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Work in progress
Journal publications
Book chapters
Book reviews
Other publications
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New
papers
"Household-Level Consumption in
Urban Ethiopia: The Impact of Food Price Inflation and Idiosyncratic
Shocks
,"
March 2010 (with Yonas Alem). University of Gothenburg.
“Pursuing the Wrong Options? Adjustment Costs and the
Relationship between Uncertainty and Capital
Accumulation
,” February 2010
(with Steve Bond and Guiying Wu). University of Gothenburg. The
Online Appendix can be obtained here
.
Submitted.
" African firms in the
global economy
," February 2010 (with Arne Bigsten). Review
of Market Integration, conditionally accepted.
" A Rural Urban Comparison of Manufacturing
Enterprise Performance in Ethiopia
," World Development, forthcoming, Fall 2010 (with
Josef Loening
and Bob
Rijkers).
“ Gradual Trade
Liberalization and Firm Performance in Ethiopia
,” November 2009 (with Arne Bigsten and Mulu Gebreeyesus).
University of Gothenburg. Submitted.
“Conditional Investment-Cash
Flow Sensitivities and Financing Constraints ,” August 2009 (with Steve Bond).
Resubmitted to Journal of the European Economic
Association. Appendix. An
earlier version of the paper (from 2006) can be obtained here.
Work in progress
"The diffusion
of technology and contractual practices among African
manufacturing firms," joint with Marcel Fafchamps. First draft to appear
very soon. To view the abstract, click
here
.
“Market Integration and
Structural Transformation in a Poor Rural
Economy ," March 2009, Policy
Research Working Paper 4856 (with Bob Rijkers). Washington D.C: The
World Bank. Submitted.
“Who Benefits from Improved Property Rights?
Heterogeneous Titling Effects on Housing Investment in Urban Peru,” new version
coming soon (with Oswaldo Molina).
“Agglomeration Effects in Ethiopian
Manufacturing
,”
October 2008 (with Arne Bigsten and Mulu Gebreeyesus).
“A Structural Estimation of the Effects of
Uncertainty on Capital Accumulation with Heterogeneous
Firms
,” October 2008 (with
Steve Bond and Guiying Wu).
“Non-farm Enterprise Performance in Risky and Remote
Areas,” September 2008 (with Bob Rijkers).
“Nonfarm
Microenterprise Performance and the Investment Climate: Evidence
from Rural Ethiopia,” Policy Research Working Paper 4577, March
2008. Washington D.C: The World Bank (with Josef Loening and Bob
Rijkers).
“Uncertainty
and Capital Accumulation: Empirical Evidence for African and Asian
Firms,” October 2007 (with Steve Bond and Guiying Wu).
“Investment
and Financial Constraints: Empirical Evidence for Firms in Brazil
and China,” October 2007 (with Steve Bond and Guiying
Wu).
"Identification
and Estimation of Cobb-Douglas Production Parameters from Micro
Data,” July 2006 (with Steve Bond.) This is a revised version of
“Adjustment Costs and the Identification of Cobb Douglas Production
Functions,” IFS Working Paper WP05/04 (with Steve Bond). London: The
Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Journal
publications
"African firms in the global economy," Review
of Market Integration, conditionally accepted (with Arne
Bigsten).
"A Rural Urban Comparison of
Manufacturing Enterprise Performance in Ethiopia," World
Development, forthcoming, Fall 2010 (with Josef Loening and Bob
Rijkers).
“Job
Sorting in African Labor Markets,” 2009, Journal of African
Economies 18, pp. 824-868 (with Marcel Fafchamps and Najy
Benhassine).
“Post-Conflict Risks,” 2008, Journal of Peace Research
45:4, pp. 461-478 (with Paul Collier and Anke
Hoeffler).
“Exporting from Manufacturing Firms in Sub-Saharan
Africa,” 2006, Journal of African Economies 15:4, pp.671-687 (with
Neil Rankin and Francis Teal).
“What Have We Learned from a Decade of Manufacturing
Enterprise Surveys in Africa?” 2006, World Bank Research Observer
21:2, pp. 241-265 (with Arne Bigsten).
“The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and
Tanzanian Manufacturing,” 2006, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and
Statistics 68:3, pp. 261-288 (with Francis Teal, Anthony Wambugu and
Godius Kahyarara).
“Wages and Labor Management in African Manufacturing,”
2006, Journal of Human Resources 41:2, pp. 346-379 (with Marcel
Fafchamps).
“The Determinants of Survival Among African
Manufacturing Firms,” 2006, Economic Development and Cultural Change
54:3, pp. 533-556 (with Alan Harding and Francis Teal).
“Adjustment Costs, Irreversibility and Investment
Patterns in African Manufacturing,” 2005, The B.E. Journals in
Economic Analysis & Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis
& Policy 4:1 Article 12, pp. 1–27 (with Arne Bigsten, Paul
Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Bernard Gauthier, Jan
Willem Gunning, Remco Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo and Francis
Teal).
“Unobserved Heterogeneity and the Relation between
Earnings and Firm Size: Evidence from Two Developing Countries,”
2005, Economics Letters 87, pp. 153-159 (with Francis Teal and
Anthony Wambugu).
“Size and Efficiency in African Manufacturing Firms:
Evidence from Firm-Level Panel Data,” 2004, Journal of Development
Economics 73, pp. 369-394 (with Francis
Teal).
“On the Duration of Civil War,” 2004, Journal of Peace
Research 41:3, pp. 253-273 (with Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler).
“Do
African Manufacturing Firm Learn from Exporting?” 2004, Journal of
Development Studies 40:3, pp. 115-141 (with Arne Bigsten, Paul
Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Bernard Gauthier, Jan
Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo,
Francis Teal, and Albert Zeufack).
“Risk Sharing in Labour Markets,” 2003,World Bank
Economic Review 17:3, pp. 349-366 (with Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier,
Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem
Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo, Francis
Teal, and Albert Zeufack).
“Are manufacturing exports the key to economic success
in Africa?” 2003, Journal of African Economies 12:1, pp. 1-29 (with
Francis Teal).
“Credit Constraints in Manufacturing Enterprises in
Africa,” 2003, Journal of African Economies 12:1, pp. 104-125 (with
Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Bernard
Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp,
Catherine Pattillo, Francis Teal, and Albert
Zeufack).
“Skills, Investment and Exports from Manufacturing
Firms in Africa,” 2000, Journal of Development Studies 37(2), pp.
13-43 (with Francis Teal).
“Rates of Return on Physical and Human Capital in
Africa's Manufacturing Sector,” 2000, Economic Development and
Cultural Change 48(4), pp. 801-827 (with Simon Appleton, Arne
Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Bernard
Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp,
Catherine Pattillo, Francis Teal, and Albert
Zeufack).
“Contract Flexibility and Dispute Resolution in African
Manufacturing,” 2000, Journal of Development Studies 36(4), pp.
1-37, (with Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel
Fafchamps, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco
Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo, Francis Teal, and Albert
Zeufack).
“Investment in Africa's Manufacturing Sector: a Four
Country Panel Data Analysis,” 1999, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and
Statistics 61(4), pp. 489-512 (with Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier,
Stefan Dercon, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Anders
Isaksson, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo, Michel
Sylvain, Francis Teal, and Albert
Zeufack).
“The Export Orientation of African Manufacturing: a
Firm Level Analysis,” 1999, Journal of International Trade and
Economic Development, 8(1), pp. 53-71 (with Arne Bigsten, Paul
Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Bernard Gauthier, Jan
Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo,
Francis Teal, and Albert Zeufack).
Book
chapters
"The Manufacturing
Sector ," Chapter 10
in (ed.) C. Adam, P. Collier and N. Ndung'u. Kenya: Policies
for
Prosperity.
Oxford University Press and Central Bank of Kenya (with Arne Bigsten
and Peter Kimuyu; forthcoming).
“Is
Education a Path to Gender Equality in the Labour Market? Evidence
from Pakistan”, (with Monazza Aslam and Geeta Kingdon), forthcoming
in Tembon, M. and L. Fort (eds.) Educating Girls for the 21st
Century: Gender Equality, Empowerment and Economic Growth.
Washington D.C: The World Bank.
”How
can policy towards manufacturing in Africa reduce poverty? A review
of the current evidence from cross-country firm studies,” 2004,
(with Francis Teal), in Wohlmuth, K, A. Gutowski, T. Knedlik, M.
Meyn and S. Pitamber (eds.) African Development Perspectives
Yearbook 2002/03. African Entrepreneurship and Private Sector
Development. Muenster, Germany: Lit-Verlag.
“Investment
Behaviour,” 2002, Chapter 7 in Structure and Performance of
Manufacturing in Kenya (Eds. Arne Bigsten and Peter Kimuyu),
Palgrave.
“Exporting
and Efficiency in African Manufacturing,” 2001, in Policies to
Promote Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa (Eds.
A. K. Fosu, S. M. Nsouli, A. Varoudakis), (with Arne Bigsten, Paul
Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Bernard Gauthier, Jan
Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo,
Francis Teal, and Albert Zeufack). Paris: IMF, AERC and Development
Centre of the OECD.
Book
reviews
Review
of Pathways Out of Poverty: Private Firms and Economic Mobility in
Developing Countries, Fields, Gary S. and Guy Pfeffermann (eds.),
2003, London, Boston: Kluwer. The
World Economy, 2005, 28(8), pp.
1192-93.
Other
publications and working papers that are unlikely to
progress
“Education,
Skills, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Pakistan,”
Education Working Paper Series, no. 11, May 2008 (with Geeta
Kingdon). Washington D.C: The World Bank.
“Education,
Skills, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Ghana,” Education
Working Paper Series, no. 12, May 2008 (with Geeta Kingdon).
Washington D.C: The World Bank.
”Vad
krävs för att tillverkningsindustrin i Afrika ska växa?” 2007,
Ekonomisk Debatt 7, pp. 44-55 (with Arne Bigsten). In
Swedish (”How can the manufacturing sector in Africa
grow?”).
“Competition and Exports Key for Manufacturing,” Daily
Brief Article for Oxford Analytica,
2006.
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