Hai-Anh H Dang

Research Fellow

World Bank

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Hai-Anh H. Dang is a Senior Economist in the Living Standards and Measurement Unit, Development Data Group, World Bank.  His main research is on international development, poverty, inequality, climate change, and data imputation methods. He has published in various leading journals, including Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Lancet Psychiatry, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Scientific Data, World Development, and chapters with books published by prestigious academic publishers. He holds fellowship positions with different organizations and universities, including Research Fellow positions with IZA and GLO,  visiting Senior Research Fellow positions with Indiana University's Paul O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science's International Inequalities Institute, and International School, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. He also serves as an associate editor of Journal of Economic Surveys and a co-editor of Review of Development Economics, on the editorial boards of other journals, and as a referee for more than 50 academic journals. His research is widely disseminated, including being among the top paper downloads on IZA and REPEC and being featured in various media outlets such as Foreign Policy, the Telegraph, Center for Global Development blog, and other local news.  He has contributed to more than 70 World Bank's projects and flagship reports covering different countries around the world.  He received his Ph.D. in Applied Economics from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.

Hai-Anh Dang joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 2019.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17445
Did Program Support for the Poorest Areas Work? Evidence from Rural Vietnam
Hai-Anh H Dang, Klaus Deininger, Cuong Viet Nguyen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17160
The Impacts of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Children's Education Outcomes: Evidence from Vietnam
Hai-Anh H Dang, Minh N.N. Do, Cuong Viet Nguyen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17136
Imputing Poverty Indicators without Consumption Data: An Exploratory Analysis
Hai-Anh H Dang, Talip Kilic, Kseniya Abanokova, Calogero Carletto
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17064
Addressing Soil Quality Data Gaps with Imputation: Evidence from Ethiopia and Uganda
Hai-Anh H Dang, Calogero Carletto, Sydney Gourlay, Kseniya Abanokova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17036
Using Cross-Survey Imputation to Estimate Poverty for Venezuelan Refugees in Colombia
Ibrahima Sarr, Hai-Anh H Dang, Carlos Santiago Guzman Gutierrez, Theresa Beltramo, Paolo Verme
forthcoming in: Social Indicators Research, 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17001
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Female Labor Force Participation in Iran
Hai-Anh H Dang, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Minh N.N. Do
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16892
Country Statistical Capacity: A Recent Assessment Tool and Further Reflections on the Way Forward
Hai-Anh H Dang, Dean Jolliffe, Umar Serajuddin, Brian Stacy
published in: Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 2024, 40 (2), 211–225
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16792
Using Survey-to-Survey Imputation to Fill Poverty Data Gaps at a Low Cost: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment
Hai-Anh H Dang, Talip Kilic, Vladimir Hlasny, Kseniya Abanokova, Calogero Carletto
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16745
Reviewing Assessment Tools for Measuring Country Statistical Capacity
Hai-Anh H Dang, John Pullinger, Umar Serajuddin, Brian Stacy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16738
Tackling the Last Hurdles of Poverty Entrenchment: An Investigation of Poverty Dynamics for Ghana during 2005/06–2016/17
Hai-Anh H Dang, Dhushyanth Raju, Tomomi Tanaka, Kseniya Abanokova
published as 'Poverty Dynamics for Ghana during 2005/06–2016/17: An Investigation Using Synthetic Panels' in: Scientific African, 2024, 25, e02282
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16641
Female Headship and Poverty in the Arab Region: Analysis of Trends and Dynamics Based on a New Typology
Shireen AlAzzawi, Hai-Anh H Dang, Vladimir Hlasny, Kseniya Abanokova, Jere R. Behrman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16570
Does Global Warming Worsen Poverty and Inequality? An Updated Review
Hai-Anh H Dang, Stephane Hallegatte, Trong-Anh Trinh
published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2024, 38 (5), 1873-1905
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16272
Diluted Blood Still Better than Water? The Beneficial Effects of Politicians' Birthplaces on Refugee Acceptance
Hai-Anh H Dang, Trong-Anh Trinh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15916
Rapid Economic Growth but Rising Poverty Segregation: Will Vietnam Meet the SDGs for Equitable Development?
Hai-Anh H Dang, Shatakshee Dhongde, Minh N.N. Do, Cuong Viet Nguyen, Obert Pimhidzai
forthcoming in: Review of Development Economics, 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15873
Poverty Imputation in Contexts without Consumption Data: A Revisit with Further Refinements
Hai-Anh H Dang, Talip Kilic, Kseniya Abanokova, Calogero Carletto
forthcoming in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2024.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15827
Measuring Poverty Dynamics with Synthetic Panels Based on Repeated Cross-Sections
Hai-Anh H Dang, Peter F. Lanjouw
published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2023, 85 (3), 599-622.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15684
Learning Inequalities during COVID-19: Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys from Sub-Saharan Africa
Hai-Anh H Dang, Gbemisola Oseni, Alberto Zezza, Kseniya Abanokova
published as 'Educational Inequalities during COVID-19: Results from Longitudinal Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa' in: International Journal of Education Development, 2025, 112, 103174 (without A. Zezza)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15396
The Unequal Impact of the COVID Pandemic: Theory and Evidence on Health and Economic Outcomes for Different Income Groups
Cécile Aubert, Hai-Anh H Dang, Manh-Hung Nguyen
published as 'The Unequal Impact of Covid-19: Health, Wealth and Behaviors by Income Groups' in: Revue Francaise d'Economie, 2022, 2, 43-77.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15326
Does Hotter Temperature Increase Poverty? Global Evidence from Subnational Data Analysis
Hai-Anh H Dang, Trong-Anh Trinh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15244
Do Gender, Child, and Parent Characteristics Contribute to Intergenerational Subjective Well-Being Mobility? Evidence from Russia during 1994-2019
Hai-Anh H Dang, Kseniya Abanokova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15005
The Impact Evaluation of Vietnam's Escuela Nueva (New School) Program on Students' Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills
Hai-Anh H Dang, Paul Glewwe, Jongwook Lee, Khoa Vu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14997
Recall Bias Revisited: Measure Farm Labor Using Mixed-Mode Surveys and Multiple Imputation
Hai-Anh H Dang, Calogero Carletto
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14766
Do Refugees with Better Mental Health Better Integrate? Evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia Longitudinal Survey
Hai-Anh H Dang, Trong-Anh Trinh, Paolo Verme
published in: Health Economics, 2023, 32 (12), 2819-2835
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14631
Data Scarcity and Poverty Measurement
Hai-Anh H Dang, Peter F. Lanjouw
published as 'Regression-based imputation for poverty measurement in data-scarce settings' in: Jacques Silber (ed.), Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, Edward Elgar Press, 2023, chapter 13
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14606
Estimating Poverty among Refugee Populations: A Cross-Survey Imputation Exercise for Chad
Theresa Beltramo, Hai-Anh H Dang, Ibrahima Sarr, Paolo Verme
published in: Oxford Development Studies, 2024, 52 (1), 94-113
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14544
Poverty in Russia: A Bird's-Eye View of Trends and Dynamics in the past Quarter of Century
Kseniya Abanokova, Hai-Anh H Dang
published in: Jacques Silber (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, Edward Elgar Press, 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14315
What Explains Vietnam's Exceptional Performance in Education Relative to Other Countries? Analysis of the 2012 and 2015 Pisa Data
Hai-Anh H Dang, Paul Glewwe, Khoa Vu, Jongwook Lee
published in:Economics of Education Review, 2023, 96, 102434.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14236
On Synthetic Income Panels
Héctor Moreno, Francois Bourguignon, Hai-Anh H Dang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13958
Did a Successful Fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic Come at a Cost? Impacts of the Outbreak on Employment Outcomes in Vietnam
Hai-Anh H Dang, Cuong Viet Nguyen
published in: World Development, 2023, 161, 106129
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13895
Measuring the Statistical Capacity of Nations
Grant J. Cameron, Hai-Anh H Dang, Mustafa Dinc, James Foster, Michael Lokshin
published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 83 (4), 870-896.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13824
Gender Inequality during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Income, Expenditure, Savings, and Job Loss
Hai-Anh H Dang, Cuong Viet Nguyen
published in: World Development, 2021, 140, 105296.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13816
Inequality and Support for Government Responses to COVID-19
Hai-Anh H Dang, Edmund Malesky, Cuong Viet Nguyen
published in: PLoS ONE, 2022, 17 (9), e0272972.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13651
The Beneficial Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Pollution: Evidence from Vietnam
Hai-Anh H Dang, Trong-Anh Trinh
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58 (10), 1917-1933.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13480
Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Improve Global Air Quality? New Cross-National Evidence on Its Unintended Consequences
Hai-Anh H Dang, Trong-Anh Trinh
published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021, 105, 102401.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13352
Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Disproportionately Affect the Poor? Evidence from a Six-Country Survey
Hai-Anh H Dang, Toan L. D. Huynh, Manh-Hung Nguyen
published in: Journal of Economics and Development, 2024, 26 (1), 2-18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13315
Turning Vietnam's COVID-19 Success into Economic Recovery: A Job-Focused Analysis of Individual Assessments on Their Finance and the Economy
Hai-Anh H Dang, Long T. Giang
published in: Sustainability, 2021, 13 (19), 10664
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13215
Welfare Dynamics in India over a Quarter Century: Poverty, Vulnerability, and Mobility during 1987-2012
Hai-Anh H Dang, Peter F. Lanjouw
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13058
Life Satisfaction, Subjective Wealth, and Adaptation to Vulnerability in the Russian Federation during 2002-2017
Hai-Anh H Dang, Kseniya Abanokova, Michael Lokshin
published in: Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, 2023, 247 (4), 125-153.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13043
The Important Role of Equivalence Scales: Household Size, Composition, and Poverty Dynamics in Russia
Kseniya Abanokova, Hai-Anh H Dang, Michael Lokshin
published as 'Do Adjustments for Equivalence Scales Affect Poverty Dynamics? Evidence from the Russian Federation during 1994-2017' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, 68 (S1), S167 - S192
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12940
Can Women's Self-Help Groups Contribute to Sustainable Development? Evidence of Capability Changes from Northern India
Paul Anand, Swati Saxena, Rolando Gonzales Martinez, Hai-Anh H Dang
published in: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2020, 21(2), 137-160.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12822
Estimating Poverty for Refugee Populations: Can Cross-Survey Imputation Methods Substitute for Data Scarcity?
Hai-Anh H Dang, Paolo Verme
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36, 653 - 679
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12814
Childcare and Maternal Employment: Evidence from Vietnam
Hai-Anh H Dang, Masako Hiraga, Cuong Viet Nguyen
published in: World Development, 2022, 159, 106022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12070
Inequality of Opportunity in Education: Accounting for the Contributions of Sibs, Schools and Sorting across East Africa
Paul Anand, Jere R. Behrman, Hai-Anh H Dang, Sam Jones
published as 'Decomposing Learning Inequalities in East Africa: How Much Does Sorting Matter?' in: World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36 (1), 219-243
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5659
School Access, Resources, and Learning Outcomes: Evidence from a Non-formal School Program in Bangladesh
Hai-Anh H Dang, Leopold Sarr, Niaz Asadullah
IZA Policy Paper No. 215
Better Tracking SDG Progress with Fewer Resources? A Call for More Innovative Data Uses
Hai-Anh H Dang, Calogero Carletto, Dean Jolliffe
IZA Policy Paper No. 192
COVID-19 Pandemic and the Health and Well-being of Vulnerable People in Vietnam
Hai-Anh Dang, Minh N.N. Do
published in Pranee Liamputtong. (Eds). 2023. Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health. Springer Press.
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