CURRICULUM VITAE November 2007 Peter Frederik Lanjouw Contact: planjouw@worldbank.org Date of Birth: September 16, 1963 Nationality: Netherlands Current Employment: Research Manager, Poverty Cluster Development Economics Research Group The World Bank 1818 H. St. N.W. Washington D.C. 20433 November, 2007 present Education: London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom Ph.D. Economics, 1992 (Dissertation: Inequality, Poverty and Mobility: The Experience of a North Indian Village) MSc. Economics, 1987 Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand B.C.A. Economics, 1984 Previous Employment: Lead Economist, Development Economics Research Group (July, 2002 November, 2007) Senior Economist, Development Economics Research Group, the World Bank ( 1998-2002; on leave October 1998-May 2000) Professor of Economics, Dept. of Economics, Vrije Universiteit (Free University), Amsterdam (October, 1998 May, 2000) Economist, Development Economics Research Group, the World Bank (1992-1998) Research Officer, (ST/ICERD), London School of Economics (1987 1992)
Publications Published Books: Lanjouw, P.F., and Stern, N.H. (eds) (1998): Economic Development in Palanpur Over Five Decades (New Delhi and Oxford: Oxford University Press). Refereed Journal Articles (Published or Accepted for Publication): Araujo, C., Ferreira, F., Lanjouw, P. and Ozler, B. (forthcoming) Local Inequality and Project Choice: Theory and Evidence from Ecuador, Journal of Public Economics, forthcoming. Elbers, C., Lanjouw, P., Mistiaen, J. and Ozler, B. (forthcoming) Re-interpreting Sub-Group Inequality Decompositions,, forthcoming The Journal of Economic Inequality. Elbers, C., Fujii, T., Lanjouw, P., Ozler, B. and Yin, W. (2007) Poverty Alleviation Through Targeting: How Much Does Disaggregation Help? Journal of Development Economics, 83, 197-213. Kijima, Y., and Lanjouw, P. (2005) Economic Diversification and Poverty in Rural India Indian Journal of Labour Economics Vol 8(2). Elbers, C., Lanjouw, J.O., and Lanjouw, P. (2005) Using Imputed Welfares Estimates in Regression Analysis, The Journal of Economic Geography Vol (5) No. 1. Jayaraman, R., and Lanjouw, P. (2004) Small Scale Industry, Environmental Regulation and Poverty: A Case Study of Brazil World Bank Economic Review, Vol 18, No. 3 (443-464). Elbers, C., Lanjouw, P., Mistiaen, J., Ozler, B. and Simler, K. (2004) On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities, World Bank Economic Review, Vol 18, No. 3 (401-421). Lanjouw, J., Lanjouw, P., Milanovic, B. and Paternostro, S. (2004) Economies of Scale and Poverty: the Impact of Relative Price Shifts During Economic Transition, Economics of Transition Vol 12(3),509-536. Lanjouw, P. and Shariff, A. (2004) Rural Nonfarm Employment in India: Access, Incomes, and Poverty Impact, Economic and Political Weekly Vol 39, No 40, October 2, 2004. Ferreira, F., Lanjouw, P. and Neri, M. (2003) A new Poverty Profile for Brazil using PPV, PNAD and Census Data, Revista Brasileira de Economia, Vol 57, No. 1. Elbers, C., Lanjouw, J., and Lanjouw, P. (2003) Micro-level Estimation of Poverty and Inequality, Econometrica, Vol 71(1), January, 355-364. Lanjouw, J. O. and Lanjouw, P. (2001): How to Compare Apples and Oranges: Poverty Measurement Based on Different Definitions of Consumption, Review of Income and Wealth, 47(1), 25-42.. Lanjouw, J. O. and Lanjouw, P. (2001): The Rural Nonfarm Sector: Issues and Evidence from Developing Countries, Agricultural Economics, 26, pg 1-23.
Lanjouw, P., Quizon, J. and Sparrow, R. (2001) Non-Agricultural Earnings in Peri-urban Areas of Tanzania: Evidence from Household Survey Data, Food Policy, 26(4), August, pg 385-404. Elbers, C. and Lanjouw P. (2001) Intersectoral Transfer, Growth and Inequality in Rural Ecuador,World Development, 29/3, 481-496. Reprinted in United Nations CEPAL (2004) Empleo e Ingresos Rurales no Agrícolas en América Latina (Naciones Unidas CEPAL: Santiago Chile). Ferreira, F., and Lanjouw, P. (2001) Rural Poverty and Nonfarm Employment in Brazil, World Development, 29/3, 509-528. Reprinted in United Nations CEPAL (2004) Empleo e Ingresos Rurales no Agrícolas en América Latina (Naciones Unidas CEPAL: Santiago Chile). Lanjouw, P. (2001) Rural Nonfarm Employment and Poverty in El Salvador; World Development, 29/3, 529-547. Reprinted in United Nations CEPAL (2004) Empleo e Ingresos Rurales no Agrícolas en América Latina (Naciones Unidas CEPAL: Santiago Chile). Hentschel, J., Lanjouw J., Lanjouw, P. and Poggi, J. (2000) Combining Household Data with Census Data to Construct a Disaggregated Poverty Map: A Case Study of Ecuador, World Bank Economic Review, Vol 14, No. 1, January. Reardon, T., Taylor, J., Stamoulis, K., Lanjouw, P. and Balisacan, A. (2000) Effects of Nonfarm Employment on Rural Income Inequality in Developing Countries: an Investment Perspective, Journal of Agricultural Economics.54(2). Hentschel, J. and Lanjouw, P. (2000) Household Welfare Measurement and the Pricing of Basic Services, Journal of International Development. Vol 12(1), January. Lanjouw, P. (1999) Rural Non-Agricultural Employment and Poverty in Ecuador, Economic Development and Cultural Change. 48(1) October. Lanjouw, P. and Ravallion, M. (1999): Benefit Incidence, Public Spending Reforms and the Timing of Program Capture, World Bank Economic Review, Vol 13(2). Jayaraman, R. and Lanjouw, P. (1999) The Evolution of Poverty and Inequality in Indian Villages, World Bank Research Observer, Vol 14, No. 1. Lanjouw, P.F. and Ravallion, M. (1995): Poverty and Household Size, Economic Journal, Vol 105, No. 433. Hussain, A., Lanjouw, P. and Stern, N.H. (1994): Income Inequalities in China: Evidence from Household Survey Data, World Development Vol 22, No. 12. Drèze, J.P., Lanjouw, P.F. and Stern, N.H. (1992): Economic Mobility and Agricultural Labour in Rural India: A Case Study, Indian Economic Review, Special Number, Vol XXVII. Lanjouw, P.F. and Stern, N.H. (1991): Poverty in Palanpur, World Bank Economic Review, January, 5(1), 20-60. Chapters in Edited Books: Lanjouw, P., and Özler, B (2007) Administrative Data in a Study of Local Inequality and Project Choice: Issues in Interpretation and Relevance, forthcoming in a volume edited by Das, J. and
Goldsten, M. (publisher to be confirmed). Lanjouw, P. (2006) Small-Scale Industry, Poverty and the Environment, in Blackman, A. (2006) Small Firms and the Environment in Developing Countries: Collective Impact and Collective Action (Washington D.C.: Resources for the Future Press). Lanjouw, P. (forthcoming) Does the Rural Non-Farm Economy Contribute to Poverty Reduction? in Haggblade, S., Hazell, P. and Reardon, T. (forthcoming) Transforming the Rural Non-Farm Economy (Washington D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute). Elbers, C., Lanjouw, P., Mistiaen, J., Özler, B., and Simler, K. (2005) Are Neighbors Equal? Estimating Local Inequality in Three Developing Countries in Spatial Inequality and Development, Ravi Kanbur & Anthony Venables (eds.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press). Lanjouw, P. and Proctor, F. (2004) Rural Non-Farm Economy: The Latin American Experience, in Nayyar, R. and Sharma, A. Rural Transformation in India (New Delhi: Institute for Human Development). Demombynes, G., Elbers, C., Lanjouw, J., Lanjouw, P., Mistiaen, J. and Ozler, B. (2004) Producing a Better Geographic Profile of Poverty: Methodology and Evidence from Three Developing Countries. In Shorrocks, A. and van der Hoeven, R. (2004) Growth, Inequality and Poverty (Oxford University Press). Lanjouw, P. and Stern, N. (2003) Opportunities Off the Farm as a Springboard Out of Poverty: Five Decades of Development in an Indian Village, in Fields, G. and Pfefferman, G, (2003) Pathways Out of Poverty (Kluwer Press). Lanjouw, P. (2003) Estimating Geographically Disaggregated Welfare Levels and Changes, in Bourguignon and Perreira da Silva (2003) Toolkit for Evaluating the Poverty and Distributional Impact of Policy Changes (Oxford University Press and The World Bank). von Amsberg, J., Lanjouw, P., and Nead, K. (2001) A Focalização do Gasto Social Sobre a Pobreza no Brasil, in Henriques, R. (ed) Desigualdade e Pobreza no Brasil, (IPEA: Rio de Janeiro). Lanjouw, P., Pradhan, M., Saadah, F., Sayed, H., and Sparrow, R. (2000) Who Benefits from Public Spending on Health and Education in Indonesia? in Morrisson, C. (ed) Education and Health Expenditure, and Development: The Cases of Indonesia and Peru (Paris: Development Centre Studies, OECD) Lanjouw, P.F. (2000).Economic Development in Palanpur 1957-93: A Sort of Growth, in Hiroyuki Kotani (ed) Economic Development and the Quality of Life in South Asia (Tokyo: University of Tokyo). Lanjouw, P. (2000) Ecuador: Pobreza Rural, in Luciano Martinez (ed) Estudios Rurales (Quito: FLACSO) Lanjouw, P.F. (2000): Poverty and Non-Farm Employment in Latin America: Examples from Ecuador and El Salvador, in R. Lopez and A. Valdes (eds) Poverty in Rural Latin America (London: MacMillan). In Lanjouw, P. and Stern, N.H. (1998) Economic Development in Palanpur Over Five Decades (New Delhi
and Oxford: Oxford University Press).: Drèze, J. P., Lanjouw, P.F., and Sharma, N. (1998) Economic Development: 1957-1993, Chapter 2. Bliss, C. J., Lanjouw, P.F. and Stern, N.H. (1998) Population, Outside Employment and Agricultural Change, Chapter 3. Lanjouw, P.F. and Stern, N.H. (1998) Poverty in Palanpur, Chapter 4. Lanjouw, P.F. and Stern, N.H. (1998) Inequality, Chapter 5. Drèze, J. P., Lanjouw, P.F., and Sharma, N. (1998) Credit, Chapter 9 Lanjouw, P.F. (1996): The Purpose and Importance of a Poverty Line in Central Asia, in Klugman, J., Marnie, S. and Micklewright, J. (1996) Household Welfare in Central Asia (London: MacMillan). Howes, S. and Lanjouw, P.F. (1994): Regional Variations in Living Standards in Urban China, in Fan, Q. and Nolan, P. (1994) China's Economic Reforms: The Costs and Benefits of Incrementalism (London: MacMillan and New York: St. Martin's Press) Lanjouw, P.F. (1994): Living Standards in a North Indian Village: An Analysis Within the Stochastic Dominance Framework, in Lloyd, T. and Morrissey, O. (1994) Poverty, Inequality and Rural Development: Case Studies in Economic Development, Vol 3 (London: MacMillan). Lanjouw, P.F. and Stern, N.H. (1993) Agricultural Changes and Inequality in Palanpur: 1957-1984. In A. Braverman, K. Hoff and J. Stiglitz (1993): The Economics of Rural Organization (Oxford: Oxford University Press for the World Bank). Working Papers and Work in Progress: Elbers, Lanjouw and Leite (2007) Brazil Within Brazil: Testing the Poverty Map Methodology in Minas Gerais, mimeo, DECRG, the World Bank. Ferre, C., Ferreira, F. and Lanjouw, P. (2007) Metropolitan Bias: Evidence on urban poverty and city size from small area welfare estimates, mimeo, the World Bank. Lanjouw, P. and Luoto, J. (2007) On the Validity of Adjustments for Non-Comparability of Consumption Data: Poverty Trends in the Rapidly Growing Economies of Vietnam and Russia, mimeo, DECRG, the World Bank. Lanjouw, P., Luoto, J. and McKenzie, D. (2007) Constructing a Pseudo Panel with Cross Section Data: An Approach Based on the Small Area Estimation Method, mimeo, DECRG, the World Bank. Lanjouw, P. and Rao, V. (2007) Group Differences Amongst Caste in Two Indian Villages: Reinterpreting Between-Group Inequality, mimeo, DECRG, the World Bank. Buys, P., Ferre, C., Lanjouw, P., and Thomas, T. (2007) The Geography of Rural Poverty: Towards Some Stylized Facts, mimeo, DECRG, the World Bank.
Demombynes G., Elbers, C., Lanjouw, J.0., and Lanjouw, P. (2007) How Good a Map? Putting Small Area Estimation to the Test, Policy Research Working Paper WPS 4155, DECRG, the World Bank. Elbers, C., Lanjouw, J.O. and Lanjouw, P (2005) Updating Poverty Maps, paper presented at the International Statistical Institute, 2005, Sydney, Australia. Kijima, Y. and Lanjouw, P. (2003) Poverty in India during the 1990s: A Regional Perspective, Policy Research Working Paper No. 3141, DECRG, The World Bank. Jayaraman, R., Kijima, Y., and Lanjouw, P. (2003) Tamil Nadu Poverty Note: Poverty in the 1990s, a Preliminary Profile, and Emerging Issues, mimeo DECRG, the World Bank. Elbers, C., Lanjouw, J.O., Lanjouw, P. (2002) Micro-Level Estimation of Welfare Policy Research Working Paper 2911, DECRG, The World Bank. Elbers, C., Lanjouw, J.O., Lanjouw, P. and Leite, P.G. (2001) Poverty and Inequality in Brazil: New Estimates from Combined PPV-PNAD Data, mimeo, DECRG, the World Bank. Lanjouw, P. and Shariff, A. (2001) Rural Nonfarm Employment in India: Access, Incomes, and Poverty Impact, Working Paper No. 81, National Centre for Applied Economic Research (NCAER), Delhi, India. Lanjouw, P. (2000) Poverty in Karnataka: Profiles and Emerging Issues, mimeo, Development Economics Research Group, the World Bank. Lanjouw, P. and Zaidi, S. (2001) Poverty in Andhra Pradesh: A Preliminary Profile and Emerging Issues, mimeo, Development Economics Research Group, the World Bank. Lanjouw, P. (1999) Economic Development in Palanpur 1957-1993: A Sort of Growth, Working Paper No. 330, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan. Booth, D., Gilbert, A., Hentschel, J., Holland, J., and Lanjouw, P. (1998) Participatory and Combined Methods in African Poverty Assessments: Renewing the Agenda, mimeo, Development Economics Research Group, the World Bank. Lanjouw, P., Milanovic, B. and Paternostro, S. (1998) Poverty and the Economic Transition: How do Changes in Economies of Scale Affect Poverty Rates for Different Households? Policy Research Working Paper No. 2009, The World Bank. Lanjouw, J.O. and Lanjouw, P. (1997): Comparing Poverty with Non-Identical Consumption Aggregates: Theory and Illustrations from Ecuador and Pakistan, Policy Research Working Paper No. 1709, Policy Research Department, The World Bank. Lanjouw, P. (1997) Small Scale Industry, Poverty and the Environment: A Case Study of Ecuador, Working Paper No. 18, Research Project on Social and Environmental Consequences of Growth-Oriented Policies, Development Economics Research Group, the World Bank Hentschel, J. and Lanjouw, P. (1996): Constructing an Indicator of Consumption for the Analysis of Poverty: Principles and Illustrations with Reference to Ecuador, Living Standard Measurment Survey Working Paper No. 124., The World Bank.
Lanjouw, P. (1996): Pobreza Rural en Ecuador, Questiones Economicas, Banco Central, Quito, Ecuador. Hentschel, J. and Lanjouw, P. (1996) Un Perfil de Pobreza en Ecuador, Questiones Economicas, Banco Central, Quito, Ecuador. Lanjouw, P.F. (1994): Regional Poverty in Pakisan: How Robust are Conclusions? mimeo, Policy Research Department, Poverty and Human Resources, The World Bank. Reviews: Lanjouw, P.F. (1992): Review of SAS Economic Journal, Software Reviews, 102(414),1302-1312. Lanjouw, P.F. (1994): Review of "Peasants and City Dwellers: Taxation and the Burden of Economic Development" by R. Sah and J. Stiglitz, Economica, 61(241), 121-122. Lanjouw, P.F. (1996): Review of "Non-Governmental Organizations and Rural Poverty Alleviation" by C. Riddel, M. Robinson and Others, Finance and Development, December, 1996.
Other: Associate Editor: Journal of African Economies, World Bank Economic Review Referee for: Economica, Economic Journal, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Income and Wealth, Journal of African Economies, Regional Studies and Urban Economics, Journal of Public Economics, World Bank Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Development Studies, Oxford Economic Papers, World Development. Fluent in Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish. Experience with mainframe and micro computers. SAS and STATA statistical software.