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Peter Lanjouw is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics addressed in their work include Income, Poverty, and Inequality; Agricultural risk and resilience; Land Use and Ecosystem Services; Water resources management and optimization; Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare; Impact of Light on Environment and Health; and Migration and Labor Dynamics.

Peter Lanjouw has published several papers in notable journals. Recent publications include:

  • Poverty, vulnerability and Covid-19: Introduction and overview (2021), Review of Development Economics
  • Regional and ethnic inequalities in Malaysian poverty dynamics (2023), The Journal of Economic Inequality
  • Measuring Poverty Dynamics with Synthetic Panels Based on Repeated Cross-Sections (2022), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Poverty in India in the face of Covid-19: Diagnosis and prospects (2021), Review of Development Economics
  • Constructing synthetic panels for the purpose of studying poverty dynamics: A primer (2021), Review of Development Economics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Hai-Anh Dang
  • Chris Elbers
  • Gerton Rongen
  • Roy van der Weide
  • Brian Blankespoor

Peter Lanjouw's work has appeared multiple times in specific publication venues, such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Review of Development Economics
  • The Journal of Economic Inequality
  • Economic and Political Weekly
  • Journal of Development Economics

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications with several titles released by the World Bank and other publishers. These books include:

  • How Accurate is a Poverty Map based on Remote Sensing Data? An Application to Malawi (2022)
  • The Interplay of Regional and Ethnic Inequalities in Malaysian Poverty Dynamics (2022)
  • Welfare Dynamics in India over a Quarter Century: Poverty, Vulnerability, and Mobility during 1987-2012 (2020)
  • Income mobility in the developing world: Recent approaches and evidence (2020)
  • The Only Way Is Up?: Economic Mobility in Malaysia in the 21st Century (2024)

Best Publications

  • Micro-Level Estimation of Poverty and Inequality

    Chris Elbers;Jean O. Lanjouw;Peter Lanjouw

  • Poverty and household size

    Peter Lanjouw;Martin Ravallion

  • World development report 2006 : equity and development

    Berk Ozler;Tamar Manuelyan Atinc;Abhijit Banerjee;Francisco H.G. Ferreira

  • The rural non-farm sector: issues and evidence from developing countries

    Jean O. Lanjouw;Peter Lanjouw

  • Effects of Non-Farm Employment on Rural Income Inequality in Developing Countries: an Investment Perspective

    T. Reardon;J. E. Taylor;K. Stamoulis;P. Lanjouw

  • Combining Census and Survey Data to Trace the Spatial Dimensions of Poverty: A Case Study of Ecuador

    Jesko Hentschel;Jean Olson Lanjouw;Peter Lanjouw;Javier Poggi

  • Rural Non-Farm Employment in India Access, Incomes and Poverty Impact

    Peter Lanjouw;Abusaleh Shariff

  • Benefit Incidence, Public Spending Reforms, and the Timing of Program Capture

    Peter Lanjouw;Martin Ravallion

  • Poverty alleviation through geographic targeting: How much does disaggregation help?

    Chris Elbers;Chris Elbers;Tomoki Fujii;Peter Lanjouw;Berk Ozler

  • Nonfarm Employment and Poverty in Rural El Salvador

    Peter Lanjouw

  • Economic Development in Palanpur over Five Decades

    Peter Lanjouw;Nicholas Stern

  • Non-Agricultural Earnings in Peri-Urban Areas of Tanzania: Evidence from Household Survey Data

    Peter Lanjouw;Jaime Quizon;Robert Sparrow

  • Poverty decline, agricultural wages, and non-farm employment in rural India : 1983-2004

    Peter Lanjouw;Rinku Murgai

  • Poverty, education, and health in Indonesia : who benefits from public spending?

    Peter Lanjouw;Menno Pradhan;Fadia Saadah;Haneen Sayed

  • Micro-level estimation of welfare

    Chris Elbers;Jean O. Lanjouw;Peter Lanjouw

  • Intersectoral Transfer, Growth, and Inequality in Rural Ecuador

    Chris Elbers;Peter Lanjouw

  • Rural Nonagricultural Employment and Poverty in Ecuador

    Peter Lanjouw

  • Income inequalities in China: Evidence from household survey data

    Athar Hussain;Peter Lanjouw;Nicholas Stern

  • Rural Nonfarm Activities and Poverty in the Brazilian Northeast

    Francisco H.G Ferreira;Peter Lanjouw

  • Local inequality and project choice: theory and evidence from Ecuador

    M. Caridad Araujo;Francisco H.G. Ferreira;Peter Lanjouw;Berk Ozler

  • Combining Census and Survey Data to Trace the Spatial Dimensions of Poverty

    Jesko Hentschel;Jean Olson Lanjouw;Peter Lanjouw;Javier Poggi

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas Stern
Nicholas Stern London School of Economics and Political Science
Francisco H. G. Ferreira
Francisco H. G. Ferreira London School of Economics and Political Science
Martin Ravallion
Martin Ravallion Georgetown University
Jean Drèze
Jean Drèze University of Delhi
Branko Milanovic
Branko Milanovic City University of New York
Vijayendra Rao
Vijayendra Rao World Bank
Menno Pradhan
Menno Pradhan Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Elisabeth Sadoulet
Elisabeth Sadoulet University of California, Berkeley

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