Mulubrhan Amare
Biographic Data
| ID | 3588875 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mulubrhan Amare |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mulubrhan |
| FAMILY NAME | Amare |
| SIGNATURE | AMARE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3310-3140 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Climate-Induced Agricultural Productivity Shocks Undermine Child Nutritional Outcomes: Evidence from Nigeria
Climatic change threatens agricultural productivity and food security of smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa, yet evidence on how climate-induced declines in agricultural productivity affect child nutrition remains limited. By merging nationally representative household-level panel data with long-term changes in temperate and precipitation, and using two-stage fixed effects econometric models, we examined the effect of climate-induced agricultural…
Conflicts, crop choice, and agricultural investments: Empirical evidence from Nigeria
Conflict remains a major driver of poverty in Africa. Conflicts and political instability in the region have been increasing recently and are drawing more attention in public discourse. While it is widely acknowledged that conflicts disrupt agricultural production and food systems, the full extent of the damage inflicted on the lives and livelihoods of farming households and the mechanisms to redress this harm remain poorly understood. In particu…
Maize yield responsiveness and profitability of fertilizer: New survey evidence from six African countries
The Role of Spatial Inequalities on Youth Migration Decisions: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
We combine nationally representative data from Nigeria with spatiotemporal data from remote sensing and other sources to study how young migrants respond to observable characteristics of potential destinations, both in absolute terms and relative to origin locations. Migrants prefer destinations with better welfare, land availability and intensity of economic activity. We also find that migrants prefer shorter distances and those destinations wit…
Differences in peri-urban and rural farm production decisions amid policy change in Nigeria
The Role of Land Inheritance in Youth Migration and Employment Choices: Evidence from Rural Nigeria
Climate change, income sources, crop mix, and input use decisions: Evidence from Nigeria
Variation in women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence across the rural–urban continuum in Ethiopia
Little is known about the effects of urbanization on women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV). The scarcity of empirical studies on this relationship can be partly attributed to the lack of an objective measure of urbanization levels. In this study, we investigate the effects of urbanization on Ethiopian women’s attitudes toward IPV using four continuous measures of urbanization: nightlight intensity, distance to urban areas, tota…
Polygynous Family Structure and Child Undernutrition in Nigeria
Interest is growing in the research literature in exploring how child nutrition is affected by sociocultural practices, such as polygyny. However, evaluation of the effect of polygyny on child nutrition is hindered by the complexity of the relationship. This paper investigates the effect of polygyny on anthropometric outcomes while recognising that unobservable household characteristics may simultaneously influence both the decision to form a pol…
Covid-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria
This paper combines pre-pandemic face-to-face survey data with follow up phone surveys collected in April-May 2020 to examine the implication of the COVID-19 pandemic on household food security and labor market participation outcomes in Nigeria. To examine these relationships and implications, we exploit spatial variation in exposure to COVID-19 related infections and lockdown measures, along with temporal differences in our outcomes of interest,…
Youth Migration Decisions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Satellite-Based Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
This article examines the implications of urban growth on youth migration decisions in Nigeria. We use night light intensity data combined with Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture data, as an indicator of urban growth and associated economic opportunities. Employing alternative econometric approaches that exploit the spatial and temporal differences in urban growth as proxied by night light intensity, we find that…
The impact of smallholder farmers’ participation in avocado export markets on the labor market, farm yields, sales prices, and incomes in Kenya
Smallholder producers in sub-Saharan Africa are often unable integrate into markets and access high-value opportunities by effectively participating in global chains for high-value fresh produce. Using data from a survey of large avocado farmers in Kenya, this study examines the determinants and impacts of smallholder-producer participation in avocado export markets on labor inputs, farm yields, sales prices, and incomes, using a switching regres…
Night light intensity and women’s body weight: Evidence from Nigeria
Poverty Transition in Rural Vietnam: The Role of Migration and Remittances
This study combines insights of the New Economics of Labour Migration with the asset-based approach to welfare dynamics using panel household data from Vietnam. This method allows us to determine whether poverty transitions induced by remittances are actually structural, that is, based on asset growth and therefore long term, or stochastic, that is, based only on short-term increases in income, which implies a risk of falling back into poverty. T…
Covid-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria
This paper combines pre-pandemic face-to-face survey data with follow up phone surveys collected in April-May 2020 to examine the implication of the COVID-19 pandemic on household food security and labor market participation outcomes in Nigeria. To examine these relationships and implications, we exploit spatial variation in exposure to COVID-19 related infections and lockdown measures, along with temporal differences in our outcomes of interest,…
Youth Migration Decisions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Satellite-Based Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
This article examines the implications of urban growth on youth migration decisions in Nigeria. We use night light intensity data combined with Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture data, as an indicator of urban growth and associated economic opportunities. Employing alternative econometric approaches that exploit the spatial and temporal differences in urban growth as proxied by night light intensity, we find that…
Conflicts, crop choice, and agricultural investments: Empirical evidence from Nigeria
Conflict remains a major driver of poverty in Africa. Conflicts and political instability in the region have been increasing recently and are drawing more attention in public discourse. While it is widely acknowledged that conflicts disrupt agricultural production and food systems, the full extent of the damage inflicted on the lives and livelihoods of farming households and the mechanisms to redress this harm remain poorly understood. In particu…
Climate change, income sources, crop mix, and input use decisions: Evidence from Nigeria
Maize yield responsiveness and profitability of fertilizer: New survey evidence from six African countries
Differences in peri-urban and rural farm production decisions amid policy change in Nigeria
The Role of Land Inheritance in Youth Migration and Employment Choices: Evidence from Rural Nigeria
Poverty Transition in Rural Vietnam: The Role of Migration and Remittances
This study combines insights of the New Economics of Labour Migration with the asset-based approach to welfare dynamics using panel household data from Vietnam. This method allows us to determine whether poverty transitions induced by remittances are actually structural, that is, based on asset growth and therefore long term, or stochastic, that is, based only on short-term increases in income, which implies a risk of falling back into poverty. T…
Night light intensity and women’s body weight: Evidence from Nigeria
The impact of smallholder farmers’ participation in avocado export markets on the labor market, farm yields, sales prices, and incomes in Kenya
Smallholder producers in sub-Saharan Africa are often unable integrate into markets and access high-value opportunities by effectively participating in global chains for high-value fresh produce. Using data from a survey of large avocado farmers in Kenya, this study examines the determinants and impacts of smallholder-producer participation in avocado export markets on labor inputs, farm yields, sales prices, and incomes, using a switching regres…
Polygynous Family Structure and Child Undernutrition in Nigeria
Interest is growing in the research literature in exploring how child nutrition is affected by sociocultural practices, such as polygyny. However, evaluation of the effect of polygyny on child nutrition is hindered by the complexity of the relationship. This paper investigates the effect of polygyny on anthropometric outcomes while recognising that unobservable household characteristics may simultaneously influence both the decision to form a pol…
Covid-19 and food security: Panel data evidence from Nigeria
This paper combines pre-pandemic face-to-face survey data with follow up phone surveys collected in April-May 2020 to examine the implication of the COVID-19 pandemic on household food security and labor market participation outcomes in Nigeria. To examine these relationships and implications, we exploit spatial variation in exposure to COVID-19 related infections and lockdown measures, along with temporal differences in our outcomes of interest,…
Youth Migration Decisions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Satellite-Based Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
This article examines the implications of urban growth on youth migration decisions in Nigeria. We use night light intensity data combined with Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture data, as an indicator of urban growth and associated economic opportunities. Employing alternative econometric approaches that exploit the spatial and temporal differences in urban growth as proxied by night light intensity, we find that…
The Role of Spatial Inequalities on Youth Migration Decisions: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
We combine nationally representative data from Nigeria with spatiotemporal data from remote sensing and other sources to study how young migrants respond to observable characteristics of potential destinations, both in absolute terms and relative to origin locations. Migrants prefer destinations with better welfare, land availability and intensity of economic activity. We also find that migrants prefer shorter distances and those destinations wit…
Differences in peri-urban and rural farm production decisions amid policy change in Nigeria
The Role of Land Inheritance in Youth Migration and Employment Choices: Evidence from Rural Nigeria
Climate change, income sources, crop mix, and input use decisions: Evidence from Nigeria
Variation in women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence across the rural–urban continuum in Ethiopia
Little is known about the effects of urbanization on women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV). The scarcity of empirical studies on this relationship can be partly attributed to the lack of an objective measure of urbanization levels. In this study, we investigate the effects of urbanization on Ethiopian women’s attitudes toward IPV using four continuous measures of urbanization: nightlight intensity, distance to urban areas, tota…
Conflicts, crop choice, and agricultural investments: Empirical evidence from Nigeria
Conflict remains a major driver of poverty in Africa. Conflicts and political instability in the region have been increasing recently and are drawing more attention in public discourse. While it is widely acknowledged that conflicts disrupt agricultural production and food systems, the full extent of the damage inflicted on the lives and livelihoods of farming households and the mechanisms to redress this harm remain poorly understood. In particu…
Maize yield responsiveness and profitability of fertilizer: New survey evidence from six African countries
Climate-Induced Agricultural Productivity Shocks Undermine Child Nutritional Outcomes: Evidence from Nigeria
Climatic change threatens agricultural productivity and food security of smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa, yet evidence on how climate-induced declines in agricultural productivity affect child nutrition remains limited. By merging nationally representative household-level panel data with long-term changes in temperate and precipitation, and using two-stage fixed effects econometric models, we examined the effect of climate-induced agricultural…
Economics (13 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Geography (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Agriculture (6 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Agricultural economics (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Socioeconomics (4 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (3 works)