Publications

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 

Herrmann T, Leckcivilize A, Zenker J (2021). The impact of cash transfers on child outcomes in rural Thailand: Evidence from a social pension reform. Journal of the Economics of Ageing (forthcoming).

Wagener A and Zenker J (2020). Decoupled but not neutral: The effects of counter-cyclical cash transfers on investment and incomes in rural Thailand.  American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 103 (5).

Chakravarty S, Lundberg M, Nikolov P, Zenker J (2019). Vocational training programs and youth labor market outcomes: Evidence from Nepal.  Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 136 (2019).

Minasyan A, Zenker J (first authors), Klasen S, Vollmer S (2019). The gender gap in education and how it affects economic growth: A systematic review and meta-analysis. World Development, Vol. 122 (2019).

Zenker J, Wagener A, Vollmer S (2018). Better knowledge need not affect behavior: A randomized evaluation of the demand for lottery tickets in rural Thailand. World Bank Economic Review, Vol 32 (3).

Steinert JI, Zenker J, Filipiak U, Movsisyan A, Cluver L, Shenderovich Y (2018). Do saving promotion interventions help alleviate poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa? A systematic review and meta-analysis. World Development, Vol. 104 (2018). 

Ahrens J, Schweickert R, Zenker J (2015). Varieties of capitalism and government spending in developed and developing countries. Journal of Economic Development, Vol. 40 (1).

WORK IN PROGRESS

Business or job skill training? Experimental evidence from young women in Liberia. With Chakravarty S, Lundberg M and Stehl J.

Can cash transfers improve trust in fragile states? Experimental evidence from Afghanistan. With Chakravarty S, Das S, and Morton M. 

More loans, better skills, larger networks: Randomized evidence from clustering savings groups in Afghanistan. Pre-analysis plan. With Chakravarty S, Hadock S, and Morton M.

Resilience against droughts?: Randomized evidence from a sustainable cash-for-work program in rural Afghanistan. Pre-analysis plan. With Ceretti V and Knippenberg E. 

Extremist insurgency, western influence, and women's agency. With Langlotz S and Carballo Madrigal L.

POLICY PAPERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Zenker J, Steinert JI (2017). Does savings promotion help women in Sub-Saharan Africa to save, invest, and increase consumption? GrOW G2E Policy Brief, 6.

Steinert JI, Movsisyan A, Zenker J, Filipiak U, Shenderovich Y (2016). Saving promotion interventions for improving savings behavior and reducing poverty in low-and middle income countries: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Campbell Collaboration.

Chakravarty, S; Lundberg, M; Nikolov, P; Zenker, J. (2015). The Role of Training Programs for Youth Employment in Nepal: Impact Evaluation Report on the Employment Fund. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, 7656. 

Zenker J (2011) Staatsverschuldung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Theoretische Grundlagen - Praktische Probleme. Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge der Universität Potsdam, 64.

PRESENTATION OF MY WORK

My research was invited for presentation at numerous conferences and department seminars, including a seminar at Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies, the annual conferences of the North East Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC), European Economic Association (EEA), German Economic Association (VfS), and the German Development Economics Group (AEL), as well as the annual World Bank Conference for Development Economics (ABCDE).