Michael Grimm

Research Fellow

University of Passau

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Michael Grimm is Professor of Development Economics at the University of Passau. He is also an affiliated with 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 and a member of the European Development Research Network (EUDN). 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 Behavior and Organization.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2012.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11929
Unblurring the Market for Vision Correction: A Willingness to Pay Experiment in Rural Burkina Faso
Michael Grimm, Renate Hartwig
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10351
Rainfall Risk and Fertility: Evidence from Farm Settlements during the American Demographic Transition
Michael Grimm
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, [Open Access]
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, [Open Access]
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