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Katharina Michaelowa

Katharina Michaelowa

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Political Science

D-Index
30
Citations
3380
World Ranking
1203
National Ranking
33

Overview

Katharina Michaelowa is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a particular focus on climate change policy and economics. Their research spans multiple intersecting topics including energy, environment, and transportation policies; international development and aid; fiscal policy; and environmental sustainability.

Their scholarly output includes twelve publications in the main field of economics, with subfields covering economics and econometrics, renewable energy and sustainability, development, environmental engineering, and pollution. These works contribute to disciplines such as climate change policy and economics, energy and environment impacts, and economic growth linked to environmental factors.

Michaelowa's publications are distributed among various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of International Development
  • Climate Policy
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Sustainability

Recently published papers include:

  • "Health awareness and the transition towards clean cooking fuels: Evidence from Rajasthan" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Do Multilateral Development Bank Trust Funds Allocate Climate Finance Efficiently?" (2020, Sustainability)
  • "Catalysing private and public action for climate change mitigation: the World Bank's role in international carbon markets" (2020, Climate Policy)
  • "Climate change-related trust funds at the multilateral development banks" (2020, Zurich Open Repository and Archive)
  • "The pursuit of simplicity: Can simplifying eligibility criteria improve social pension targeting?" (2022, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization)

Michaelowa has coauthored multiple papers with a group of frequent collaborators, including Axel Michaelowa, Igor Shishlov, Simon Feeny, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, and Robin Mydlak. These partnerships reflect a consistent engagement with colleagues involved in climate policy and international development research.

Their book publications include two works published by Cambridge University Press:

  • The Carbon Market Challenge (2022)
  • International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance (2024)

The research topics explored by Michaelowa reflect an interdisciplinary approach that links climate change policies with economic growth and sustainability. Their studies address how international financial mechanisms and policy frameworks can influence the transition to cleaner energy and environmental governance, as well as social policy targeting in economic contexts.

Best Publications

  • Primary Education Quality in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants of Learning Achievement and Efficiency Considerations

    Katharina Michaelowa

  • Making Aid Work for Education in Developing Countries : an Analysis of Aid Effectiveness for Primary Education Coverage and Quality

    Kassandra Birchler;Kassandra Birchler;Katharina Michaelowa

  • Shopping for Development: Multilateral Lending, Shareholder Composition and Borrower Preferences

    Christopher Humphrey;Katharina Michaelowa

  • Coding Error or Statistical Embellishment? The Political Economy of Reporting Climate Aid

    Axel Michaelowa;Katharina Michaelowa

  • Climate or development : is ODA diverted from its original purpose?

    Axel Michaelowa;Katharina Michaelowa

  • Teacher Job Satisfaction, Student Achievement, and the Cost of Primary Education in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa

    Katharina Michaelowa

  • Transnational Climate Governance Initiatives: Designed for Effective Climate Change Mitigation?

    Katharina Michaelowa;Axel Michaelowa

  • Chapter 18 Aid Effectiveness in the Education Sector: A Dynamic Panel Analysis

    Katharina Michaelowa;Anke Weber

  • India as an emerging power in international climate negotiations

    Katharina Michaelowa;Axel Michaelowa

  • The effectiveness of inputs in primary education: insights from recent student surveys for Sub-Saharan Africa

    Sebastian Fehrler;Katharina Michaelowa;Annika Wechtler

  • The Political Economy of US Aid to Pakistan

    Mumtaz Anwar;Katharina Michaelowa

  • Teacher shortages, teacher contracts and their effect on education in Africa

    Jean Bourdon;Markus Frölich;Katharina Michaelowa

  • China in Africa: Competition for traditional development finance institutions?

    Christopher Humphrey;Katharina Michaelowa

  • Aid Effectiveness Reconsidered - Panel Data Evidence for the Education Sector -

    Katharina Michaelowa

  • Aid Effectiveness Reconsidered: Panel Data Evidence for the Education Sector

    Katharina Michaelowa

  • Aid Fragmentation and Effectiveness: What Do We Really Know?

    Kai Gehring;Katharina Michaelowa;Axel Dreher;Franziska Spörri

  • Climate business for poverty reduction? The role of the World Bank

    Axel Michaelowa;Katharina Michaelowa

  • Evaluation Bias and Incentive Structures in Bi‐ and Multilateral Aid Agencies

    Katharina Michaelowa;Axel Borrmann

  • Which donors, which funds? Bilateral donors' choice of multilateral funds at the World Bank

    Bernhard Reinsberg;Katharina Michaelowa;Stephen Knack

  • What determines UN approval of greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in developing countries? : An analysis of decision making on the CDM Executive Board ()

    Florens Flues;Axel Michaelowa;Katharina Michaelowa

  • Returns to education in low income countries: evidence for Africa

    Katharina Michaelowa

  • Negotiating climate change

    Katharina Michaelowa;Axel Michaelowa

  • Do rapidly developing countries take up new responsibilities for climate change mitigation

    Axel Michaelowa;Katharina Michaelowa

  • Constructed Peer Groups and Path Dependence in International Organizations: The Case of the International Climate Change Negotiations

    Paula Castro;Lena Hörnlein;Lena Hörnlein;Katharina Michaelowa

  • The Political Economy of the Enhanced HIPC-Initiative

    Katharina Michaelowa

  • The Cost, Satisfaction, and Achievement of Primary Education- Evidence from Francophone Sub-saharan Africa

    Katharina Michaelowa;Eveline Wittmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Axel Michaelowa
Axel Michaelowa University of Zurich
Axel Dreher
Axel Dreher Heidelberg University
Stephen Knack
Stephen Knack World Bank
Urs Fischbacher
Urs Fischbacher University of Konstanz
Sajal Lahiri
Sajal Lahiri Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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