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Short CV

Main areas of research:

Development macroeconomics, international economics, HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa 

Recent publications and working papers:

The Futile Quest for a Grand Explanation of Long-Run Government Growth (2009) memo (with Magnus Henrekson)

Inflation Dynamics and Food Prices in an Agricultural Economy: The Case of Ethiopia (2009) Policy Research Working Paper 4969, the World Bank

(with J. Loening and Yohannes Ayalew Birru)

http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=469382&piPK=64165421&menuPK=64166093&entityID=000158349_20090618133717

How Does Communal HIV/AIDS Affect Fertility? - Evidence from Malawi (2009) Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics (S-WoPEc), No 369: (with Annika Lindskog)

 http://swopec.hhs.se/gunwpe/abs/gunwpe0369.htm

Uncovering the Effect of the HIV Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Malawi (2008), Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics (S-WoPEc), No 318 (with Annika Lindskog) accepted for publication in Journal of Population Economics http://gupea.ub.gu.se/dspace/handle/2077/17898

Kenya’s Development Path and Factor Prices 1964-2000, (2008), Journal of Development Studies, Vol.  444, Issue 2 (with Arne Bigsten).

Offshoring and Occupational Wages: Some empirical evidence (2008)  Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics (S-WoPEc), No 312 (with A. Bigsten and F. Munshi)

The African economy and its role in the world economy (2008).  Current African Issues No. 40, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala  (with Arne Bigsten). http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/9037/a/85106

HIV/AIDS, Adult Mortality and Fertility: Evidence from Malawi (2008). Sida Country Economic Report 2008:1 (with Annika Lindskog) http://www.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=118&a=35987&searchWords=malawi

Competition in the Swedish Coffee Market 1978-2002 International Journal of Industrial Organization. 25 (2007) 721–739

Demand for Coffee: The Role of Prices, Preferences and Market Power Food Policy. 32,(2007) 566-584.

Openness and Wage Inequality in Kenya, 1964-2000 World Development, March, 2006, Vol. 34, No. 3 (with A. Bigsten).

The impact of HIV/AIDS on Livelihoods, Poverty and the Economy of Malawi Sida Studies no. 18, 2006 (with L. Arrehag, S. de Vylder and M. Sjöblom) http://www.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=118&a=26461

Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh” Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics (S-WoPEc), No 205, Göteborg, University (2006) (with F. Munshi)