and Nutrition in South Africa." (with Ingrid Woolard). Vorgestellt auf Konferenz über Arbeitslosigkeit in Südafrika, 24. April 1998 in Pretoria, und in Seminaren der Princeton University, Erasmus Universität, und Hans Möller Seminar an der LMU (1998).
“Population, Consumption, Inequality, and Development: An Overview of Issues.” Paper presented at conference on ‘Population, Consumption, and Development’, 24-25 October 1997, University of Cambridge.
Gender Inequality and Survival: Excess Female Mortality Past and Present. Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University (1994).
Gender Inequality and Development Strategies: Lessons from the Past and Policy Issues for the Future. World Employment Programme Working Paper No. 43. Geneva: ILO (1993).
"Analysing Traditional Agriculture in Bolivia: A Village-Based Computable General Equilibrium Model." Senior Honours Thesis, Harvard University (1990).
Working Papers of Melanie Grosse:
Matching Household Surveys with DHS Data to Create Nationally Representative Time Series of Poverty: An Application to Bolivia (2009). Courant Research Centre 'Poverty, Equity and Growth' Discussion Paper 21, Georg-August-University Göttingen (with S. Klasen and J. Spatz).
Pro-Poor Growth Using Non-Income Indicators: An Empirical Illustration for Colombia (2009). Ibero America Institute Discussion Paper 192 and Courant Research Centre 'Poverty, Equity and Growth' Discussion Paper 9. (with A. Cardozo).
Matching Household Surveys with DHS Data to Create Nationally Representative Time Series of Poverty: An Application to Bolivia (2007). ZfS Working Paper 08.2007, Centre for Statistics, Georg-August-University Göttingen (with S. Klasen and J. Spatz).
Monitoring the Progress towards the Non-Income Millennium Development Goals (2006). WIDER Research Paper RP2006/38 and Ibero-America Institute Discussion Paper 144 (with K. Harttgen and S. Klasen).
“Measuring Pro-Poor Growth with Non-Income Indicators.” (with Kenneth Harttgen and Stephan Klasen). Ibero-America Institute Discussion Paper 132 (2005)
“Creating National Poverty Profiles and Growth Incidence Curves with Incomplete Income or Consumption Expenditure Data: An Application to Bolivia.” (with Stephan Klasen and Julius Spatz). Ibero-America Institute Discussion Paper 129 (2005)
“Operationalizing Pro-Poor Growth - Country Case Study: Bolivia.” (with Stephan Klasen, Rainer Thiele, Jann Lay, Julius Spatz, and Manfred Wiebelt). Ibero-America Institute Discussion Paper 101 (2004).
Working Papers of Isabel Günther:
“La croissance pro-pauvre au Mali” together with Mohamed Ali Marouani and Marc Raffinot. Report prepared for the Agence Française de Développement, 2006.
“Households’ Vulnerability to Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks” together with Kenneth Harttgen. Working Paper, University of Göttingen, 2006.
“Competitive and Segmented Informal Labor Markets” together with Andrey Launo. Working Paper, University of Göttingen and University of Würzburg, 2006.
“Vulnerability to poverty in Madagascar” together with Kenneth Harttgen. Background Paper prepared for the Social Protection Unit of the World Bank, 2005
"Growth and Poverty in Burkina Faso. A Reassessment of the Paradox." together with Michael Grimm DIW Discussion Paper No. 482 (2005).
"Differential inflation rates and the measurement of pro-poor growth" together with M. Grimm, University of Göttingen, mimeo (2004).
"Inter- and intra-household linkages between the informal and formal sector. A case study for urban Burkina Faso", together with M. Grimm, Paper prepared for an EDGI-WIDER Conference (2004).
"How to achieve pro-poor growth in a poor economy. The case of Burkina Faso.", together with M. Grimm, Report prepared for the 'Operationalizing Pro-Poor-Growth'-Project sponsored by the Worldbank, DFID, AFD, GTZ, and KFW (2004).
Working Papers of Kenneth Harttgen:
"The Impact of HIV on children's welfare", Ibero-America Institute Discussion Paper No. 157 (2006), Göttingen"
"A Human Development Index by Income Groups" (with Michael Grimm, Mark Misselhorn and Stephan Klasen), Ibero-America Institute Discussion Paper No. 155 (2006), Göttingen.
"Estimating Vulnerability to Covariate and Idiosyncratic Shocks" (with Isabel Günther), Ibero-America Institute Discussion Paper No. 154 (2006), Göttingen.
"Measuring Pro-Poor Progress towards the Non-Income Millenium Development Goals" (with Melanie Grosse and Stephan Klasen) (2005), WIDER Research Paper (2006-38), WIDER, Helsinki.
"A Multilevel Approach to Explain Child Mortality and Undernutrition in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa" (with Mark Misselhorn), Ibero-America Institute Discussion Paper No. 152 (2006), Göttingen.
“Measuring Pro-Poor-Growth with Non-Icome Indicators" (with Melanie Grosse and Stephan Klasen), Ibero-America Institute Discussion Paper No. 132 (2005), Göttingen.
"Longer Life, Higher Welfare?" (with Michael Grimm), DIW Discussion Paper NO. 482 (2005), Berlin.
Working Papers of Dr. Ludger-Joseph Löning:
"Pobreza, deforestación y pérdida de la biodiversidad en Guatemala: un análisis empírico y algunas sugerencias de política económica", Discussion Paper 91, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, 43p. 2003, together with M. Markussen and A. Cardozo.
“The Impact of Education on Economic Growth in Guatemala: A Time-Series Analysis Applying an Error-Correction Methodology”, Discussion Paper 87, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, 45p., 2002.
“Modeling the Defense-Growth Nexus in a Post-Conflict Country: A Piecewise-Linear Approach”, Discussion Paper 97, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, 20p. (together with G. Reitschuler), 2004.
Working Papers of Dr. Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D.:
“Effects of Regional Trading Agreements Using Static and Dynamic Gravity Equations”, together with Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso and Nick Horsewood, Discussion Paper No. 149, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, July 2006, 26 pages, ISSN 1431181X.
“On Distributed Lags in Dynamic Panel Data Models: Evidence from Market Shares”, together with Dierk Herzer and Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Documentos de Economía y Finanzas Internacionales, Associación Espagnola de Economía y Finnanzas Internacionales, DEFI 06/05, 32 Pages, ISSN 16966376
“Is Distance a Good Proxy for Transport Costs? The Case of Competing Transport Modes”, together with Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, CeGE- Discussion Paper No. 54, Center for Globalization and Europeanization of the University of Goettingen , May 2006, 25 pages, ISSN 14392305.
Problems in Applying Dynamic Panel Data Models: Theoretical and Empirical Findings, together with Dierk Herzer, Sebastian Vollmer and Inmaculada Martínez- Zarzoso, Discussion Paper No. 140, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, May 2006, 33 pages.
Chile’s Market Share in the EU Market: The Role of Price Competition in a Panel Analysis Setting, together with Dierk Herzer, Sebastian Vollmer and Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Discussion Paper No. 139, Ibero- America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, March 2006, 33 pages.
Road and Maritime Transport Costs: A Comparative Analysis of Spanish Exports to Poland and Turkey, together with Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Discussion Paper No. 138, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, March 2006, 36 pages.
"The Free Trade Agreement between Chile and the EU: Its Potential Impact on Chile’s Export Industry", together with D. Herzer and S. Vollmer, Discussion Paper No. 125, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, October (2005).
"Überlegungen zum EU-Beitritt der Türkei: Alte Versprechungen sind noch einzulösen." together with D. Herzer, CeGE-Report, Zentrum für Globalisierung und Europäisierung der Wirtschaft (CeGE), (2005).
"Are exports and imports of Chile cointegrated?", together with D. Herzer, IAI-Diskussionsbeitrag Nr. 111, Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (2005).
"The impact of a customs union between Turkey and the EU on Turkey`s exports to the EU", together with D. Herzer, I. Martinez-Zarzoso and S. Vollmer, DIW-Diskussionspapier Nr. 483, Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (2005).
"Turkey and the Ankara Treaty of 1963: what can trade integration do for Turkish exports?", together with D. Herzer, I. Martinez-Zarzoso and S. Vollmer, CeGE-Diskussionsbeitrag Nr. 43, Zentrum für Globalisierung und Europäisierung der Wirtschaft (2005).
MERCOSUR-European Union Trade: How Important is EU Trade Liberalisation for MERCOSUR’s Exports? together with I. Martínez-Zarzoso, CeGE- Discussion Paper, Center for Globalization and Europeanization of the University of Goettingen, No. 30, June 2004. [pdf]
Would MERCOSUR's exports to the EU profit from trade liberalisation? Some general insights and a simulation study for Argentina, together with I. Martínez-Zarzoso, Discussion Paper No. 92, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, May 2003. [pdf]
MERCOSUR-EU trade: The impact of adverse macroeconomic Developments and trade barriers on MERCOSUR exports, together with I. Martínez-Zarzoso, Discussion Paper No. 86, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, May 2002. [pdf]
Explaining MERCOSUR sectoral exports to the EU: The role of economic and geographic distance, together with I. Martínez-Zarzoso, Discussion Paper No. 85, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, April 2002. [pdf]
The interplay of export supply and the real exchange rate. Evidence for Mercosur exports to the EU....together with Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Discussion Paper No.79, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, May 2001, 27 p. [pdf]
Augmented gravity model: An empirical application to Mercosur-European trade flows.... together with Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Discussion Paper No. 77, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, January 2001, 23 p. [pdf]
Trade policy and its impact on economic growth: Can openness speed up output growth? Discussion Paper No. 75, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, December 2000, 34 p. [pdf]
Was there endogenous growth in Chile (1960-1998)? A test of the AK model. Working Paper No.7, Center for Globalization and Europeanization of the Economy, University of Goettingen, September 2000, 22 p. [pdf]
Exchange rate-based stabilization revisited: An analysis of its short-term impact on external equilibrium in Argentina (1991-1995)....together with Monika Wohlmann, Discussion Paper No. 74, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, February 2000, 24 p. [pdf]
Reaction Lags of Chilean Manufacturing Exports in a Framework of Dynamic Macroeconometric Modelling, Discussion Paper No. 70; Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, 1997, 40 p.
The Development of the Real Exchange Rate and the Sustainability of Liberalization Policy: The Chilean Experience, Discussion Paper No. 68, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen, 1996, 27 p.
The Possible Repercussions of EU-Mexico Trade Liberalization on Third Countries Associated with the EU (CEECs, Mediterranean and Lomé Countries). Study done together with A. Scholz, I. Tschach and M. Wohlmann for IRELA (Instituto for European-Latin American Relations), IRELA Briefings,1995, BRF-95/*-THIRD_C; 105 p.
Working Papers of Dana Schueler:
“Income Diversification in Rural South Africa.”, 2008
“Reforming the Gender-Related Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM): Implementing some of the proposals.”, together with Stephan Klasen, 2007
“Income Diversification and Poverty in a Growing Economy: The Case of Ghana.” together with J. Lay, 2007 [pdf]
“Incentive Effects of Remittances within the Extended Family: The Case of Indonesia”, 2006 [pdf]
“Fractionalisation, Migration and Growth” together with J. Weisbrod, 2004
“On the Empirics of Trust and Growth”, 2005
“Steuereinnahmen in Entwicklungsländern - Entwicklung und Potential.”, 2006
“Finanzierung von Gesundheitsdienstleistungen in Entwicklungsländern - eine Zusammenfassung und Bewertung.”, 2006
Working Papers of Sebastian Vollmer:
“Determinants of French and Spanish Relative Export Strength” With I. Martínez-Zarzoso and F. Nowak- Lehmann. IAI Discussion Paper 166, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, Göttingen (2007).
[pdf]
“Competitiveness - A Comparison of China and Mexico”
With F. Nowak-Lehmann and I. Martínez-Zarzoso.
CESifo Working Paper 2111, CESifo Group, Munich (2007).[pdf]
“Twin Peaks or Three Components? - Analyzing the World´s Cross-Country Distribution of Income” With
H. Holzmann and J. Weisbrod. IAI Discussion Paper 162, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research,
Göttingen (2007).[pdf]
“Income Distribution Dynamics and Pro-Poor Growth in the World from 1970 to 2003” With H. Holzmann
and J. Weisbrod. IAI Discussion Paper 161, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, Göttingen (2007).[pdf]
“The Log of Gravity Revisited” With I. Martínez-Zarzoso and F. Nowak-Lehmann, CeGE Discussion Paper
64, Center for Globalization and Europeanization of the Economy (CeGE), Göttingen (2007).[pdf]
“Perspectives on the World Income Distribution - Beyond Twin Peaks towards Welfare Conclusions” With
H. Holzmann and J. Weisbrod. IAI Discussion Paper 158, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research,
Göttingen (2007).[pdf]
"On Distributed Lags in Dynamic Panel Data Models: Evidence from Market Shares." Mit F. Nowak-Lehmann D., D. Herzer und I. Martínez-Zarzoso. Documentos de Economía y Finanzas Internacionales (DEFI) No. 06/05, Asociación Española de Economía y Finanzas Internacionales (2006). [pdf]
"Problems in applying dynamic panel data models: The case of Chile's market shares in the EU." Mit F. Nowak-Lehmann D., D. Herzer und I. Martínez-Zarzoso. IAI Discussion Paper No. 140, Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Göttingen (2006). [pdf]
"Chile’s Market Share in the EU Market: The Role of Price Competition in a Panel Analysis Setting." Mit F. Nowak-Lehmann D., D. Herzer und I. Martínez-Zarzoso. IAI Discussion Paper No. 139, Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Göttingen (2006). [pdf]
"The Free Trade Agreement between Chile and the EU: Its Potential Impact on Chile’s Export Industry." Mit F. Nowak-Lehmann D. und D. Herzer. IAI Discussion Paper No. 125, Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Göttingen (2005). [pdf]
"Turkey and the Ankara Treaty of 1963: What can Trade Integration Do for Turkish Exports?" Mit F. Nowak-Lehmann D., D. Herzer und I. Martínez-Zarzoso, CeGE Discussion Paper 43, Zentrum für Globalisierung und Europäisierung der Wirtschaft, Göttingen (2005). [pdf]
"The Impact of a Customs Union between Turkey and the EU on Turkey’s Exports to the EU: Past and Future Developments." Mit F. Nowak-Lehmann D., D. Herzer und I. Martínez-Zarzoso. DIW Discussion Paper 483, Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin (2005). [pdf]
Working Papers of Julian Weisbrod:
“Fractionalization, Migration and Growth” together with D. Schüler, Mimeo, 2006
Working Papers of Maria Ziegler:
Optimierungsmöglichkeiten vorausschauender Politikgestaltung. Institutionen staatlicher Planung und Koordination im europäischen Vergleich." Mit C. Knill und M. W. Bauer. Zukunft Regieren. Beiträge für eine gestaltungsfähige Politik, Nr. 2, 2006, Gütersloh: Bertelsmann-Stiftung. [pdf]
