Michael Grimm

Research Fellow

University of Passau

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Research Interests

Michael Grimm is Professor of Development Economics at the University of Passau. He is also an affiliated with J-PAL and the RWI Research Network and is a Research Professor at the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin. He holds an MA in Economics from Frankfurt University and an MA in Population Economics and PhD in Development Economics both from Sciences-Po Paris. He is a founding member of the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative, a member of the Executive Board of the European Development Research Network (EUDN) and has served as a chairman of the Research Group on Development Economics of the German Economic Association (VfS). His research covers problems related to poverty and growth such as education, health and informal labour markets including the evaluation of policies in these domains.

He has published in journals such as the Journal of Development Economics, World Bank Economic Review, Health Economics, Demography and the Journal of Economic Geography.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2012.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17472
Small-Scale Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Information: A Comparison of Individual Purchase Decisions with Contributions to a Club Good
Michael Grimm, Nathalie Luck, Alia Bihrajihant Raya, Udit Sawhney
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16195
The Effects of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake on Children's Nutrition and Education
Marina Dodlova, Michelle Escobar Carias, Michael Grimm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16118
The Impact of Margaret Sanger's Birth Control Clinics on Early 20th Century U.S. Fertility and Mortality
Stefan Bauernschuster, Michael Grimm, Cathy M. Hajo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15966
The Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Structural Change
Nicolas Büttner, Michael Grimm, Isabel Günther, Kenneth Harttgen, Stephan Klasen
published in: Demography, 2024, 61 (5), 1585–1611.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14892
Short-Term Impacts of Targeted Cash Grants and Business Development Services: Experimental Evidence from Entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso
Michael Grimm, Sidiki Soubeiga, Michael Weber
published as 'Supporting small firms in a fragile context: Comparing matching and cash grants in Burkina Faso' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 171.103344.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14760
Measuring Youth Empowerment: An Illustration Using the Example of Tunisia
Micheline Goedhuys, Michael Grimm, Aline Meysonnat, Eleonora Nillesen, Ann-Kristin Reitmann
published as 'Measuring youth empowerment: An application to Tunisia' in: Journal of International Development, 2024, 36 (4), 1945-1964
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13400
Can Training Enhance Adoption, Knowledge and Perception of Organic Farming Practices? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Indonesia
Michael Grimm, Nathalie Luck
published as 'Experimenting with a green 'Green Revolution'. Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Indonesia' in: Ecological Economics, 2023, 205, 107727
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12471
On the Malleability of Implicit Attitudes Towards Women Empowerment: Evidence from Tunisia
Eleonora Nillesen, Michael Grimm, Micheline Goedhuys, Ann-Kristin Reitmann, Aline Meysonnat
published in: World Development, 2021, 138, 105263
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11929
Unblurring the Market for Vision Correction: A Willingness to Pay Experiment in Rural Burkina Faso
Michael Grimm, Renate Hartwig
published as 'All Eyes on the Price: An Assessment of the Willingness-to-Pay for Eyeglasses in Rural Burkina Faso' in: Health Economics, 2022, 31 (7), 1347 - 1367
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10744
Nudging Households to Take Up Health Insurance: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Burkina Faso
Fadima Bocoum, Michael Grimm, Renate Hartwig, Nathalie Zongo
published as 'Can information increase the understanding and uptake of insurance? Lessons from a randomized experiment in rural Burkina Faso' in: Social Science and Medicine, 2019, 220, 102-111.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10427
Demand for Off-Grid Solar Electricity: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda
Michael Grimm, Luciane Lenz, Jörg Peters, Maximiliane Sievert
published in: Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2020, 7 (3), 417-454.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10351
Rainfall Risk and Fertility: Evidence from Farm Settlements during the American Demographic Transition
Michael Grimm
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21, 593-618.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10280
Does Crime Deter South Africans from Self-Employment?
Katharina Grabrucker, Michael Grimm
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (2), 413-435.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8719
Beer, Wood, and Welfare
Michael Grimm, Jörg Peters
published in: PLoS ONE, 2015, 10 (8), e0132603
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8594
A First Step up the Energy Ladder? Low Cost Solar Kits and Household's Welfare in Rural Rwanda
Michael Grimm, Anicet Munyehirwe, Jörg Peters, Maximiliane Sievert
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 31 (3): 631–649.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8525
Do Cows Have Negative Returns? The Evidence Revisited
Esther Gehrke, Michael Grimm
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, 66 (4): 673 - 707.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8193
Do Interventions Targeted at Micro-Entrepreneurs and Small and Medium-Sized Firms Create Jobs? A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Low and Middle Income Countries
Michael Grimm, Anna Luisa Paffhausen
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 32, 67-85
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8146
Does Electrification Spur the Fertility Transition? Evidence from Indonesia
Michael Grimm, Robert Sparrow, Luca Tasciotti
published in: Demography, 2015, 52 (5), 1773-1796,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8042
Why Do Some Motorbike Riders Wear a Helmet and Others Don't? Evidence from Delhi, India
Michael Grimm, Carole Treibich
published in: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2016, 88, 318-336.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7229
Does Forced Solidarity Hamper Investment in Small and Micro Enterprises?
Michael Grimm, Renate Hartwig, Jann Lay
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45 (4): 827-846.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6866
Constrained Firms, Not Subsistence Activities: Evidence on Capital Returns and Accumulation in Peruvian Microenterprises
Kristin Göbel, Michael Grimm, Jann Lay
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 33, 94-110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3391
Geography vs. Institutions at the Village Level
Michael Grimm, Stephan Klasen
published as 'Migration pressure, tenure security and agricultural intensification. Evidence from Indonesia' in: Land Economics, 2015, 91 (3), 411-434.
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