Main research interests

Development economics, Applied econometrics, Impact evaluation, Latin America

Publications in refereed journals

• The biological standard of living in La Paz (Bolivia), 1880s-1920s: persistent stagnation and inequality. 2020. Economics and Human Biology, Available online 1 February 2020, 100849. (with J. Peres-Cajías, N. Caspa)
• Achieving “25 by 25”: actions to make women's labour inclusion a G20 priority. 2018. Global Solutions Journal, Volume 1, Issue 2, pages 125-136. (with G. Díaz Langou, F. Caro Sachetti, E. Rivero Fuentes, M. Beneke de Sanfeliu, C.L. Drakeman, P. Ochoa, C. Robino, & A. Sorgner)
• The institutional basis of gender inequality: the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI). 2014. Feminist Economics, Volume 20, Issue 2, pages 29-64. (With S. Klasen,  M. Ziegler, D. Drechsler, & J. Jütting)
• Gender inequality in social institutions and gendered development outcomes. 2013. World Development, Volume 45, pages 252-268. (With S. Klasen & M. Ziegler)

Books (author)

• Social Institutions, Gender Inequality, and Regional Convergence in Developing Countries. 2012. Peter Lang.
  

Books (editor)

• EL ABC del Desarrollo en Bolivia. 2016. Fundación INESAD. (Coed. Andersen, L.E., & Canelas, S.)
  

Chapters in Books

• Introducción al ABC del Desarrollo en Bolivia. 2016. In Andersen, L.E., Branisa, B., & Canelas, S. (Eds.) EL ABC del Desarrollo en Bolivia. Fundación INESAD. (With Andersen, L.E.)
  
• Demografía. 2016. In Andersen, L.E., Branisa, B., & Canelas, S. (Eds.) EL ABC del Desarrollo en Bolivia. Fundación INESAD. (With Jemio. L.C., Kornacka, M., & Cardona, M.)
  
• Género. 2016. In Andersen, L.E., Branisa, B., & Canelas, S. (Eds.) EL ABC del Desarrollo en Bolivia. Fundación INESAD. (With Doyle, A.S., Soria, F.E., Andersen, L.E., & Valdivia, M.)
  
• Luz eléctrica. 2016. In Andersen, L.E., Branisa, B., & Canelas, S. (Eds.) EL ABC del Desarrollo en Bolivia. Fundación INESAD. (With Andersen, L.E., Cardona, M., & Zegarra, N.)
  
• Nutrición. 2016. In Andersen, L.E., Branisa, B., & Canelas, S. (Eds.) EL ABC del Desarrollo en Bolivia. Fundación INESAD. (With Zegarra, N., Cardona, C., y Cardona, M.)
  
• Salud. 2016. In Andersen, L.E., Branisa, B., & Canelas, S. (Eds.) EL ABC del Desarrollo en Bolivia. Fundación INESAD. (With Andersen, L.E., & Cardona, M.)
  
• Saneamiento básico. 2016. In Andersen, L.E., Branisa, B., & Canelas, S. (Eds.) EL ABC del Desarrollo en Bolivia. Fundación INESAD. (With Kornacka, M., y Cardona, M.)
  
• Wawas con wawas. 2016. In Andersen, L.E., Branisa, B., & Canelas, S. (Eds.) EL ABC del Desarrollo en Bolivia. Fundación INESAD. (With Andersen, L.E., Beyer, D., Alonso Álvarez, S., & Cardona, M.)
  
• Social Institutions and Gender Inequality in Fragile States: Are They Relevant for the Post-MDG Debate?. 2016. In Bhattacharya, D. & Ordoñez Llanos, A. (Eds.) Southern Perspectives on the Post - 2015 International Development Agenda. (Routledge Explorations in Development Studies). Routledge. (with C. Cardona)
  

Recent work

• “The Biological Standard of Living in Urban Bolivia, 1880s – 1920s: Stagnation and Persistent Inequality”. With José Peres-Cajias & Nigel Caspa, Development Research Working Paper Series No 03/2019. INESAD, 2019.
  
• “Women’s Economic Empowerment: Strengthening Public and Private Sector Impact through Accountability and Measurement (SDG 5)”. With Margo Thomas, Eleanor Carey, Jaclyn Berfond, Yolanda Gibb, Colette Henry , Eun Kyung Kim , Gala Díaz Langou, Karen Miller, Mari Miura, Nicola Patterson, Smita Premchander & Linda Scott. In:  2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE G20, JICA Research Institute, 2019.
  
• “Social Institutions and Gender Inequality in Fragile States: Are They Relevant for the Post-MDG Debate?”. With C. Cardona. Southern Voice Occasional Paper Series 21, Southern Voice on Post-MDG International Development Goals, 2015.
• “Reexamining the link between gender and corruption: The role of social institutions”. With M. Ziegler. Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin, 2011, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
• “Estimating the stability of poverty analysis: Out‐of‐sample prediction in dynamic poverty mapping”. With M. Grosse. Mimeo, Universität Göttingen, 2010.
• “Regional growth convergence in Colombia using social indicators”. With A. Cardozo. Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers 195, University of Göttingen, 2009.
• “Revisiting the regional convergence debate in Colombia using income indicators”. With A. Cardozo. Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers 194, University of Göttingen, 2009.

Impact evaluation reports

• "Microfinanzas en Pro Del Trabajo Decente - Gestión de Riesgos: Evaluación de impacto de una formación en gestión de riesgos en Financiera Confianza (Perú)". With M. Froelich, H. Midkiff, and P. Richter. ILO, Geneva, 2012.

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