2020
Migration and the labour market impacts of COVID-19
Barker N, Davis C, López-Peña P, Mitchell H, Mobarak A, Naguib K, Reimão M, Shenoy A, Vernot C. Migration and the labour market impacts of COVID-19. WIDER Working Paper 2020, 2020 DOI: 10.35188/unu-wider/2020/896-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLabor market impactMigrant householdsOrigin communitiesExtent of vulnerabilityRemittance incomeFood insecuritySecondary dataMigrantsCOVID-19 pandemicPanel datasetDetailed microdataHouseholdsMarket impactInsecurityPolicyCOVID-19MicrodataCommunityIncomeNepalEarningsGreater health risksBangladeshVulnerabilityPandemic
2008
Does rising income increase or decrease damage risk from natural disasters?
Kellenberg D, Mobarak A. Does rising income increase or decrease damage risk from natural disasters? Journal Of Urban Economics 2008, 63: 788-802. DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2007.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecent empirical literatureNon-linear impactMeasure of riskDisaster riskAggregate incomeNatural disaster riskIncome increasesPanel dataCapita levelsCountry exposureEmpirical literatureEconomic developmentPolicy perspectiveHigher incomeIncomeNon-linear relationshipPoor nationsBehavioral choicesMicro levelNatural disastersDisaster risk preventionNegative relationshipDual goalsCountriesDisaster damage
2005
Democracy, Volatility, and Economic Development
Mobarak A. Democracy, Volatility, and Economic Development. The Review Of Economics And Statistics 2005, 87: 348-361. DOI: 10.1162/0034653053970302.Peer-Reviewed Original Research