2026 Emmanuel Skoufias: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	52	1240	1102	748	648	154	15381

Overview

Emmanuel Skoufias is affiliated with the World Bank in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science, agricultural and biological sciences, and social sciences. Their work often focuses on areas such as agricultural risk and resilience, child nutrition and water access, poverty, education, and child welfare.

The scientist has published research across several notable venues, including:

SSRN Electronic Journal
World Development
Journal of African Economies
Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk
Economics of Disasters and Climate Change

Among recent papers authored by Emmanuel Skoufias are:

"Can we rely on VIIRS nightlights to estimate the short-term impacts of natural hazards? Evidence from five South East Asian countries," 2021, Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk
"Identifying the Vulnerable to Poverty from Natural Disasters: The Case of Typhoons in the Philippines," 2020, Economics of Disasters and Climate Change
"Estimating poverty rates in subnational populations of interest: An assessment of the Simple Poverty Scorecard," 2020, World Development
"Child stature, maternal education, and early childhood development in Nigeria," 2021, PLoS ONE

Emmanuel Skoufias collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

Katja Vinha
Eric Strobl
Varun Kshirsagar
Thomas Tveit
Berhe Mekonnen Beyene

They have contributed to book publications primarily with the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks and its Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks imprint. Some titles include:

"Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in the Drought-Prone Lowlands of Ethiopia," 2021
"World Bank Equity Policy Lab Vulnerability Tool to Measure Poverty Risk," 2020
"Adaptive Safety Nets for Rural Africa: Drought-Sensitive Targeting with Sparse Data," 2020
"Child Stature, Maternal Education, and Early Childhood Development," 2020
"Realizing Demographic Dividends in the Republic of Congo," 2020
"The Welfare Cost of Drought in Sub-Saharan Africa," 2024
"Sustaining Poverty Gains: A Vulnerability Map to Guide the Expansion of Social Registries," 2024

Their research areas span several subfields, including:

Global and Planetary Change
Soil Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
Safety Research
Sociology and Political Science

Best Publications

Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty

Ariel Fiszbein;Norbert Schady;Francisco H.G. Ferreira;Margaret Grosh

3726
Citations
Risk, Financial Markets, and Human Capital in a Developing Country

Hanan G. Jacoby;Emmanuel Skoufias

1568
Citations
Economic Crises and Natural Disasters: Coping Strategies and Policy Implications

Emmanuel Skoufias

620
Citations
PROGRESA and Its Impacts on the Welfare of Rural Households in Mexico

Emmanuel Skoufias

563
Citations
The Impact of PROGRESA on Food Consumption

John Hoddinott;Emmanuel Skoufias

458
Citations
Using Shadow Wages to Estimate Labor Supply of Agricultural Households

Emmanuel Skoufias

419
Citations
Redistributing income to the poor and the rich : public transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean

Kathy Lindert;Emmanuel Skoufias;Joseph Shapiro

401
Citations
Targeting the Poor in Mexico: An Evaluation of the Selection of Households into PROGRESA

Emmanuel Skoufias;Benjamin Davis;Sergio de la Vega

356
Citations
Conditional Cash Transfers and Their Impact on Child Work and Schooling: Evidence from the PROGRESA Program in Mexico

Emmanuel Skoufias;Susan Wendy Parker

352
Citations
Conditional cash transfers, adult work incentives, and poverty

Emmanuel Skoufias;Vincenzo Di Maro

328
Citations
THE IMPACT OF PROGRESA ON WORK, LEISURE AND TIME ALLOCATION; FINAL REPORT

Susan W. Parker;Emmanuel Skoufias

315
Citations
PROGRESA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE HUMAN CAPITAL AND WELFARE OF HOUSEHOLD IN RURAL MEXICO: A SYNTHESIS OF THE RESULTS OF AN EVALUATION BY IFPRI

Emmanuel Skoufias

279
Citations
IS PROGRESA WORKING? SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS OF AN EVALUATION BY IFPRI

Emmanuel Skoufias;Bonnie McClafferty

275
Citations
Consumption insurance and vulnerability to poverty : a synthesis of the evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, Mexico and Russia

Emmanuel Skoufias;Agnes R. Quisumbing

274
Citations
Household Resources, Transaction Costs, and Adjustment through Land Tenancy

Emmanuel Skoufias

236
Citations
An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA

Hielke Buddelmeyer;Emmanuel Skoufias

229
Citations
THE IMPACT OF PROGRESA ON CONSUMPTION: A FINAL REPORT

John Hoddinott;Emmanuel Skoufias;Ryan Washburn

210
Citations
Testing Theories of Consumption Behavior Using Information on Aggregate Shocks: Income Seasonality and Rainfall in Rural India

Hanan G. Jacoby;Hanan G. Jacoby;Emmanuel Skoufias

201
Citations
The poverty impacts of climate change : a review of the evidence

Emmanuel Skoufias;Mariano Rabassa;Sergio Olivieri

200
Citations
Job loss and family adjustments in work and schooling during the Mexican peso crisis

Emmanuel Skoufias;Susan W. Parker

191
Citations
Labor market opportunities and intrafamily time allocation in rural households in South Asia

Emmanuel Skoufias

185
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco H. G. Ferreira London School of Economics and Political Science

Hanan G. Jacoby World Bank

Agnes R. Quisumbing International Food Policy Research Institute

Norbert Schady World Bank

Eric Strobl University of Bern

Benjamin Davis Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

John Hoddinott Cornell University

Harry Garretsen University of Groningen

Marcel Fafchamps Stanford University

Jere R. Behrman University of Pennsylvania

External Links

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