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Stephan Klasen was affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research primarily focused on social sciences, with significant contributions across several related subfields including gender studies, safety research, sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, and demography.

The scientist's work spanned key topics such as poverty, education, and child welfare; gender, labor, and family dynamics; income, poverty, and inequality; demographic trends and gender preferences; agricultural risk and resilience; insurance, mortality, demography, and risk management; as well as global health care issues.

Stephan Klasen authored multiple papers in reputable academic journals, with recent publications including:

  • "Gender inequality as a barrier to economic growth: a review of the theoretical literature" (2021), published in Review of Economics of the Household
  • "What Drives Female Labour Force Participation? Comparable Micro-level Evidence from Eight Developing and Emerging Economies" (2020), published in The Journal of Development Studies
  • "From 'MeToo' to Boko Haram: A survey of levels and trends of gender inequality in the world" (2020), published in World Development
  • "Gender Segregation in Education: Evidence From Higher Secondary Stream Choice in India" (2021), published in Demography
  • "How Serious is the Neglect of Intra-Household Inequality in Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality Analyses? Evidence from India" (2020), published in Review of Income and Wealth

The scientist collaborated frequently with several co-authors, such as Manuel Santos Silva, Isabel Günther, Kenneth Harttgen, Soham Sahoo, and Nicolas Büttner. These collaborations have contributed to a steady output of research work across various topics.

Stephan Klasen published multiple papers in journals including the SSRN Electronic Journal, World Development, Demography, Review of Economics of the Household, and The Journal of Development Studies. The SSRN Electronic Journal featured the highest number of publications among these venues.

In addition to journal articles, Stephan Klasen authored a book titled "What's behind pro-poor growth? The role of shocks and measurement error" (2020), published as part of the Working Paper Series. This publication addressed aspects of economic growth and poverty measurement.

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Gender Inequality in Education and Employment on Economic Growth : New Evidence for a Panel of Countries

    Stephan Klasen;Francesca Lamanna

  • Low Schooling for Girls, Slower Growth for All? Cross-Country Evidence on the Effect of Gender Inequality in Education on Economic Development

    Stephan Klasen

  • In search of FDI-led growth in developing countries: The way forward

    Dierk Herzer;Stephan Klasen;D Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann

  • In Search of the Holy Grail: How to Achieve Pro-Poor Growth?

    Stephan Klasen

  • Surviving Unemployment Without State Support: Unemployment and Household Formation in South Africa

    Stephan Klasen;Ingrid Woolard

  • "MISSING WOMEN": REVISITING THE DEBATE

    Stephan Klasen;Claudia Wink

  • The Costs of Missing the Millennium Development Goal on Gender Equity

    Dina Abu-Ghaida;Stephan Klasen

  • Does gender inequality reduce growth and development : evidence from cross-country regressions

    Stephan Klasen

  • UNDP's Gender-Related Indices: A Critical Review

    Kalpana Bardhan;Stephan Klasen

  • A review of the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, using forests as a reference system

    Claudia Dislich;Claudia Dislich;Alexander C. Keyel;Jan Salecker;Yael Kisel

  • What explains the stagnation of female labor force participation in urban India

    Stephan Klasen;Janneke Pieters

  • Measuring and Monitoring Inclusive Growth: Multiple Definitions, Open Questions, and Some Constructive Proposals

    Stephan Klasen

  • The Trade-off Between Income Inequality and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

    Nicole Grunewald;Stephan Klasen;Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso;Chris Muris

  • Determinants of Income Mobility and Household Poverty Dynamics in South Africa

    Ingrid Woolard;Stephan Klasen

  • Economic Development, Structural Change and Women's Labor Force Participation: A Reexamination of the Feminization U Hypothesis

    Isis Gaddis;Isis Gaddis;Stephan Klasen;Stephan Klasen

  • What do we really know? Metrics for food insecurity and undernutrition

    Hartwig de Haen;Stephan Klasen;Matin Qaim

  • UNDP's Gender‐related Measures: Some Conceptual Problems and Possible Solutions

    Stephan Klasen

  • “Missing women” reconsidered

    Stephan Klasen

  • Poverty, Inequality and Deprivation in South Africa: An Analysis of the 1993 SALDRU Survey

    Stephan Klasen

  • What Explains Uneven Female Labor Force Participation Levels and Trends in Developing Countries

    Stephan Klasen

  • In search of FDI-led growth in developing countries

    Dierk Herzer;Stephan Klasen;Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D.

Frequent Co-Authors

Sebastian Vollmer
Sebastian Vollmer University of Göttingen
Dierk Herzer
Dierk Herzer Helmut Schmidt University
Axel Dreher
Axel Dreher Heidelberg University
Matin Qaim
Matin Qaim University of Bonn
Jesus Crespo Cuaresma
Jesus Crespo Cuaresma Vienna University of Economics and Business
Stefan Dercon
Stefan Dercon University of Oxford
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Timothy M. Smeeding
Timothy M. Smeeding University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ronald B. Davies
Ronald B. Davies University College Dublin

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