Yonas Alem
About Yonas Alem
I am an economist applying microeconomics and econometrics to research on a range of topics related to poverty, economic development, and the environment in developing regions of the world, with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
In my previous work, I applied panel data econometrics to measure the impact of shocks on household welfare, poverty dynamics and technology adoption in Africa.
In collaboration with a number of colleagues and graduate students, I’m continuing my research on technology adoption, the impact of uninsured risk and shocks on household outcomes, as well as, the dynamics of well-being, and household energy choice.
I currently work as Research Director for the (EfD) Environment for Development initiative. The EfD has succeeded in creating a network that provides research and academic capacity building in seven developing and emerging countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, China, Costa Rica and Chile) in collaboration with researchers based in more than ten Universities and research institutions around the world. As the EfD research director, I’m in charge of administering the EfD research fund, evaluating research proposals and papers, and co-editing the EfD Discussion Paper series together with Professor Peter Berck of the University of California Berkeley.
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Research areas
- Development Economics
- Behavioural and Experimental Economics
- Environmental and Energy Economics
Teaching areas
- Applied Econometrics
- Development Economics
- Environmental Economics
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Smallholder rice farmers' post-harvest decisions: preferences and structural
factors
R. D. Ruhinduka, Yonas Alem, Håkan Eggert, T. Lybbert
European Review of Agricultural Economics - 2020-01-01 -
The persistence of energy poverty: A dynamic probit
analysis
Yonas Alem, E. Demeke
Energy Economics - 2020-01-01 -
International Remittances and Private Interhousehold Transfers: Exploring the
Links
Yonas Alem, L. Andersson
European Journal of Development Research - 2019-01-01 -
Why (field) experiments on unethical behavior are important: Comparing stated and revealed
behavior
Yonas Alem, Håkan Eggert, Martin G. Kocher, Remidius Denis Ruhinduka
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization - 2018-01-01 -
Passive Learning and Incentivized Communication: A Randomized Controlled Trial in
India
Yonas Alem, Eugenie Dugoua
- 2018-01-01 -
Decision-making within the Household: The Role of Autonomy and Differences in
Preferences
Yonas Alem, Sied Hassen, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2018-01-01 -
Mindfulness and Stress - a Randomised
Experiment
Yonas Alem, Hannah Behrendt, Michele Belot, Anikó Bíró
- 2018-01-01 -
The impact of safety nets on technology adoption: a difference-in-differences
analysis
Yonas Alem, N. H. Broussard
Agricultural Economics - 2018-01-01 -
Modeling household cooking fuel choice: A panel multinomial logit
approach
Yonas Alem, A. D. Beyene, Gunnar Köhlin, A. Mekonnen
Energy Economics - 2016-01-01 -
Migration as an Adaptation Strategy to Weather Variability: An Instrumental Variables Probit
Analysis
Yonas Alem, Mathilde Maurel, Katrin Millock
- 2016-01-01 -
Why (field) experiments on unethical behavior are important: Comparing stated and revealed
behavior
Yonas Alem, Håkan Eggert, Martin G. Kocher, Remidius Denis Ruhinduka
- 2016-01-01 -
Mind, Behaviour and Health - a Randomised
Experiment
Yonas Alem, Hannah Behrendt, Michele Belot, Aniko Bíró
- 2016-01-01 -
Modelling Household Cooking Fuel Choice: a Panel Multinomial Logit
Approach
Yonas Alem, Abebe D. Beyene, Gunnar Köhlin, Alemmu Mekonnen
- 2015-01-01 -
Improving Welfare Through Climate-Friendly Agriculture: The Case of the System of Rice
Intensification
Yonas Alem, Håkan Eggert, Remidius Ruhinduka
Environmental and Resource Economics - 2015-01-01 -
International Remittances and Private Inter-household Transfers: Exploring the
Links
Yonas Alem, Lisa Andersson
- 2015-01-01 -
Improving Welfare through Climate-friendly Agriculture: The Case of the System of Rice
Intensification
Yonas Alem, Håkan Eggert, Remidius Ruhinduka
- 2015-01-01 -
Poverty Persistence and Intra-Household Heterogeneity in Occupations: Evidence from Urban
Ethiopia
Yonas Alem
Oxford Development Studies - 2015-01-01 -
The Impact of Food Price Inflation on Subjective Well-being: Evidence From Urban
Ethiopia
Yonas Alem, Gunnar Köhlin
Social Indicators Research - 2014-01-01 -
Adoption and disadoption of electric cookstoves in urban Ethiopia: Evidence from panel
data
Yonas Alem, Sied Hassen, Gunnar Köhlin
Resources and Energy Economics - 2014-01-01 -
The Environment for Development Initiative: lessons learned in research, academic capacity building and policy intervention to manage resources for sustainable
growth
Thomas Sterner, Yonas Alem, F. Alpizar, C. S. Berck, C. A. C. Rebolledo, J. Dikgang, S. Kirama, Gunnar Köhlin, J. Mariara-Kabubo, A. Mekonnen, J. T. Xu
Environment and Development Economics - 2014-01-01 -
The persistence of subjective poverty in urban
Ethiopia
Yonas Alem, Gunnar Köhlin, Jesper Stage
World Development - 2014-01-01 -
Optimal Expectations and the Welfare Cost of Climate
Variability
Yonas Alem, Jonathan Colmer
- 2013-01-01 -
Poverty Persistence and Intra-Household Heterogeneity in Occupations: Evidence from Urban
Ehtiopia
Yonas Alem
- 2013-01-01 -
Relative Standing and Life-Satisfaction: Does Unobserved Heterogeneity
Matter?
Yonas Alem
- 2013-01-01 -
Integrating soil science into agricultural production
frontiers
Anders Ekbom, Yonas Alem, Thomas Sterner
Environment and Development Economics - 2013-01-01 -
The Dynamics of Electric Cookstove Adoption: Panel data evidence from
Ethiopia
Yonas Alem, Sied Hassen, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2013-01-01 -
Do Safety Nets Promote Technology Adoption? Panel data evidence from rural
Ethiopia
Yonas Alem, Nzinga H. Broussard
- 2013-01-01 -
Integrating Soil Science into Agricultural Production
Frontiers
Anders Ekbom, Yonas Alem, Thomas Sterner
- 2012-01-01 -
The Persistence of Subjective Poverty in Urban
Ethiopia
Yonas Alem, Gunnar Köhlin, Jesper Stage
- 2012-01-01 -
Life Satisfaction in Urban Ethiopia: Trends and
determinants
Yonas Alem, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2012-01-01 -
Household-Level Consumption in Urban Ethiopia: The
Effects
Yonas Alem, Måns Söderbom
World Development - 2012-01-01 -
Essays on Shocks, Welfare, and Poverty Dynamics: Microeconometric Evidence from
Ethiopia
Yonas Alem
- 2011-01-01 -
Does fertilizer use respond to rainfall variability? Panel data evidence from
Ethiopia
Yonas Alem, Menale Kassie, Mintewab Bezabih, Precious Zikhali
Agricultural Economics - 2010-01-01 -
Does fertilizer use respond to rainfall variability? Panel data evidence from
Ethiopia
Yonas Alem, Mintewab Bezabih, Menale Kassie, Precious Zikhali
Agricultural Economics - 2010-01-01 -
Does Fertilizer Use Respond to Rainfall Variability? Panel Data Evidence from
Ethiopia
Yonas Alem, Mintewab Bezabih, Menale Kassie, Precious Zikhali
- 2009-01-01 -
Does asset index better capture households' welfare? Evidence from urban
Ethiopia
Yonas Alem, F. Nelsson
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy - 2009-01-01