Yashodhan Ghorpade

High-Skilled Migration from Myanmar: Responses to Signals of Political and Economic Stabilization

Muhammad Saad Imtiaz, Theingie Han, Yashodhan Ghorpade

In recent years Myanmar has witnessed considerable economic and political instability, leading many young people, particularly the higher-skilled, to consider migrating abroad for improved prospects. […]

From Conflict to Compromise: Experimental Evidence on Occupational Downgrading in Migration from Myanmar

Muhammad Saad Imtiaz, Yashodhan Ghorpade

We examine the relationship between violent conflict and the willingness of potential migrants to accept lower skilled work (occupational downgrading). We develop a theoretical model […]

Extending a Lifeline or Cutting Losses? Conflict and Household Receipts of Remittances in Pakistan

Yashodhan Ghorpade

I examine the causal effects of long-term exposure to conflict, measured at the micro level, onhouseholds’ receipt of remittances. Using IV estimation to overcome the […]

Calamity, Conflict and Cash Transfers: How Violence Affects Access to Aid in Pakistan

Yashodhan Ghorpade

I examine how prior exposure to conflict affected household-level access to cash transfer programmes in the aftermath of the massive 2010 floods in Pakistan. Using […]

Can Rigorous Impact Evaluations Improve Humanitarian Assistance?

Jyotsna Puri Anastasia Aladysheva Vegard Iversen, Tilman Brück, Yashodhan Ghorpade

Abstract: Despite the widespread occurrence of humanitarian emergencies such as epidemics, earthquakes, droughts, floods and violent conflict and despite the significant financial resources devoted to […]

Coping Strategies in Natural Disasters and under Conflict: A Review of Household Responses and Notes for Public Policy

Yashodhan Ghorpade

This paper attempts to examine the broad theoretical and empirical literature on how poor households respond to shocks to their incomes and livelihoods brought upon […]