HiCN Working Papers Series
High-Skilled Migration from Myanmar: Responses to Signals of Political and Economic Stabilization
Yashodhan Ghorpade, Muhammad Saad Imtiaz and Theingie Han
Despite the rising incidence of poverty in Nigeria and the increasing frequency of anti-government protests driven by citizens’ inability to meet their basic food needs, […]
Yashodhan Ghorpade, Muhammad Saad Imtiaz
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
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
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?
Yashodhan Ghorpade, Tilman Brück, Jyotsna Puri Anastasia Aladysheva Vegard Iversen
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 […]
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 […]