Niels-Hugo Blunch

Washington and Lee University

Professor

Department of Economics

Lexington, VA 24450

United States

http://www.wlu.edu/williams-school/economics/faculty-and-staff/profile?ID=x258

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Research Fellow

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

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Revisiting the Link between Poverty and Child Labor: The Ghanaian Experience

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Revisiting the Link between Poverty and Child Labor: The Ghanaian Experience

CLS Working Paper No. 01-03
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Feb 2002
Niels-Hugo Blunch and Dorte Verner
Washington and Lee University and World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region
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Africa, Ghana, child labor, human capital accumulation, poverty

Revisiting the Link between Poverty and Child Labor: The Ghanaian Experience

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Niels-Hugo Blunch and Dorte Verner
Washington and Lee University and World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region
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Changing Norms About Gender Inequality in Education: Evidence from Bangladesh

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Changing Norms About Gender Inequality in Education: Evidence from Bangladesh

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4404
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Niels-Hugo Blunch and Maitreyi Bordia Das
Washington and Lee University and World Bank
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Gender and Development, Population Policies, Primary Education, Gender and Law, Access & Equity in Basic Education

Changing Norms About Gender Inequality in Education: Evidence from Bangladesh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8365
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Aug 2014
Niels-Hugo Blunch and Maitreyi Bordia Das
Washington and Lee University and World Bank
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gender education inequality norms, human capital, decomposition analysis, Bangladesh

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Is Functional Literacy a Prerequisite for Entering the Labor Market? An Analysis of the Determinants of Adult Literacy and Earnings in Ghana

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Mar 2002
Niels-Hugo Blunch and Dorte Verner
Washington and Lee University and World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region
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Sector Growth and the Dual Economy Model: Evidence from Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, and Zimbabwe

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Niels-Hugo Blunch and Dorte Verner
Washington and Lee University and World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region
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Evaluating Job Training in Two Chinese Cities

Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 77-94, 2009, Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper No. 05-111
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2010
Benu Bidani, Niels-Hugo Blunch, Chor-Ching Goh and Christopher J. O'Leary
World Bank, Washington and Lee University, The World Bank and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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Active labor market programs, job training, impact evaluation, propensity score matching, China

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Literacy, Skills and Welfare: Effects of Participation in Adult Literacy Programs

Economics Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 17-66, October 2011
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2011
Niels-Hugo Blunch and Claus C. Pörtner
Washington and Lee University and Seattle University - Albers School of Business and Economics
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Literacy, program evaluation, consumption, poverty, Ghana

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Income Convergence and the Flow Out of Poverty in India, 1994-2005

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Income Convergence and the Flow Out of Poverty in India, 1994-2005

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Sep 2013
Paola Barrientos Quiroga, Niels-Hugo Blunch and Nabanita Datta Gupta
Aarhus University - School of Business and Social Sciences, Washington and Lee University and Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University
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Income determination, India, Household income, Poverty, Castes, Convergence

Income Convergence and the Flow Out of Poverty in India, 1994-2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8929
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Mar 2015
Paola Barrientos Quiroga, Niels-Hugo Blunch and Nabanita Datta Gupta
Aarhus University - School of Business and Social Sciences, Washington and Lee University and Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University
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income convergence, poverty transition, endogeneity, measurement error, IHDS & HDPI data

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Asymmetries in Union Relative Wage Effects in Ghanaian Manufacturing - an Analysis Applying Quantile Regressions

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Feb 2002
Niels-Hugo Blunch and Dorte Verner
Washington and Lee University and World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region
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The Winner Takes it All: Internal Migration, Education and Wages in Ethiopia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8926
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Mar 2015
Niels-Hugo Blunch and Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi
Washington and Lee University and World Bank
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internal migration, wages, education, Ethiopia

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Multidimensional Human Capital, Wages and Endogenous Employment Status in Ghana

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3906
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Jan 2009
Niels-Hugo Blunch
Washington and Lee University
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wage equations, employment status, human capital, literacy and numeracy, cognitive and non-cognitive skills, formal education, adult literacy programs, Ghana

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The Financial Crisis, Labor Market Transitions and Earnings: A Gendered Panel Data Analysis for Serbia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6151
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Dec 2011
Niels-Hugo Blunch and Victor Sulla
Washington and Lee University and World Bank - Research Department
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financial crisis, gender, labor market flows, transition probabilities, earnings growth, panel data, Serbia

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The Last of the Lost Generations? Formal and Non-Formal Education in Ghana During Times of Economic Decline and Recovery

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11513
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 14 May 2018
Niels-Hugo Blunch and Jeffrey S. Hammer
Washington and Lee University and Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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human capital, formal and non-formal education, adult literacy programs, cohort analysis, Ghana

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A Teenager in Love: Multidimensional Human Capital and Teenage Pregnancy in Ghana

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10663
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Niels-Hugo Blunch
Washington and Lee University
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literacy, human capital, teenage pregnancy, adult literacy programs, Ghana

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Just Like a Woman? New Comparative Evidence on the Gender Income Gap Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11530
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 30 May 2018
Niels-Hugo Blunch
Washington and Lee University
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gender, income gap, Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, detailed decomposition, maternity/paternity leave policies, Eastern Europe and Central Asia

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Under Pressure? Assessing the Roles of Skills and Other Personal Resources for Work-Life Strains

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 15/18
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Feb 2019
Niels-Hugo Blunch, David C. Ribar and Mark Western
Washington and Lee University, University of Melbourne and University of Queensland - Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR)
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work-family strains and gains, cognitive abilities, skills, household resources, Australia, HILDA survey

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My Choice: Female Contraceptive Use Autonomy in Bangladesh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11654
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 01 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Niels-Hugo Blunch
Washington and Lee University
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spousal education differentials, female autonomy, contraceptive use, gender norms, decomposition analysis, Bangladesh

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Bound to Lose, Bound to Win? The Financial Crisis and the Informal-Formal Sector Earnings Gap in Serbia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9231
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Sep 2015
Niels-Hugo Blunch
Washington and Lee University
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detailed earnings decomposition, earnings decomposition, labor market segmentation, formal-informal sector earnings gap, international financial crisis, Serbia

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The effectiveness of teamwork for student academic outcomes: Evidence from a field experiment *

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Dec 2024
Ritwik  Banerjee , Niels-Hugo Blunch, Daniele Cassese, Nabanita Datta Gupta and Paolo Pin
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Washington and Lee University, University of Cambridge, Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University and University of Siena - Dipartimento di Economia Politica
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cooperative learning methods, jigsaw, peer effects

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The Effectiveness of Teamwork for Student Academic Outcomes: Evidence from a Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17362
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Oct 2024
Ritwik  Banerjee , Niels-Hugo Blunch, Daniele Cassese, Nabanita Datta Gupta and Paolo Pin
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Washington and Lee University, University of Cambridge, Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University and University of Siena - Dipartimento di Economia Politica
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cooperative learning methods, jigsaw, peer effects

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Asymmetries in the Union Wage Premium in Ghana

The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 18, Issue 2, pp. 237-252, 2004
Posted: 29 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2019
Niels-Hugo Blunch and Dorte Verner
Washington and Lee University and World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region

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Chemical intolerance, environment, environmentalintolerance, hypersensitivity, MCS, multiple chemicalsensitivity, olfaction, unexplained symptoms