Prof. Dr. Stefan Klonner - Research
Published / Forthcoming
Peer-reviewed journals
The Dynamics of Poverty Targeting, with Michael Hillebrecht and Noraogo A. Paceré, 2023, Journal of Development Economics, 161: 103033 - download
Financial Market Responses to a Natural Disaster: Evidence from Credit Networks and the Indian Ocean Tsunami, with Kristina Czura, 2023, Journal of Development Economics, 160: 102996 - download
The Welfare Effects of India´s Rural Employment Guarantee, with Christian Oldiges, 2022, Journal of Development Economics, 157: 102848 - download
Lessons Learned? Intended and Unintended Effects of India's Second-generation Maternal Cash Transfer Scheme, with Paula von Haaren, 2021, Health Economics, 30(10): 2468-2486 - open access
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The Demand for Health Insurance in a Poor Economy: Evidence from Burkina Faso, with Michael Hillebrecht, Ali Sié, Rainer Sauerborn, Aurélia Souares, 2021, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 69(4): 1237-1300 - preview - download
Community-Based versus Statistical Targeting of Anti-Poverty Programs: Evidence from Burkina Faso, with Michael Hillebrecht, Noraogo A. Pacere, Aurélia Souares, 2020, Journal of African Economies, 29(3): 271–305 - download ungated version
The Effects of Subsidized Micro Health Insurance on Insurance Demand and Welfare Outcomes in Rural Burkina Faso, with Lisa Oberländer, Michael Schleicher, Germain Savadogo, Aurélia Souares, Rainer Sauerborn, 2015, Savings and Development, 39, Special Issue: 77-139 - download
Private Information and Altruism in Bidding Roscas, 2008, Economic Journal, 118 (528): 775-800 - download ungated version
Output, Prices and the Distribution of Consumption in Rural India, with Clive Bell, 2005, Agricultural Economics, 33(1): 29-40 - download ungated version
Rotating Savings and Credit Associations when Participants are Risk Averse, 2003, International Economic Review, 44(3): 979-1005 - download ungated version
The First-order Stochastic Dominance Ordering of Singh-Maddala Distributions, 2000, Economic Letters, 69(2): 123-128 - download ungated version
Refereed Volumes
Credit Constraints as a Barrier to Technology Adoption by the Poor: Lessons from South Indian Small Scale Fishery, with Xavier Gine, 2008. In: Globalization and the Poor in Asia: Can Shared Growth Be Sustained?, M. Nissanke and E. Thorbecke, eds., 221-249, New York Palgrave-Macmillian - download
Estimating Pro-poor Indices from Time Series Data Concepts and an Application to Rural India, 2006. In: Pro-Poor Growth: Issues, Policies and Evidence, L. Menkhoff, ed., 75-94, Berlin: Duncker und Humblot - download ungated version
Other Volumes
Kredite für die Schwachen: Armutsbekämpfung durch Mikrofinanzierung, 2023, Ruperto Carola Forschungsmagazin 22: 32-39 - ungated version
Reprinted in Universitas 78(9): 38-49
Feldexperimente für die Armutsbekämpfung: Zum Wirtschafts-Nobelpreis für Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo und Michael Kremer, 2019, Das Wirtschaftsstudium 48(12): 41-47 - ungated full version
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Der Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Indien, with C. Oldiges, Masala, Jahrgang 8, Nr. 1, Januar 2013. PDF
Quantitative Experimentelle Designs, 2010. In: Verfahren der Wirkungsanalyse. Ein Handbuch für die entwicklungspolitische Praxis, Arbeitskreis "Evaluation von Entwicklungspolitik", ed., 162-166, Freiburg im Breisgau: Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut - download ungated version
Non-Banking Financial Companies, 2007. In: The Oxford Companion to Economics in India, K. Basu, ed., 373-376, New Delhi: Oxford University Press - download ungated version
Working Papers
Dynamic Properties of Poverty Targeting, with M. Hillebrecht and N. A. Pacere, 2020, Alfred-Weber Institute Discussion Papers, Heidelberg University, No. 696 - download
Equality of the Sexes and Gender Differences in Competition: Evidence from Three Traditional Societies, with S. Pal and C. Schwieren, 2020, Alfred-Weber Institute Discussion Papers, Heidelberg University, No. 675 - download
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The Welfare Effects of India’s Rural Employment Guarantee, with C. Oldiges, 2019, OPHI Working Paper 129, University of Oxford - download
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Financial Market Responses to a Natural Disaster: Evidence from Local Credit Networks and the Indian Ocean Tsunami, with Kristina Czura, 2019, CESifo Working Paper No. 7354 - download
Economic Distress and Farmer Suicides in India: An Econometric Investigation, with Sarah Hebous, 2014: AWI Discussion Paper Series No. 565 download
Cell Phones and Rural Labor Markets: Evidence from South Africa, with P. Nolen, 2010, Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics - download
Financial Fragmentation and Insider Arbitrage, with Ashok S. Rai, February 2010 - download
Adverse Selection in Credit Markets: Evidence from a Policy Experiment, with Ashok S. Rai, March 2009 - download
Cosigners as Collateral, with Ashok S. Rai, February 2009 - download
Risky Loans and the Emergence of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations, November 2006 - download
The Intra-Household Economics of Polygyny: Fertility and Child Mortality in Rural Mali, with Harounan Kazianga, August 2006 - download
Learning about Oneself: Technology Financing in a Tamil Fishing Village, with Xavier Gine, June 2005 - download
Information Revelation and Bid Shading in Sequential Auctions, January 2004 - download
How Roscas Perform as Insurance, July 2001 - download