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Authored Books

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2009) Microcredit and Poverty in Mexico: An Impact Assessment in Urban Markets. Saarbruecken: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Gisselquist, Rachel M., Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Sen, Kunal, eds. (2022) Clientelist Politics and Development. Amsterdam: Elsevier. (World Development. Special issue, Vol. 152)

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel, ed. (2019) Welfare and Redistributive Effects of Social Assistance in the Global South. New York: Wiley. (Population and Development Review, vol. 45, S1)

Hickey, Sam, Lavers, Tom, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Seekings, Jeremy, eds. (2019) The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Addison, Tony, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Pirttilä, Jukka, eds. (2018) Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic Development. London: Wiley, pp. 159-160. (Journal of International Development, vol. 30, no.2)

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel, ed. (2016) Aid, Education Policy, and Development. Amsterdam: Elsevier. (International Journal of Educational Development, vol. 48)

Addison, Tony, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Tarp, Finn, eds. (2015) Aid, Social Policy and Development. London: Wiley. (Journal of International Development, vol. 27, no. 8)

Gisselquist, Rachel M. and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel, eds. (2015) Experiments in Development Economics. Berlin: De Gruyter. (Journal of Globalization and Development, vol.6, no.1)

Book Chapters

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Santillán Hernández, Alma (2021) 'The political economy of social protection adoption.' In: Schüring, Esther and Loewe, Markus, (eds.), Handbook on Social Protection Systems. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 520-535.

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2020) 'Mexico's Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera programme and the Rise of Social Assistance in Latin America.' In: Anand, PB, Fennell, Shailaja and Comim, Flavio, (eds.), Handbook of BRICS and Emerging Economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 547-572.

Hickey, Sam, Lavers, Tom, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Seekings, Jeremy (2019) 'The Negotiated Politics of Social Protection in East and Southern Africa.' In: Hickey, Sam, Lavers, Tom, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Seekings, Jeremy, (eds.), The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-41.

Addison, Tony, Gisselquist, Rachel M., Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Singh, Saurabh (2016) 'Needs Versus Expediency: Poverty Reduction and Social Development inPost-Conflict Countries.' In: Langer, Arnim and Brown, Graham K., (eds.), Building Sustainable Peace: Timing and Sequencing of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 32-50.

Karimov, Aziz A. and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2015) 'Assessing Efficiency of input Utilization in Wheat Production in Uzbekistan.' In: Lamers, John P. A., Khamzina, Asia, Rudenko, Inna and Vlek, Paul L. G., (eds.), Restructuring land allocation, water use and agricultural value chains: Technologies, Policies and Practices for the Lower Amudarya Region. Göttingen, Germany: V und R Unipress, pp. 231-251.

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2011) 'Mexiko – ett av flera nationella program i Latinamerika.' In: Axelsson Nycander, Gunnel, (ed.), Pengar i handen: sociala trygghetssystem som metod för att bekämpa fattigdom och hunger. Uppsala, Sweden: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, pp. 85-102.

Barrientos, Armando and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2010) 'Effects of non-contributory social transfers in developing countries: An overview.' In: Cichon, Michael, (ed.), Extending social security to all. A guide through challenges and options. Geneva: International Labour Organisation, pp. 95-115.

Journal Article

Jorda, Vanesa, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Tejería-Martínez, Mercedes (2024) 'The Lifespan Disparity Dataset: An open repository on inequality and polarization in length of life (1950–2021).' Scientific Data, 11 (650).

Gisselquist, Rachel M., Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Sen, Kunal (2024) 'Clientelist Politics and Development.' World Development, 178 (106601).

Canelas, Carla and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2023) 'Informalidad y reforma de pensiones en Bolivia: el caso de la Renta Dignidad.' Revista Propuestas para el Desarrollo, 7. pp. 141-173.

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel, Scaturro, Francesca, Jorda, Vanesa and Tarp, Finn (2023) 'Income Inequality and Redistribution in sub-Saharan Africa.' Journal of African Economies, 32 (supplt 2). ii296-ii319.

Canelas, Carla and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2022) 'Informality and Pension Reforms in Bolivia: The Case of Renta Dignidad.' Journal of Development Studies, 58 (7). pp. 1436-1458.

Ferry, Marin, de Talancé, Marine and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2022) 'Less debt, more schooling? Evidence from cross-country micro data.' Journal of Comparative Economics, 50 (1). pp. 153-173.

You, Jing, Ding, Xinxin, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Wang, Sangui (2021) 'The intergenerational impact of house prices on education: evidence from China.' Journal of Housing Economics, 54 (101788). pp. 1-18.

Masino, Serena and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2020) 'Improving Financial Inclusion through the Delivery of Cash Transfer Programmes: The Case of Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera Programme.' Journal of Development Studies, 56 (1). pp. 151-168.

You, Jing and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2019) 'The Intergenerational Impact of China's New Rural Pension Scheme.' Population and Development Review, 45 (S1). pp. 47-95.

Neidhöfer, Guido and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2019) 'The Long(er)-Term Impacts of Chile Solidario on Human Capital and Labor Income.' Population and Development Review, 45 (S1). pp. 209-244.

Canelas, Carla and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2019) 'Schooling and Labor Market Impacts of Bolivia's Bono Juancito Pinto Program.' Population and Development Review, 45 (S1). pp. 155-179.

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2019) 'Welfare and redistributive effects of social assistance in the Global South.' Population and Development Review, 45 (S1). pp. 3-22.

Jordá, Vanesa and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2019) 'Global inequality: How large is the effect of top incomes?' World Development, 123 (104593).

Villa, Juan M. and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2018) 'Poverty dynamics and graduation from conditional cash transfers: a transition model for Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera program.' Journal of Economic Inequality, 17 (2). pp. 219-251.

Roope, Laurence, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Tarp, Finn (2018) 'How polarized is the global income distribution?' Economics Letters, 167. pp. 86-89.

Haile, Fiseha and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2018) 'Does Social Spending Improve Welfare in Low-income and Middle-income Countries?' Journal of International Development, 30 (3). pp. 367-398.

Addison, Tony, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Pirttilä, Jukka (2018) 'Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic Development.' Journal of International Development, 30 (2). pp. 161-172.

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel, Roope, Laurence and Tarp, Finn (2017) 'Global Inequality: Relatively Lower, Absolutely Higher.' The Review of Income of Wealth, 65 (4). pp. 661-684.

Chiripanhura, Blessing M. and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2016) 'The impacts of the food, fuel and financial crises on poor and vulnerable households in Nigeria: A retrospective approach to research inquiry.' Development Policy Review, 34 (6). pp. 763-788.

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2016) 'Aid, education policy, and development.' International Journal of Educational Development, 48. pp. 1-8.

Masino, Serena and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2016) 'What works to improve the quality of student learning in developing countries?' International Journal of Educational Development, 48. pp. 53-65.

Riddell, Abby and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2016) 'The effectiveness of foreign aid to education: What can be learned?' International Journal of Educational Development, 48. pp. 23-36.

Gisselquist, Rachel M., Leiderer, Stefan and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2016) 'Ethnic Heterogeneity and Public Goods Provision in Zambia: Evidence of a Subnational "Diversity Dividend".' World Development, 78. pp. 308-323.

Chiripanhura, Blessing M. and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2015) 'Aid, Political Business Cycles and Growth in Africa.' Journal of International Development, 27 (8). pp. 1387-1421.

Addison, Tony, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Tarp, Finn (2015) 'Aid, Social Policy and Development.' Journal of International Development, 27 (8). pp. 1351-1365.

Gisselquist, Rachel M. and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2015) 'What Can Experiments Tell Us About How to Improve Government Performance?' Journal of Globalization and Development, 6 (1). pp. 1-45.

Seguin, Maureen and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2015) 'Non-clinical interventions for acute respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases among young children in developing countries.' Tropical Medicine and International Health, 20 (2). pp. 146-169.

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2013) 'Microcredit, Labor, and Poverty Impacts in Urban Mexico.' Review of Development Economics, 17 (4). pp. 747-762.

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel, Barrientos, Armando, Hickey, Sam and Hulme, David (2012) 'Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the Politics Right.' World Development, 40 (1). pp. 163-176.

Barrientos, Armando and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2011) 'Financing Social Protection for Children in Crisis Contexts.' Development Policy Review, 29 (5). pp. 603-620.

Monographs and Working Papers

Jorda, Vanesa, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel, Roope, Laurence and Tarp, Finn (2023) Global income polarization: Relative and absolute perspectives. Helsinki: WIDER Working Paper 2023/146. (Unpublished)

Jorda, Vanesa, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Tejería, Mercedes (2023) An open database on inequality and polarization in length of life (1950–2021). Helsinki: WIDER Working Paper 2023/121. (Unpublished)

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Santillán Hernández, Alma (2023) Aid's impact on social protection in low- and middle-income countries. Helsinki: WIDER Working Paper 2023/110. (Unpublished)

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel, Horigoshi, Ana, Santillán Hernández, Alma and Ernesto, Tiburcio (2022) The Rise of Social Protection in the Global South: The Role of Foreign Aid. Stockholm, Sweden: EBA Report 2022:08.

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel, Scaturro, Francesca, Jordá, Vanesa and Tarp, Finn (2022) Income Inequality and Redistribution in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nairobi, Kenya: African Economic Research Consortium. Working Paper GPIR-001.

Canelas, Carla and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2022) Social protection and the informal economy: What do we know? Bangkok: United Nations ESCAP, Social Development Division, Working Paper Series.

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Torm, Nina (2022) Active Labour Market Policies in Asia and the Pacific. A review of the literature. Bangkok: United Nations ESCAP, Social Development Division, Working Paper Series.

Cuesta, Jose, López-Noval, Borja and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2022) Social Exclusion. Concepts, Measurement, and a Global Estimate. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 10097.

Gisselquist, Rachel M., Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Samarin, Melissa (2021) Does aid support democracy? A systematic review of the literature. Helsinki: WIDER Working Paper 2021/14. (Unpublished)

Filipovich, Dragan, Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel and Santillán Hernández, Alma (2018) Campaign externalities, programmatic spending, and voting preferences in rural Mexico: The case of Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera programme. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER Working Paper 2018/27. (Unpublished)

Jordá, Vanesa and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2017) Global inequality in length of life, 1950–2015. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER Working Paper 2017/192. (Unpublished)

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2023) Social welfare services are being cut across the world, but providing them is about more than just money. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cuesta, Jose, López-Noval, Borja and Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel (2022) People at risk of social exclusion: new global estimates. GlobalDev.blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]