“The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic”, published in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Young Researchers
Name and affiliation
Dissertation
1st Prize: André Gröger (PhD in Economics at the University of Frankfurt)
“On the Causes and Consequences of Migration in Developing Countries”
2nd Prize: Muhammad Baba Bello (PhD in Agricultural Economics at the University of Kiel)
“Three Essays on Modeling Consumer Preferences in the Presence of Hypothetical Bias and Attribute Non-Attendance in Food Choice Experiments”
3rd Prize: Vera Eichenauer (PhD in Economics at the University of Heidelberg)
“The Political Economy of Foreign Aid – Allocation, Timing, and Effectiveness”
Sebastian Vollmer (University of Göttingen), Kenneth Harttgen (ETH Zürich)
„Association between economic growth and early childhood undernutrition: evidence from 121 Demographic and Health Surveys from 36 low-income and middle-income countries.“
Young Researchers
Name and affiliation
Dissertation
1st Prize: Simon Alder (PhD in Economics at the University of Zurich)
„Essays in Economic Policy and Development“
2nd Prize: Jan Beek (PhD in Anthropology at the University of Mainz)
„Boundary Work: The Police in Ghana“
3rd Prize: Vera Molitor (PhD in Economics at the University of Mannheim)
“Competitive and Segmented Informal Labor Markets”, published in Journal of Development Economics
Andrey Launov (University of Mainz)
Young Researchers
Name and affiliation
Dissertation
1st Prize: Nadine Reis (PhD at University of Bonn)
“Tracing and Making the State – Policy Practices and Domestic Water Supply in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam”
2nd Prize: Kerstin Maria Humberg (PhD at University of Cologne)
“Poverty Reduction through Social Business? Lessons Learnt from Grameen Joint Ventures in Bangladesh”
3rd Prize: Melanie Feuerbach (PhD at University of Bremen)
„Alternative Übergangsrituale: Untersuchung zu Praktiken der weiblichen Genitalverstümmelung im subsaharischen Afrika und deren Transformationen im Entwicklungsprozess“
“Benefits of Genetically Modified Crops for the Poor: Household Income, Nutrition, and Health”, published in New Biotechnology
Benedikt Korf (University of Zurich)
“The gift of disaster: On the commodification of good intentions in Sri Lanka after the tsunami”, published in Disasters
Young Researchers
Name and affiliation
Dissertation
1st Prize: Kristina Kis-Katos (PhD at the University of Freiburg)
“Globalization and Child Labor”
2nd Prize: Patrick Sakdapolrak (PhD in Geography at the University of Bonn)
„Orte und Räume der Health Vulnerability. Bourdieus Theorie der Praxis für die Analyse von Krankheit und Gesundheit in megaurbanen Slums von Chennai, Südindien“
3rd Prize: James Rao (PhD in Agricultural Economics at the University of Göttingen)
“High-value Agricultural Markets and Implications for Rural Development – The Case of Vegetables in Kenya”
“Development Aid and International Politics: Does membership on the UN Security Council influence World Bank decisions?”, published in Journal of Development Economics 88: 1-18 (2009)
Jan-Egbert Sturm (ETH Zürich)
James Vreeland (Georgeton University)
Young Researchers
Name and affiliation
Dissertation
1st Prize: Devesh Rustagi (University of Zurich)
”Behavioral Heterogeneity and Human Cooperation”
2nd Prize: Johannes Gräb (University of Göttingen)
“Econometric Analysis in Poverty Research – With Case Studies from Developing Countries”
3rd Prize: Simone Rettberg (Free University Berlin)
„Das Risiko der Afar – Existenzsicherung äthiopischer Nomaden im Kontext von Hungerkrisen, Konflikten und Entwicklungsinterventionen“
