Rainer Thiele
Biographic Data
| ID | 295884 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rainer Thiele |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rainer |
| FAMILY NAME | Thiele |
| SIGNATURE | THIELE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kiel Institute for the World Economy |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8904-6851 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 252 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The link between economic growth and emigration from developing countries
Tackling the root causes of migration from developing countries through development cooperation has been suggested as an essential part of the policy mix in OECD migrant destinations. This is even though the evidence on whether economic development leads to more or less people emigrating is so far inconclusive. We investigate the relationship between income per capita and emigration to OECD countries separately for three different skill groups—lo…
Exposure to large-scale farms increases smallholders’ competitive behavior and closes the gender gap
We investigate how exposure to large-scale farms affects smallholders’ competitive behavior. Based on lab-in-the-field experimental measures covering more than 900 smallholders and 400 children in Zambia, we find that smallholders who are traditionally dependent on subsistence agriculture behave more competitively when they are located close to large-scale farms. This effect is especially pronounced for female smallholders and closes the gender g…
The empirics of and policies for sustainability in global value chains
Aid for health, economic growth, and the emigration of medical workers
Debates on the extent to which developing countries suffer from a brain drain often focus on the emigration of locally scarce health personnel. In this paper, we empirically examine how two potential determinants—aid for health and local income levels—affect the emigration rates of doctors and nurses from developing countries. Employing a standard gravity model of international migration, we show that aid for health has a negative effect on the e…
Foreign assistance and emigration
Since policymakers increasingly regard foreign aid as a means to manage international flows of migrants, it is important to obtain accurate empirical evidence on the complex link between aid and migration. Recent research has shown that the impact of foreign assistance on migrant flows is highly heterogeneous across aid categories. In this paper, we focus on a dimension of heterogeneity that has so far not been considered in the literature, namel…
International Student Flows from Developing Countries
The Nutrient-Income Elasticity in Ultra-Poor Households
Social Capital and Large-Scale Agricultural Investments
Following the 2007–8 global food crisis, agricultural producers have invested in large tracts of land in developing countries. We investigate how the arrival of large-scale farms changes inter-personal trust and reciprocity, important components of social capital, in traditional villages. We elicit trust and reciprocal behaviour in villages that lie near large-scale farms and compare them with villages at a distance. Our data reveal greater trust…
Economic Inequality and Social Progress
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The impact of foreign aid on migration revisited
Effects of the 2008 flood on economic performance and food security in Yemen
Extreme weather events such as floods and droughts can have devastating consequences for individual well being and economic development, in particular in poor societies with limited availability of coping mechanisms. Combining a dynamic computable general equilibrium model of the Yemeni economy with a household-level calorie consumption simulation model, this paper assesses the economy-wide, agricultural and food security effects of the 2008 trop…
Informal–Formal Linkages and Informal Enterprise Performance in Urban West Africa
Corrupt governments do not receive more state-to-state aid
Compounding food and income insecurity in Yemen
Does Prime-Age Mortality Reduce Per-Capita Household Income? Evidence from Rural Zambia
Is the Informal Sector Constrained from the Demand Side? Evidence for Six West African Capitals
Increasing inequality in Chalcolithic Southeast Europe
Are ‘New’ Donors Different? Comparing the Allocation of Bilateral Aid Between nonDAC and DAC Donor Countries
Aid and Sectoral Growth
This article examines empirically the proposition that aid to poor countries is detrimental for external competitiveness, giving rise to Dutch disease type effects. At the aggregate level, aid is found to have a positive effect on growth. A sectoral decomposition shows that the effect is (i) significant and positive in the tradable and the nontradable sectors, and (ii) equally strong in both sectors. The article thus provides no empirical support…
Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data
Most of the aid effectiveness literature has focused on the potential growth effects of aggregate aid, with inconclusive results. Considering that donors have repeatedly stressed the multidimensionality of their objectives, a more disaggregated view on aid effectiveness is warranted. The impact of aid on education is analyzed empirically for almost 100 countries over 1970–2004. The effectiveness of sector-specific aid is assessed within the frame…
Keeping a Low Profile
Does US aid buy UN general assembly votes? A disaggregated analysis
Wirtschaftspolitische Optionen zum Schutz tropıscher Wälder
Unrevised ebook edition 2025
Discrimination Against Agriculture in Developing Countries?
Unrevised ebook edition 2025
Does US aid buy UN general assembly votes? A disaggregated analysis
Are ‘New’ Donors Different? Comparing the Allocation of Bilateral Aid Between nonDAC and DAC Donor Countries
Keeping a Low Profile
The impact of foreign aid on migration revisited
Increasing inequality in Chalcolithic Southeast Europe
Corrupt governments do not receive more state-to-state aid
Social Capital and Large-Scale Agricultural Investments
Following the 2007–8 global food crisis, agricultural producers have invested in large tracts of land in developing countries. We investigate how the arrival of large-scale farms changes inter-personal trust and reciprocity, important components of social capital, in traditional villages. We elicit trust and reciprocal behaviour in villages that lie near large-scale farms and compare them with villages at a distance. Our data reveal greater trust…
Is the Informal Sector Constrained from the Demand Side? Evidence for Six West African Capitals
Informal–Formal Linkages and Informal Enterprise Performance in Urban West Africa
Compounding food and income insecurity in Yemen
Exposure to large-scale farms increases smallholders’ competitive behavior and closes the gender gap
We investigate how exposure to large-scale farms affects smallholders’ competitive behavior. Based on lab-in-the-field experimental measures covering more than 900 smallholders and 400 children in Zambia, we find that smallholders who are traditionally dependent on subsistence agriculture behave more competitively when they are located close to large-scale farms. This effect is especially pronounced for female smallholders and closes the gender g…
Effects of the 2008 flood on economic performance and food security in Yemen
Extreme weather events such as floods and droughts can have devastating consequences for individual well being and economic development, in particular in poor societies with limited availability of coping mechanisms. Combining a dynamic computable general equilibrium model of the Yemeni economy with a household-level calorie consumption simulation model, this paper assesses the economy-wide, agricultural and food security effects of the 2008 trop…
Does Prime-Age Mortality Reduce Per-Capita Household Income? Evidence from Rural Zambia
Discrimination Against Agriculture in Developing Countries?
Unrevised ebook edition 2025
Wirtschaftspolitische Optionen zum Schutz tropıscher Wälder
Unrevised ebook edition 2025
Does Aid for Education Educate Children? Evidence from Panel Data
Most of the aid effectiveness literature has focused on the potential growth effects of aggregate aid, with inconclusive results. Considering that donors have repeatedly stressed the multidimensionality of their objectives, a more disaggregated view on aid effectiveness is warranted. The impact of aid on education is analyzed empirically for almost 100 countries over 1970–2004. The effectiveness of sector-specific aid is assessed within the frame…
Keeping a Low Profile
Does US aid buy UN general assembly votes? A disaggregated analysis
Aid and Sectoral Growth
This article examines empirically the proposition that aid to poor countries is detrimental for external competitiveness, giving rise to Dutch disease type effects. At the aggregate level, aid is found to have a positive effect on growth. A sectoral decomposition shows that the effect is (i) significant and positive in the tradable and the nontradable sectors, and (ii) equally strong in both sectors. The article thus provides no empirical support…
Are ‘New’ Donors Different? Comparing the Allocation of Bilateral Aid Between nonDAC and DAC Donor Countries
Does Prime-Age Mortality Reduce Per-Capita Household Income? Evidence from Rural Zambia
Is the Informal Sector Constrained from the Demand Side? Evidence for Six West African Capitals
Increasing inequality in Chalcolithic Southeast Europe
Compounding food and income insecurity in Yemen
Informal–Formal Linkages and Informal Enterprise Performance in Urban West Africa
Corrupt governments do not receive more state-to-state aid
Effects of the 2008 flood on economic performance and food security in Yemen
Extreme weather events such as floods and droughts can have devastating consequences for individual well being and economic development, in particular in poor societies with limited availability of coping mechanisms. Combining a dynamic computable general equilibrium model of the Yemeni economy with a household-level calorie consumption simulation model, this paper assesses the economy-wide, agricultural and food security effects of the 2008 trop…
Economic Inequality and Social Progress
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
The impact of foreign aid on migration revisited
Foreign assistance and emigration
Since policymakers increasingly regard foreign aid as a means to manage international flows of migrants, it is important to obtain accurate empirical evidence on the complex link between aid and migration. Recent research has shown that the impact of foreign assistance on migrant flows is highly heterogeneous across aid categories. In this paper, we focus on a dimension of heterogeneity that has so far not been considered in the literature, namel…
International Student Flows from Developing Countries
The Nutrient-Income Elasticity in Ultra-Poor Households
Social Capital and Large-Scale Agricultural Investments
Following the 2007–8 global food crisis, agricultural producers have invested in large tracts of land in developing countries. We investigate how the arrival of large-scale farms changes inter-personal trust and reciprocity, important components of social capital, in traditional villages. We elicit trust and reciprocal behaviour in villages that lie near large-scale farms and compare them with villages at a distance. Our data reveal greater trust…
Aid for health, economic growth, and the emigration of medical workers
Debates on the extent to which developing countries suffer from a brain drain often focus on the emigration of locally scarce health personnel. In this paper, we empirically examine how two potential determinants—aid for health and local income levels—affect the emigration rates of doctors and nurses from developing countries. Employing a standard gravity model of international migration, we show that aid for health has a negative effect on the e…
The link between economic growth and emigration from developing countries
Tackling the root causes of migration from developing countries through development cooperation has been suggested as an essential part of the policy mix in OECD migrant destinations. This is even though the evidence on whether economic development leads to more or less people emigrating is so far inconclusive. We investigate the relationship between income per capita and emigration to OECD countries separately for three different skill groups—lo…
Exposure to large-scale farms increases smallholders’ competitive behavior and closes the gender gap
We investigate how exposure to large-scale farms affects smallholders’ competitive behavior. Based on lab-in-the-field experimental measures covering more than 900 smallholders and 400 children in Zambia, we find that smallholders who are traditionally dependent on subsistence agriculture behave more competitively when they are located close to large-scale farms. This effect is especially pronounced for female smallholders and closes the gender g…
The empirics of and policies for sustainability in global value chains
Economics (22 works) · Economic growth (11 works) · International Development and Aid (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (9 works) · Developing country (8 works) · Econometrics (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Demographic economics (6 works)