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Prof.Dr. Michael Grimm

Prof.Dr. Michael Grimm

Economics of Sustainable Development (SG1)

International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

Endowed Professor

 

T: +31 70 4260694

E: GRIMM@remove-this.ISS.NL

Room: 4.06

Personal website: http://www.wiwi.uni-passau.de/grimm0.html?&L=2


 

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Professional experience

Present position
Endowed Professor
University Erasmus University Rotterdam
School International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Department Economics of Sustainable Development (SG1)
   

Research

Ongoing Research Projects 1. Unlocking potential: Tackling economic, institutional and social constraints of informal entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa (World Bank/IZA). Joint with DIAL Paris, GIGA Hamburg, IfW Kiel and AFRISTAT, Bamako. 2. Impact evaluations of energy programmes in five countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Senegal and Indonesia). The purpose of the impact evaluations is to get insight in the magnitude of effects and to better account for results of development interventions (Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Evaluation Department (IOB)). Joint with RWI Essen. 3. Developing efficient and responsive community based micro health insurance in India (EU FP7) 4. Reducing the social costs of road traffic crashes in India. Joint with Paris School of Economics.

ISS: Individual Research SGI
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Publications

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Key publications (21)
  • Grimm, M., Knorringa, P. & Lay, J. (2012). Constrained gazelles. High potentials in West Africa’s informal economy. World Development, 40(7), 1352-1368.
  • Hartwig, R. & Grimm, M. (2011). An assessment of the effects of the 2002 food crisis on children’s health in Malawi. Journal of African Economies, 0(0), 1-42.
  • Gräb, J. & Grimm, M. (2011). Inequality in Burkina Faso : To what extent do household, community and regional factors matter? Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 174(3), 759-784.
  • Grimm, M. & Herzer, D. (2011). Does foreign aid increase private investment? Evidence from panel cointegration. Applied Economics, 44(20), 2537-2550.
  • Grimm, M. (2011). Does household Income matter for children's schooling? Evidence for rural Sub-Saharan Africa. Economics of Education Review, 30(4), 740-754.
  • Grimm, M., Krüger, J. & Lay, J. (2011). Barriers to entry and returns to capital in informal activities: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Review of income and wealth, 57(Special issue May 2011), s27-s53.
  • Grimm, M. (2011). Does inequality in health impede growth? Oxford Economic Papers, 63(3), 448-474.
  • Grimm, M. (2010). Mortality shocks and survivors’ consumption growth. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 72(2), 146-171.
  • Grimm, M., Harttgen, K., Misselhorn, M., Klasen, S., Munzi, T. & Smeeding, T. (2010). Inequality in human development : an empirical assessment of 32 countries. Social Indicators Research, 97(2), 191-211.
  • Grimm, M. & Harttgen, K. (2008). Longer life. Higher welfare? Oxford Economic Papers, 60(2), 193-211.
  • Cogneau, D. & Grimm, M. (2008). The impact of AIDS mortality on the distribution of income in Cote de Ivoire. Journal of African Economies, 17(5), 688-728.
  • Grimm, M., Harttgen, K., Klasen, S. & Misselhorn, M. (2008). A Human Development Index by Income Groups. World Development, 36(12), 2527-2546.
  • Cogneau, D. & Grimm, M. (2007). The Measurement of Income Distribution Dynamics when Demographics are correlated with Income. Review of income and wealth, 53(2), 246-274.
  • Grimm, M. (2007). Removing the Anonymity Axiom in Assessing Pro-poor Growth. Journal of economic inequality, 5(2), 179-197.
  • Grimm, M. & Günther, I. (2007). Growth and Poverty in Burkina Faso: A Reassessment of the Paradox. Journal of African Economies, 16(1), 70-101.
  • Grimm, M. & Günther, I. (2007). Measuring pro-poor growth when relative prices shift. Journal of Development Economics, 82(1), 245-256.
  • Cogneau, D. & Grimm, M. (2006). Socio-economic status, sexual behavior, and differential AIDS mortality. Evidence from Cote d'Ivoire. Population Research and Policy Review, 25(4), 393-407.
  • Grimm, M. (2005). Educational policies and poverty reduction in Cote d'Ivoire. Journal of Policy Modelling, 27, 231-247.
  • Grimm, M. (2003). Family and economic growth: A review. Mathematical Population Studies, 10(3), 145-173.
  • Grimm, M., Guénard, C. & Mesplé-Somps, S. (2002). What has happened to the urban population in Côte d'Ivoire since the eighties? An analysis of monetary poverty and deprivation over 15 years of household data. World Development, 30(6), 1073-1095.
  • Grimm, M. & Bonneuil, N. (2001). Labour market participation of French women over the life cycle, 1935 to 1990. European Journal of Population, 17(3), 235-260.
Article (24)
  • Grimm, M. & Treibich, C. (2012). Determinants of road traffic crash fatalities across Indian states. Health Economics, 1-16.
  • Gräb, J. & Grimm, M. (2012). Robust multiperiod poverty comparisons. Journal of statistics: advances in theory and applications, 6(1), 19-54.
  • Grimm, M., Knorringa, P. & Lay, J. (2012). Constrained gazelles. High potentials in West Africa’s informal economy. World Development, 40(7), 1352-1368.
  • Grimm, M., Krüger, J. & Lay, J. (2011). Barriers to entry and returns to capital in informal activities: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Review of income and wealth, 57(Special issue May 2011), s27-s53.
  • Grimm, M. (2011). Does inequality in health impede growth? Oxford Economic Papers, 63(3), 448-474.
  • Grimm, M. (2011). Does household Income matter for children's schooling? Evidence for rural Sub-Saharan Africa. Economics of Education Review, 30(4), 740-754.
  • Grimm, M. & Herzer, D. (2011). Does foreign aid increase private investment? Evidence from panel cointegration. Applied Economics, 44(20), 2537-2550.
  • Hartwig, R. & Grimm, M. (2011). An assessment of the effects of the 2002 food crisis on children’s health in Malawi. Journal of African Economies, 0(0), 1-42.
  • Gräb, J. & Grimm, M. (2011). Inequality in Burkina Faso : To what extent do household, community and regional factors matter? Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 174(3), 759-784.
  • Grimm, M., Harttgen, K., Misselhorn, M., Klasen, S., Munzi, T. & Smeeding, T. (2010). Inequality in human development : an empirical assessment of 32 countries. Social Indicators Research, 97(2), 191-211.
  • Grimm, M. (2010). Mortality shocks and survivors’ consumption growth. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 72(2), 146-171.
  • Grimm, M., Harttgen, K., Klasen, S. & Misselhorn, M. (2008). A Human Development Index by Income Groups. World Development, 36(12), 2527-2546.
  • Grimm, M. & Harttgen, K. (2008). Longer life. Higher welfare? Oxford Economic Papers, 60(2), 193-211.
  • Cogneau, D. & Grimm, M. (2008). The impact of AIDS mortality on the distribution of income in Cote de Ivoire. Journal of African Economies, 17(5), 688-728.
  • Grimm, M. (2007). Die ökonomischen Konsequenzen der AIDS Epidemie in Entwicklungsländern. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 48, 26-32.
  • Grimm, M. & Günther, I. (2007). Growth and Poverty in Burkina Faso: A Reassessment of the Paradox. Journal of African Economies, 16(1), 70-101.
  • Grimm, M. & Günther, I. (2007). Measuring pro-poor growth when relative prices shift. Journal of Development Economics, 82(1), 245-256.
  • Grimm, M. (2007). Removing the Anonymity Axiom in Assessing Pro-poor Growth. Journal of economic inequality, 5(2), 179-197.
  • Cogneau, D. & Grimm, M. (2007). The Measurement of Income Distribution Dynamics when Demographics are correlated with Income. Review of income and wealth, 53(2), 246-274.
  • Cogneau, D. & Grimm, M. (2006). Socio-economic status, sexual behavior, and differential AIDS mortality. Evidence from Cote d'Ivoire. Population Research and Policy Review, 25(4), 393-407.
  • Grimm, M. (2005). Educational policies and poverty reduction in Cote d'Ivoire. Journal of Policy Modelling, 27, 231-247.
  • Grimm, M. (2003). Family and economic growth: A review. Mathematical Population Studies, 10(3), 145-173.
  • Grimm, M., Guénard, C. & Mesplé-Somps, S. (2002). What has happened to the urban population in Côte d'Ivoire since the eighties? An analysis of monetary poverty and deprivation over 15 years of household data. World Development, 30(6), 1073-1095.
  • Grimm, M. & Bonneuil, N. (2001). Labour market participation of French women over the life cycle, 1935 to 1990. European Journal of Population, 17(3), 235-260.
Part of book - Chapter (9)
  • Grimm, M., Klasen, S., Faust, H. & Schwarze, S. (2010). Demography, development and deforestation at the rainforest margin in Indonesia. In T. Tschartnke, C. Leuschner, E. Veldkamp, H. Faust, E. Guhardja & A. Bidin (Eds.), Tropical rainforests and agroforests under global change (pp. 213-236). Berlin: Springer.
  • Grimm, M. & Günther, I. (2007). Pro-poor growth in Burkina Faso: the role of price shocks. In M. Grimm, S. Klasen & A. McKay (Eds.), Determinants of pro-poor growth : analytical issues and findings from country cases (pp. 135-163). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Grimm, M. & Klasen, S. (2007). Findings and challenges in the measurement and analysis of pro-poor growth. In M. Grimm, S. Klasen & A. McKay (Eds.), Determinants of pro-poor growth : analytical issues and findings from country cases (pp. 1-19). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Agénor, P.-R., Chen, D.H.C. & Grimm, M. (2007). Linking representative household models with household surveys for poverty analysis. A comparison of alternative methodologies. In P.-R. Agénor, A. Izquierdo & H.T. Jensen (Eds.), Adjustment policies, poverty and unemployment. The IMMPA framework (pp. 465-508). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
  • Grimm, M. & Günther, I. (2006). Inter- and intra-household linkages between the informal and formal sector. A case study for urban Burkina Faso. In Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis & S.M..Ravi Kanbur (Eds.), Informal Labor Markets and Development (Studies in Development Economics and Policy) (pp. 155-179). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Grimm, M. (2006). Integrating issues of income mobility in the analysis of pro-poor growth. In L. Menkhoff (Ed.), Pro-poor growth: policy and evidence (Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik. Neue Folge) (pp. 51-73). Berlin: Duncker & Humblot.
  • Grimm, M. (2004). A decomposition of inequality and poverty changes in the context of macroeconomic adjustment: A microsimulation study for Côte d'Ivoire. In A. Shorrocks & R..van.der Hoeven (Eds.), Growth, inequality, and poverty. Prospects for pro-poor economic development (pp. 197-221). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Cogneau, D., Grimm, M. & Robilliard, A.-S. (2003). L'évaluation des politiques de lutte contre la pauvreté. L'apport des techniques de micro-simulation. In J.-P. Cling, M. Razafindrakoto & F. Roubaud (Eds.), Les nouvelles stratégies internationales de lutte contre la pauvreté (pp. 383-418). Paris: Economica, 2nd edition.
  • Cogneau, D., Grimm, M. & Robilliard, A.-S. (2003). Evaluating poverty reduction policies The contribution of micro-simulation techniques. In J.-P. Cling, M. Razafindrakoto & F. Roubaud (Eds.), New international poverty reduction strategies (Routledge Studies in Development Economics) (pp. 340-370). London: Routledge Books.
Book editorship (1)
  • Grimm, M., Klasen, S. & McKay, A. (Eds.). (2007). Determinants of pro-poor growth: analytical issues and findings from country cases. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Book review (2)
  • Grimm, M. (2010). Book review of 'Poverty dynamics—interdisciplinary perspectives'. [Bespreking van het boek Poverty dynamics : interdisciplinary perspectives]. Journal of economic inequality, 8(4), 527-530.
  • Grimm, M. (2006). Book Review of "The Microeconomics of Income Distribution Dynamics in East Asia and Latin America" (edited by F. Bourguignon, F.H.G. Ferreira and N. Lustig) [Bespreking van het boek Book Review of "The Microeconomics of Income Distribution Dynamics in East Asia and Latin America" (edited by F. Bourguignon, F.H.G. Ferreira and N. Lustig)]. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 54, 754-758.
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