Stephan Klasen

University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Professor

Platz der Goettinger Sieben 3

Goettingen, 37073

Germany

www.vwl.wiso.uni-goettingen.de/klasen.html

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Poschinger Str. 5

Munich, DE-81679

Germany

http://www.CESifo.de

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (45)

1.

Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Measurement and Policy Issues

OECD Working Paper No. 246
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 27 Dec 2005
Stephan Klasen
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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Pro-poor growth, income, growth, inequality, poverty reduction, Bolivia

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Push or Pull? Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation During India's Economic Boom

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6395
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Mar 2012
Stephan Klasen and Janneke Pieters
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and IZA
Downloads 1,007 (39,328)
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female labor force participation, education, India

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Income Inequality and Carbon Emissions

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 29 Feb 2012
University of Göttingen, University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - School of Law, Economics, Social Sciences and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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environmental quality, income inequality, panel data

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Missing Women: A Review of the Debates and an Analysis of Recent Trends

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Nov 2002
Stephan Klasen and Claudia Wink
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and DEG-German Investment and Development Company
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Gender inequality, missing women, developing countries, sex-selective abortion

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How Serious is the Neglect of Intra-Household Inequality in Multi-Dimensional Poverty Indices?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2016
Stephan Klasen and Rahul Lahoti
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and University of Goettingen (Göttingen)
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multi-dimensional poverty, poverty measurment, intra-household inequality, India

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Determinants of Income Mobility and Household Poverty Dynamics in South Africa

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Apr 2004
Ingrid Woolard and Stephan Klasen
University of Port Elizabeth - Department of Economics and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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mobility, poverty, South Africa, household structure

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Gender Segregation in Education and its Implications for Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11660
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Soham Sahoo and Stephan Klasen
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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post-secondary education, STEM, gender, labour market, India

The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 25 Mar 2010
Heidelberg University, University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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World Bank, Aid Effectiveness, Political Influence, United Nations Security Council

The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4820
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Mar 2010
Heidelberg University, University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Yale University - Department of Political Science and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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World Bank, aid effectiveness, political influence, United Nations Security Council

The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2993
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 04 Apr 2010
Heidelberg University, University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Yale University - Department of Political Science and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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World Bank, aid effectiveness, political influence, United Nations Security Council

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The Costs of Missing the Millennium Development Goal on Gender Equity

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Apr 2004
Dina Abu-Ghaida and Stephan Klasen
World Bank and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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gender bias, education, millennium development goals, growth

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Population, Population Density, and Technological Change

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 23 Jun 2004
Stephan Klasen and Thorsten Nestmann
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and University of Mainz - Department of Economics
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Geography vs. Institutions at the Village Level

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2259
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Mar 2008
Michael Grimm, Michael Grimm and Stephan Klasen
Erasmus University RotterdamUniversity of Passau and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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geography, migration, land rights, institutions, technology adoption, agricultural development, Indonesia

Geography vs. Institutions at the Village Level

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3391
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Michael Grimm, Michael Grimm and Stephan Klasen
Erasmus University RotterdamUniversity of Passau and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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geography, migration, land rights, institutions, technology adoption, agricultural development, Indonesia

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Growth, Income Distribution, and Well-Being: Comparisons Across Space and Time

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Feb 2003
Carola Gruen, Carola Gruen and Stephan Klasen
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Economics and Business SciencesGovernment of the Federal Republic of Germany - Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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A Turning Point in Gender Bias in Mortality? An Update on the Number of 'Missing Women'

Munich Discussion Paper Series No. 01-13
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Oct 2001
Stephan Klasen and Claudia Wink
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and DEG-German Investment and Development Company
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Missing Women, Gender Bias, Mortality, Developing Countries

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Of Donor Coordination, Free-Riding, Darlings, and Orphans: The Dependence of Bilateral Aid on Other Bilateral Giving

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4177
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Apr 2013
Ronald B. Davies and Stephan Klasen
University College Dublin (UCD) and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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aid, donor coordination, aid darlings, aid orphans

Surviving Unemployment Without State Support: Unemployment and Household Formation in South Africa

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Mar 2001
Stephan Klasen and Ingrid Woolard
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and University of Port Elizabeth - Department of Economics
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Unemployment, Household Formation, South Africa, Incentive Effects

Surviving Unemployment Without State Support: Unemployment and Household Formation in South Africa

Journal of African Economies, Vol. 18, Issue 1, pp. 1-51, 2009
Posted: 31 Dec 2008
Stephan Klasen and Ingrid Woolard
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and University of Cape Town - Faculty of Commerce - School of Economics

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J23, J12, J61, O15

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Poverty, Undernutrition, and Child Mortality: Some Inter-Regional Puzzles and Their Implications for Research and Policy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2509
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Jan 2007
Stephan Klasen
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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millennium development goals, undernutrition, child mortality, poverty

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Employment Transitions of Women in India: A Panel Analysis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11086
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Oct 2017
Sudipa Sarkar, Soham Sahoo and Stephan Klasen
University of Warwick, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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female labour force participation, employment transition, panel data, sample selection, attrition, India

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Measuring Chronic Non-Income Poverty

Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper No. 79
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Feb 2011
Isabel Günther and Stephan Klasen
ETH Zürich - Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (GESS) and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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intergenerational transmission of poverty, data, USA, south-north

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Geo-Additive Models of Childhood Undernutrition in Three Sub-Saharan African Countries

University of Munich SFB 386 Working Paper No. 287
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Sep 2002
Ngianga B. Kandala, Ludwig Fahrmeir and Stephan Klasen
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Department of Statistics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Department of Statistics and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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Sub-Saharan Africa, Geo-Additive Models, Undernutrition, Spatial Analysis, Semiparametric Bayesian Analysis

What Explains the Stagnation of Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7597
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Sep 2013
Stephan Klasen and Janneke Pieters
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and IZA
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female labor force participation, education, India

What Explains the Stagnation of Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7222
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Stephan Klasen and Janneke Pieters
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and IZA
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Rural Labor Markets, Labor Markets, Labor Standards, Educational Sciences

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Intra-Household Gender Disparities in Children's Medical Care Before Death in India

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Discussion Paper No. 2586
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Feb 2007
Abay Asfaw, Stephan Klasen and Francesca Lamanna
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and World Bank - Financial Sector Department
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gender discrimination, access to health care, place of death, India

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The Impact of Senai's Vocational Training Programme on Employment, Wages, and Mobility in Brazil: What Lessons for Sub Saharan Africa?

IRIBA Working Paper: 05
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 26 Sep 2014
Carlos Villalobos and Stephan Klasen
University of Talca - Facultad de Economía y Negocios and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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Labour markets, vocational training, school to work transition, Brazil, Africa

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What Drives Female Labor Force Participation? Comparable Micro-Level Evidence from Eight Developing and Emerging Economies

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12067
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 28 Jan 2019
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, IZA, University of Goettingen (Göttingen) and University of Goettingen (Göttingen)
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female labor force participation, gender, labor markets, development

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Analysis of the Determinants of Fertility Decline in the Czech Republic

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Oct 2003
Stephan Klasen and Andrey Launov
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and University of Wuerzburg
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fertility decline, transition countries, semiparametric estimation

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Gender and Multidimensional Poverty in Nicaragua: An Individual-Based Approach

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 11 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2018
José Espinoza-Delgado and Stephan Klasen
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Downloads 103 (441,234)
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multidimensional poverty measurement, intra-household inequality, gender gaps in poverty, Latin America, Nicaragua

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Unemployment Benefits and Unemployment Rates of Low-Skilled and Elder Workers in West Germany: A Search Equilibrium Approach

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Jun 2004
Andrey Launov, Joachim Wolff and Stephan Klasen
University of Wuerzburg, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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search equilibrium, unemployment benefit, parametric estimation, Germany

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Labor Force Participation of Women in the EU – What Role Do Family Policies Play?

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Apr 2015
Agnieszka Gehringer and Stephan Klasen
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - School of Law, Economics, Social Sciences and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Downloads 87 (492,287)
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labor force participation, part-time employment, full-time employment, family policies, European Union

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Why We Don't See Poverty Convergence: The Role of Macroeconomic Volatility

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Nov 2013
Vienna University of Economics and Business, University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business
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poverty convergence, macroeconomic volatility

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A Household-Based Human Development Index

UNDP-HDRO Occasional Papers No. 2010/22
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 09 Nov 2013
Kenneth Harttgen and Stephan Klasen
University of Zurich and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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There Is Poverty Convergence

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 21 Jan 2016
Vienna University of Economics and Business, University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and University of Groningen - Faculty of Economics and Business
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poverty convergence, economic growth, poverty trap, transition economies

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Reconsidering the Income-Illness Relationship Using Distributional Regression – An Application to Germany

SOEPpaper No. 931
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Sep 2017
University of Goettingen (Göttingen), University of Pennsylvania, University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and University of Goettingen (Göttingen)
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Attracting Attentive Academics: Paper, Person or Place?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Jun 2015
Isabel Günther, Melanie Grosse and Stephan Klasen
ETH Zürich - Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (GESS), University of Goettingen (Göttingen) and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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Economists, Conference, Preferences, Gender Differences

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Maternal Mortality, Religion and the Enrolment of Girls and Boys: Is There a Link?

Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper No. 197
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 May 2014
Arusha V. Cooray and Stephan Klasen
Embassy of Sri Lanka, Oslo and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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Maternal mortality, enrolment of girls, enrolment of boys, religion

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Gesture Politics or Real Commitment?

Gesture politics or real commitment? Gender inequality and the allocation of aid. UNU WIDER Working Paper No. 2013/079
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Dec 2013
Kai Gehring, Kai Gehring, Axel Dreher and Stephan Klasen
Heidelberg UniversityUniversity of Zurich - Chair of Political Economy, Heidelberg University and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Downloads 47 (675,385)
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aid allocation, gender inequality, sector-specific aid, political economy, development, female empowerment

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How the New International Goal for Child Mortality is Unfair to Africa (Again)

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 407
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Jun 2015
Simon Lange and Stephan Klasen
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Downloads 41 (713,510)
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MDGs, SDGs, under-five mortality, Africa

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The Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Structural Change

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15966
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Feb 2023
ETH Zürich, Erasmus University RotterdamUniversity of Passau, ETH Zürich, University of Zurich and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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demographic transition, fertility, structural change, human capital, sub-Saharan Africa

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An Asian Poverty Line? Issues and Options

ADBI Working Paper 609
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Jan 2017
Stephan Klasen
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
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poverty, poverty line, poverty measurement

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The Impact of SENAI's Vocational Training Program on Employment, Wages, and Mobility in Brazil: Lessons for Sub Saharan Africa?

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 62, 2016
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Dec 2016
Carlos Villalobos and Stephan Klasen
University of Talca - Facultad de Economía y Negocios and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Downloads 27 (818,508)

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Labour markets; Vocational training; School to work transition; Brazil; Africa

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Counting Missing Women – A Reconciliation of the ‘Flow Measure’ and the ‘Stock Measure’

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15778
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Dec 2022
Cara Ebert, Stephan Klasen and Sebastian Vollmer
RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Centre for Modern Indian Studies
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missing women, gender bias, mortality, disease, age, Sub-Saharan Africa, China, India

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Diverging Identification of the Poor: A Non-Random Process – Chile 1992-2017

World Development, Vol. 130, No. 104944, 2020
Posted: 24 Apr 2020
Carlos Villalobos and Stephan Klasen
University of Talca - Facultad de Economía y Negocios and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

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Multidimensional Poverty; Monetary Poverty; Identification of the Poor; Measures of Association; Household Ineligibility

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The Impact of Gender Inequality on Economic Performance in Developing Countries

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp. 279-298, 2018
Posted: 29 Oct 2018
Stephan Klasen
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

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Has Transition Improved Well-Being?

Economic Systems, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2012
Posted: 28 Mar 2012
Carola Gruen, Carola Gruen and Stephan Klasen
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Economics and Business SciencesGovernment of the Federal Republic of Germany - Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

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Transition economies, Well-being, Income inequality, Subjective welfare measures

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Growth, Inequality, and Welfare: Comparisons Across Space and Time

Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 212-236, 2008
Posted: 24 Jun 2008
Carola Gruen, Carola Gruen and Stephan Klasen
University of the Witwatersrand - School of Economics and Business SciencesGovernment of the Federal Republic of Germany - Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

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Growth, Income Distribution and Well-Being in Transition Countries

Posted: 10 Nov 2003
Stephan Klasen, Carola Gruen and Carola Gruen
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and University of the Witwatersrand - School of Economics and Business SciencesGovernment of the Federal Republic of Germany - Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

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transition economies, well-being, inequality, income distribution.

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Women: Revisiting the Debate

Posted: 13 Nov 2002
Stephan Klasen and Claudia Wink
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and DEG-German Investment and Development Company

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Gender inequality, missing women, developing countries, sex-selective abortion