Education
2002 Sociology, Political Science, and Japanese Studies, University of Bonn
2007 PhD Economics, University of Göttingen
Professional Positions
Since 2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development University of Göttingen
2006-2007 Senior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn
2002-2005 Research Assistant, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn
Publications
Seebens, H. and P. Wobst. 2008. “The Gender Gap in Secondary Education in Africa”. In: Knudsen, H. (ed.): Secondary Education: Challenges and Issues, Nova Science Publishers: New York.
Ellis, A., M. Blackden, J. Cutura, F. MacCulloch, H. Seebens. 2007. “Gender and Economic Growth in Tanzania: Creating Opportunities for Women”, The World Bank: Washington, DC.
Seebens, H. and P. Wobst. 2005. “The Impact of Increased School Enrollment on Economic Growth in Tanzania”, African Development Review, 17 (2): 274-301.
Darasteanu, C, M. Rusu, H. Seebens and P. Wobst. 2005. “The Linkages between Location of Sunflower and Sugar Beet Production and Related Processing Industries”, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 2(8): 60-77.
Rusu, M., H. Seebens, P. Wobst and B. Balint. 2005. “The Agricultural Household in Romania - An Agroregional Analysis”, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 2(8): 30-44.
Working Papers
Seebens, H. 2007. “One size fits all? Female Headed Households, Income risk and Access to Resources”.
Seebens, H. 2007. “Household Expenditure, Female Headed Households and the Estimation of Equivalence Scales”.
Seebens, H. 2007. “Bargaining over Fertility in Rural Ethiopia”.
Seebens, H. 2007. “Female Headed Households and Patterns of Demand in Tanzania”.
Seebens, H. 2006. “The Contribution of Women’s Off-Farm Income to Decreasing Poverty”
Conference presentations
5/2008 Third IZA/World Bank Conference on Employment and Development, Rabat: “One size fits all? Female Headed Households, Income risk and Access to Resources”.
6/2008 XXII Annual Conference of the European Society of Population Economics, London: “Child Welfare and Old-Age Security in Female Headed Households in Tanzania”
3/2008 CSAE Conference: Economic Development in Africa, Oxford: “One size fits all? Female Headed Households, Income risk and Access to Resources”.
9/2007 PEGNET Conference, Berlin: “One size fits all? Female headed households and access to resources”
3/2007 CSAE Conference: Economic Development in Africa, Oxford: “Bargaining over Fertility in Rural Ethiopia”
9/2006 Annual Congress of ‘Verein für Socialpolitik, Public Investment and Infrastructure under Tight Public Budgets’, Bayreuth: “Bargaining Power and Efficiency – The Case of Rural Ethiopian Households”
7/2006 XX. Annual Conference of the European Society of Population Economics, Verona: “Bargaining over Fertility in Rural Ethiopia”
6/2006 Annual Conference of ‘Verein für Socialpolitik: Research Committee Development Economics’, Berlin: “Bargaining over Fertility in Rural Ethiopia”
5/2006 Fifth EUDN Workshop on Development Research for Doctoral Students, Bonn: “Household Food Expenditure, Female Headed Households, and the Estimation of Equivalence Scales”
4/2006 Gender Workshop, ZEF, Bonn: “Bargaining over Fertility in Rural Ethiopia”
10/2004 Deutscher Tropentag, Berlin: “Markets and Husbands: Farming and Female Headed Households in Kenya”
07/2004 8th Biennial Scientific Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economists, Montreal: “Markets and Husbands: Soil Conservation and Female Headed Households in Kenya”
06/2003 International Conference on Policy Modeling (EcoMod2003), Istanbul: “Social and Individual Costs of Child Labor”
Seminars
12/2006 Research Seminar, Economics Department, University of Münster: Household Expenditure, Female Headed Households, and the Estimation of Equivalence Scales
11/2006 Bonn Center for International Conversion (BICC): Population Growth and Conflict
10/2005 International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC: Intrahousehold Bargaining, Fertility and Efficient Production in Ethiopia
5/2006 Roundtable with Amartya Sen on Issues of Measurement of Poverty and Inequality, University of Göttingen: Female Headed Households and Patterns of Demand in Tanzania
10/2004 Staff Seminar, Chair for Economic Theory and Development Economics, University of Göttingen: Female Headed Households and Patterns of Demand in Tanzania
07/2004 Staff Seminar, Chair for Economic Theory and Development Economics, ^ University of Göttingen: Bargaining over Fertility in Ethiopia
Research Stays and Workshops
10/2006 DFID, World Bank, REPOA, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Various International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Dep’t. „Development Strategy and Governance“ and “Food Consumption and Nutrition”, Washington, USA
06/2005 Institute of Agricultural Economics, Bucharest, Romania
04/2005 University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Bunda College of Agriculture, Lilongwe, Malawi
11/2004 – 12/2004 Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
06/2003 Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Dar es Salaam,
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