

Peter Lanjouw
Key publications



List of publications
Dang, H.A., Lanjouw, P. and Vrijburg, E. (2021). Poverty in India in the face of Covid-19: Diagnosis and prospects* Review of Development Economics, 25(4):1816--1837.
Garcés-Urzainqui, D., Lanjouw, P. and Rongen, G. (2021). Constructing synthetic panels for the purpose of studying poverty dynamics: A primer Review of Development Economics, 25(5):1803--1815.
Lanjouw, PeterF. and Tarp, F. (2021). Poverty, vulnerability and Covid-19: Introduction and overview Review of Development Economics, 25(4):1797--1802.
Dang, HaiAnhH. and Lanjouw, PeterF. (2018). Poverty dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012: Insights from longitudinal analysis using synthetic panel data Economic Development and Cultural Change, 67(1):131--170.
Lanjouw, P. and Marra, M.R. (2018). Urban poverty across the spectrum of Vietnam's towns and cities World Development, 110:295--306.
Dang, H. and Lanjouw, P. (2017). Welfare Dynamics Measurement: Two Definitions of a Vulnerability Line and Their Empirical Application The Review of Income and Wealth, 63(4):633--660.
Dang, H., Lanjouw, P. and Serajuddin, U. (2017). Updating poverty estimates in the absence of regular and comparable consumption data: methods and illustration with reference to a middle-income country Oxford Economic Papers, 69(4):939--962.
Cruces, G., Lanjouw, P., Lucchetti, L., Perova, E., Vakis, R. and Viollaz, M. (2015). Intra-Generational Mobility and Repeated Cross-Sections: A Three Country Validation Exercise Journal of Economic Inequality, 13(2):161--179.
Dang, H., Lanjouw, P., Luoto, J. and McKenzie, D. (2014). Using repeated cross-sections to explore movements into and out of poverty Journal of Development Economics, 107(March):112--128.
Himanshu, , Lanjouw, P., Murgai, R. and Stern, N. (2013). Nonfarm diversification, poverty, economic mobility, and income inequality: A case study in village India Agricultural Economics, 44(4-5):461--473.
Ferré, C., Ferreira, F.H.G. and Lanjouw, P. (2012). Is there a metropolitan bias? The relationship between poverty and city size in a selection of developing countries World Bank Economic Review, 26(3):351--382.
Christiaensen, L., Lanjouw, P., Luoto, J. and Stifel, D. (2012). Small area estimation-based prediction methods to track poverty: Validation and applications Journal of Economic Inequality, 10(2):267--297.
Lanjouw, P. and Rao, V. (2011). Revisiting Between-Group Inequality Measurement: An Application to the Dynamics of Caste Inequality in Two Indian Villages World Development, 39(2):174--187.
Lanjouw, P. and Murgai, R. (2009). Poverty decline, agricultural wages, and nonfarm employment in rural India: 1983-2004 Agricultural Economics, 40(2):243--263.
Araujo, M.Caridad, Ferreira, F.H.G., Lanjouw, P. and Özler, B. (2008). Local inequality and project choice: Theory and evidence from Ecuador Journal of Public Economics, 92(5-6):1022--1046.
Elbers, C., Lanjouw, P., Mistiaen, J. and Özler, B. (2008). Reinterpreting between-group inequality Journal of Economic Inequality, 6(3):231--245.
Elbers, C., Fujii, T., Lanjouw, P., Özler, B. and Yin, W. (2007). Poverty alleviation through geographic targeting: How much does disaggregation help? Journal of Development Economics, 83:198--213.
Elbers, C., Lanjouw, J.O.L. and Lanjouw, P. (2005). Imputed welfare estimates in regression analysis Journal of Economic Geography, 5(1):101--118.
Jayaraman, R. and Lanjouw, PeterF. (2004). Small-scale industry, environmental regulation, and poverty: The case of Brazil World Bank Economic Review, 18(3):443--464.
Elbers, C., Lanjouw, P., Mistiaen, J., Özler, B. and Simler, K. (2004). On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities World Bank Economic Review, 18(3):401--421.
Lanjouw, JeanO., Lanjouw, P., Milanovic, B. and Paternostro, S. (2004). Relative price shifts, economies of scale and poverty during economic transition Economics of Transition, 12(3):509--536.
Elbers, C., Lanjouw, J.O.L. and Lanjouw, P. (2003). Micro-Level Estimation of Poverty and Inequality Econometrica, 71(1):355--364.
Elbers, C. and Lanjouw, P. (2001). Intersectoral Transfer, Growth, and Inequality in Rural Ecuador World Development, 29(3):481--496.
Lanjouw, P., Quizon, J. and Sparrow, R. (2001). Non-Agricultural Earnings in Peri-Urban Areas of Tanzania: Evidence from Household Survey Data Food Policy, 26(4):385--404.
Lanjouw, P. (2001). Rural Nonfarm Employment and Poverty in El Salvador World Development, 29(3):529--547.
Ferreira, F. and Lanjouw, P. (2001). Rural Nonfarm Activities and Poverty in the Brazilian Northeast World Development, 29(3):509--528.
Lanjouw, J.O.L. and Lanjouw, P. (2001). The Rural Nonfarm Sector: Issues and Evidence from Developing Countries Agricultural Economics, 26:1--23.
Lanjouw, J.O.L. and Lanjouw, P. (2001). How to Compare Apples and Oranges: Poverty Measurement Based on Different Definitions of Consumption The Review of Income and Wealth, 47(1):25--42.
Hentschel, J., Lanjouw, J.O.L., Lanjouw, P. and Poggi, J. (2000). Combined Household Data with Census Data to Construct a Disaggregated Poverty Map: A Case Study of Ecuador World Bank Economic Review, 14(1 January):147--166.
Reardon, T., Taylor, J., Stamoulis, K., Lanjouw, P. and Balisacan, A. (2000). Effects of Non-Farm Employment on Rural Income Inequality in Developing Countries: an Investment Perspective Journal of Agricultural Economics, 54(2):266--288.
Lanjouw, P. and Ravallion, M. (1999). Benefit Incidence, Public Spending Reforms, and the Timing of Program Capture World Bank Economic Review, 13(2):257--273.
Jayaraman, R. and Lanjouw, P. (1999). The Evolution of Poverty and Inequality in Indian Villages World Bank Research Observer, 14(1):1--30.
Lanjouw, P. (1999). Rural Nonagricultural Employment and Poverty in Ecuador Economic Development and Cultural Change, 48(1):91--123.
Lanjouw, P. and Ravallion, M. (1995). Poverty and household size Economic Journal, 105(433):1415--1434.
Hussain, A., Lanjouw, P. and Stern, N. (1994). Income inequalities in China: Evidence from household survey data World Development, 22(12):1947--1957.
Lanjouw, P. and Stern, N. (1991). Poverty in Palanpur World Bank Economic Review, 5(1):23--55.