News
New Publications
Stefan Klonner, Sumantra Pal, and Christiane Schwieren. "Equality of the Sexes and Gender Differences in Competition: Evidence from Three Traditional Societies," Heidelberg University, Department of Econconmics Discussion Paper No.675, February 2020
Also featured on Ideas for India
Michael Hillebrecht, Stefan Klonner, Ali Sié, Rainer Sauerborn, Aurélia Souares (in press). "The Demand for Health Insurance in a Poor Economy: Evidence from Burkina Faso," Economic Development and Cultural Change.
Michael Hillebrecht, Stefan Klonner, Noraogo A Pacere, Aurélia Souares. "Community-Based versus Statistical Targeting of Anti-Poverty Programs: Evidence from Burkina Faso," Journal of African Economies, Volume 29, Issue 3, June 2020, Pages 271–305
Stefan Klonner. "Feldexperimente für die Armutsbekämpfung: Zum Wirtschafts-Nobelpreis für Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo und Michael Kremer," Das Wirtschaftsstudium 48(12): 41-47, December 2019. Also published online as third-party article on the Internet Blog Wirtschaftliche Freiheit, Link.
Conference Presentations
15th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, December 18-20, 2019
Paula von Haaren: "Conditional Cash Transfers for Better Maternal and Child Health? Evidence from India"
Sumantra Pal: "Social Norms, Women's Status and Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Evidence from Field Experiments in India's Northeast".
Gender and Economics Workshop, University of Luxembourg, December 9-10, 2019
Stefan Klonner: Social Norms, Women’s Status and Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Evidence from Field Experiments in India’s Northeast
Public Lectures
Stefan Klonner: "Weniger Armut durch bessere Armutsforschung?," Studium Generale, Universität zu Köln, Wintersemester 2020/21
Stefan Klonner: "Armutsmessung und Armutsbekämpfung," Heidelberg Sustainable Development Abroad e.V., 17.7.2019
Visitors in the Department
Qurra tul Ain, National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Pakistan
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Visiting PhD Scholar, March-August, 2020
Harry Parsch, University of Central Florida, USA, 27.-29.11.2019
Pranab Bardhan, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2.-7.5.2019