Publications

Journal Articles

Poulin, Michelle, Kathleen Beegle, and Hongwei Xu. 2021. “Premarital Birth as Part of the Marriage Process in Malawi.” Studies in Family Planning, forthcoming.

De Weerdt, Joachim, John Gibson, and Kathleen Beegle. 2020. “What Can We Learn from Experimenting with Survey Methods?” Annual Review of Resource Economics 12: 431-447.

Arthi, Vellore Shroff, Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt, and Amparo Palacios-Lopez. 2018. “Not Your Average Job: Measuring Farm Labor in Tanzania.” Journal of Development Economics 130: 160-172.

Beegle, Kathleen, Emanuela Galasso, and Jessica Goldberg. 2017. “Direct and Indirect Effects of Malawi’s Public Works Program on Food Security.” Journal of Development Economics 128: 1-23.

Beegle, Kathleen and Michelle Poulin. 2017. “Marriage Transitions in Malawi Panel Data.” Studies in Family Planning 48(4).

Serneels, Pieter, Kathleen Beegle, and Andrew Dillon. 2017. “Do Returns to Education Depend on How and Who You Ask?” Economics of Education Review 60: 5-19.

Friedman, Jed, Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt, and John Gibson. 2017. “Decomposing Response Errors in Food Consumption Measurement: Implications for Survey Design from a Survey Experiment in Tanzania.” Food Policy 72: 94-111.

De Weerdt, Joachim, Kathleen Beegle and Stefan Dercon. 2017. “Orphanhood and Self-esteem: an 18-year Longitudinal Study from an HIV Affected Area in Tanzania.” Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 76(3): 225-230.

Ravallion, Martin, Kristen Himelein, and Kathleen Beegle. 2016. “Can Subjective Questions on Economic Welfare Be Trusted?” Economic Development and Cultural Change 64(4): 697–726.

De Weerdt, Joachim, Kathleen Beegle, Jed Friedman, and John Gibson. 2016. “The Challenge of Measuring Hunger through Survey.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 64(4): 727–758.

Beegle, Kathleen, Michelle Poulin, and Gil Shapira. 2015. “HIV Testing, Behavior Change, and the Transition to Adulthood in Malawi.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 63(4): 665-684.

Gibson, John, Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt, and Jed Friedman. 2015. “What Does Variation in Survey Design Reveal about the Nature of Measurement Errors in Household Consumption?” Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 77(3): 466–474.

Beegle, Kathleen and Michelle Poulin. 2013. “Migration and the Transition to Adulthood in Contemporary Malawi.” ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 648(1): 38-51.

Beegle, Kathleen, Calogero Carletto, and Kristen Himelein. 2012. “Reliability of Recall in Agricultural Data.” Journal of Development Economics 98: 34-41.

Beegle, Kathleen, Joachim De Weerdt, Jed Friedman, and John Gibson. 2012. “Methods of Household Consumption Measurement through Surveys: Experimental Results from Tanzania.” Journal of Development Economics 98: 3-18.

Dillon, Andrew, Elena Bardasi, Kathleen Beegle, and Pieter Serneels. 2012. “Explaining Variation in Child Labor Statistics.” Journal of Development Economics 98: 136-147.

Adhvaryu, Achyuta and Kathleen Beegle. 2012. “The Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 60(20): 245-277.

Beegle, Kathleen, Kristen Himelein, and Martin Ravallion. 2012. “Frame-of-Reference Bias in Subjective Welfare Regressions.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 81(2): 556-570.

Bardasi, Elena, Kathleen Beegle, Andrew Dillon, and Pieter Serneels. 2011. “Do Labor Statistics Depend on How and to Whom the Questions Are Asked? Results from a Survey Experiment in Tanzania.” World Bank Economic Review 25(3): 418-447.

Beegle, Kathleen, Joachim De Weerdt, and Stefan Dercon. 2011. “Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania: Evidence from a Tracking Survey.” Review of Economics and Statistics 93(3): 1010-1033.

Lokshin, Michael, and Kathleen Beegle. 2011. “Forgone Earnings from Smoking: Evidence for a Developing Country.” Research in Labor Economics 33: 209-238.

Beegle, Kathleen, Deon Filmer, Andrew Stokes, and Lucia Tiererova. 2010. “Orphanhood and the Living Arrangements of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa.” World Development 38(12): 1727-1746.

Beegle, Kathleen, Joachim De Weerdt, and Stefan Dercon. 2010. “Orphanhood and Human Capital Destruction: Is There Persistence Into Adulthood?” Demography 47(1): 163-180

Beegle, Kathleen, Rajeev Dehejia, and Roberta Gatti. 2009. “Why Should We Care about Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor.” Journal of Human Resources 44(4): 871-889.

Beegle, Kathleen, Joachim De Weerdt, and Stefan Dercon. 2008. “The Intergenerational Impact of the African Orphan Crisis: A Cohort Study from an HIV/AIDS Affected Area.” International Journal of Epidemiology 38(2): 561-568.

Beegle, Kathleen and Sofya Krutikova. 2008. “Adult Mortality and Children’s Transition into Marriage.” Demographic Research 19(42): 1551-1574.

Beegle, Kathleen and Joachim De Weerdt. 2008. “Methodological Issues in the Study of the Socioeconomic Consequences of HIV/AIDS.” AIDS 22 suppl 1: S89-S94.

Beegle, Kathleen, Joachim De Weerdt, and Stefan Dercon. 2008. “Adult Mortality and Economic Growth in the Age of HIV/AIDS.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 56(2): 299-326.

Beegle, Kathleen, Joachim De Weerdt, and Stefan Dercon. 2006. “Orphanhood and the Long-Run Impact on Children.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88 (5): 1266-1272.

Beegle, Kathleen, Rajeev Dehejia, and Roberta Gatti. 2006. “Child Labor and Agricultural Shocks.” Journal of Development Economics 81(1): 80-96.

Newhouse, David and Kathleen Beegle. 2006. “The Effect of School Type on Academic Achievement: Evidence from Indonesia.” Journal of Human Resources 41(3): 529-557.

Ainsworth, Martha, Kathleen Beegle, and Godlike Koda. 2005. “The Impact of Adult Mortality and Parental Deaths on Schooling in Northwestern Tanzania.” Journal of Development Studies 41(3): 412-439.

Beegle, Kathleen. 2005. “Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 53(3): 655-684.

Burke, Kathleen and Kathleen Beegle. 2004. “Why Children Aren’t Attending School: the Case of Rural Tanzania.” Journal of African Economies 13(2): 333-355.

Stock, Wendy and Kathleen Beegle. 2004. “Employment Protections for Older Workers: Do Disability Discrimination Laws Matter?” Contemporary Economic Policy 22(1): 111-126.

Thomas, Duncan, Kathleen Beegle, E. Frankenberg, B. Sikoki, J. Strauss, and G. Teruel. 2004. “Education in a Crisis.” Journal of Development Economics 74(1): 53-85.

Beegle, Kathleen and Wendy Stock. 2003. “Labor Market Impacts of Disability Discrimination Legislation.” Journal of Human Resources 38(4): 806-859.

Smith, James, Duncan Thomas, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Kathleen Beegle, and Graciela Teruel. 2002. “Wages, Employment and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Indonesia.” Journal of Population Economics 15: 161-193.

Beegle, Kathleen, Elizabeth Frankenberg, and Duncan Thomas. 2001. “Bargaining Power within Couples and Use of Prenatal and Delivery Care in Indonesia.” Studies in Family Planning 32(2): 130-146.

Strauss, J., Kathleen Beegle, and G. Mwabu. 2000. “Intra-household Allocations: A Review of Theories, Empirical Evidence and Policy Issues.” Journal of African Economies 9 AERC Supplement 1: 83-143.

Ainsworth, Martha, Kathleen. Beegle, and Andrew Nyamete. 1996. “The Impact of Women's Human Capital on Fertility and Contraceptive Use: A Study of 14 Sub-Saharan African Countries.” World Bank Economic Review 10(1): 85-122.

Books, Chapters, and Reports

Hammond, Alicia, Eliana Rubiano Matulevich, Kathleen Beegle, and Sai Krishna Kumaraswamy. 2020. The Equality Equation: Advancing the Participation of Women and Girls in STEM. Washington, DC: World Bank.

Beegle, Kathleen and Luc Christiaensen (eds). 2019. Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa. Washington, DC: World Bank.

Beegle, Kathleen, Aline Coudouel, and Emma Monsalve (eds). 2018. Realizing the Full Potential of Social Safety Nets in Africa. Washington, DC: World Bank.

Beegle, Kathleen, and Luc Christiaensen. 2016. “Supporting Human Development: Triumphs and Challenges on the Continent.” Chapter 3 in Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2016. Brookings Institute, Washington DC.

Beegle, Kathleen, Luc Christiaensen, Andrew Dabalen, and Isis Gaddis. 2016. Poverty in a Rising Africa. Washington, DC: World Bank.

Beegle, Kathleen, Calogero Carletto, Benjamin Davis, and Alberto Zezza. 2015. “Households and Income in Africa.” The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics: Context and Concepts. Edited by Célestin Monga and Justin Yifu Lin. Oxford University Press.

World Development Report 2013 on Jobs. 2012. Deputy Director. World Bank, Washington D.C.

Baird, Sarah, Kathleen Beegle, and Jed Friedman. 2012. “Shocks, Health, and Nutrition during Early Childhood.” in Children and Youth in Crisis: Protecting and Promoting Human Development in Times of Economic Crisis. Mattias Lundberg and Alice Wuermli, Eds. World Bank, Washington D.C.

Baird, Sarah, Kathleen Beegle, and Jed Friedman. 2012. “Crisis and Adolescent Mental Health.” in Children and Youth in Crisis: Protecting and Promoting Human Development in Times of Economic Crisis. Mattias Lundberg and Alice Wuermli, Eds. World Bank, Washington D.C.

Beegle, Kathleen, Markus Goldstein, and Harsha Thirumurthy. 2010. “Microeconomic Perspectives on the Impacts of HIV/AIDS.” in The Socioeconomic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa:

Challenges, Opportunities and Misconceptions. David Sahn, Ed. Cornell University Press.

Beegle, Kathleen Joachim De Weerdt, Stefan Dercon. 2010. “Patterns of Migration in Tanzania.” In Towards Better Opportunities: The Role of Migration in Poverty Reduction. Edmundo Murrugarra, Jennica Larrison, and Marcin Sasin, Eds. World Bank, Washington D.C.

Beegle, Kathleen and Damien de Walque. 2009. “Demographic and Socioeconomic Patterns of HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Africa.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5076. in The Changing HIV/AIDS Landscape. Elizabeth L. Lule, Richard M. Seifman, and Antonio C. David, Eds. World Bank, Washington D.C.

Beegle, Kathleen. 2008. “Health Facility and School Surveys in the Indonesia Family Life Survey." in Are You Being Served. Samia Amin, Jishnu Das, Markus Goldstein, Eds. World Bank, Washington D.C.

Migotto, Mauro, Benjamin Davis, Calogero. Carletto and Kathleen Beegle. 2007. “Measuring Food Security Using Respondents' Perception of Food Consumption Adequacy.” in Food Security: Indicators, Measurement, and the Impact of Trade Openness. B. Guha-Khasnobis, S.S. Archaya and B. Davis, Eds. UNU-WIDER and ICSSR.

Wodon, Quentin and Kathleen Beegle. 2006. “Labor Shortages Despite Underemployment? Seasonality in Time Use in Malawi.” in Gender, Time Use, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. C. Mark Blackden and Quentin Wodon, Eds. World Bank.

Hotez, Peter J., Donald A. P. Bundy, Kathleen Beegle, Simon Brooker, Lesley Drake, Nilanthi de Silva, Antonio Montresor, Dirk Engels, Matthew Jukes, Lester Chitsulo, Jeffrey Chow, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Catherine M. Michaud, Jeff Bethony, Rodrigo Correa–Oliveira, Xiao Shu–Hua, Alan Fenwick, and Lorenzo Savioli. 2006. “Helminth Infections: Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis.” in Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd edition). Jamison, Breman, Measham, Alleyne, Claeson, Evans, Jha, Mills, Mills, Musgrove, Eds.

Bundy, Donald A. P., Sheldon Shaeffer, Matthew Jukes, Kathleen Beegle, Amaya Gillespie, Lesley Drake, Seung–hee Frances Lee, Anna–Maria Hoffman, Jack Jones, Arlene Mitchell, Delia Barcelona, Balla Camara, Chuck Golmar, Lorenzo Savioli, Malick Sembene, Tsutomu Takeuchi, and Cream Wright. 2006. “School-Based Health and Nutrition Programs.” in Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd edition). Jamison, Breman, Measham, Alleyne, Claeson, Evans, Jha, Mills, Mills, Musgrove, Eds.

Strauss, John, Kathleen Beegle, Agus Dwiyanto, Yulia Herawati, Daan Pattinasarany, Elan Satriawan, Bondan Sikoki, Sukamdi, Firman Witoelar. 2004. Indonesian Living Standards: Before and After the Financial Crisis. Rand Corporation, USA and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

Thomas, Duncan, Beegle, Kathleen and Elizabeth Frankenberg. 2003. “Labor Market Transitions of Men and Women During an Economic Crisis: Evidence from Indonesia.” in Women in the Labour Market in Changing Economies: Demographic Issues. B. Garcia, R. Anker, and A. Pinnelli, Eds. Oxford University Press.

Working Papers

Torres, Jesica, Franklin Maduko, Isis Gaddis, Leonardo Iacovone, and Kathleen Beegle. 2021. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women-led businesses."

Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria, Antra Bhatt, Ginette Azcona, Jayne Yoo, and Kathleen Beegle. 2020. “A Global View of Poverty, Gender, and Household Composition.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9553.

Benjamin, Nancy, Kathleen Beegle, Francesca Recanatini, and Massimiliano Santini. 2014. “Informal Economy and the World Bank.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6888.

Pörtner, Claus, Kathleen Beegle, and Luc Christiaensen. 2011. “Family Planning and Fertility: Estimating Program Effects Using Cross-sectional Data.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5812.

Beegle, Kathleen, Rajeev H. Dehejia, Roberta Gatti and Sofya Krutikova. 2008. “The Consequences of Child Labor in Rural Tanzania: Evidence from Longitudinal Data.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4677.

Strauss, John, Kathleen Beegle, Bondan Sikoki, Agus Dwiyanto, Yulia Herawati and Firman Witoelar. 2004. “The Third Wave of the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS): Overview and Field Report.” Rand, CA, WR-144/1-NIA/NICHD.

Beegle, Kathleen, Elizabeth Frankenberg, and Duncan Thomas. 1999. “Measuring Change in Indonesia.” DRU-2014-WB/NIH. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.

Frankenberg, Elizabeth, Duncan Thomas, and Kathleen Beegle. 1999. “The Real Costs of Indonesia's Economic Crisis: Preliminary Findings from the Indonesia Family Life Surveys.” DRU-2064-NIA/NICHD. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.

Thomas, Duncan, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Kathleen Beegle, and G. Teruel. 1999. “Household Budgets, Household Composition and the Crisis in Indonesia: Evidence from Longitudinal Household Survey Data.” mimeo.

Frankenberg, Elizabeth, Kathleen Beegle, Bondan Sikoki, and Duncan Thomas. 1998. “Health, Family Planning, and Well-being in Indonesia During an Economic Crisis.” DRU-2013-FGI/NICHD/UNFPA. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.

Beegle, Kathleen. 1995. “The Quality and Availability of Family Planning Services and Contraceptive Use in Tanzania.” Living Standards Measurement Study No.114, the World Bank.

Other Reports

McDougal, Lotus et al. 2021. "Strengthening Gender Measures and Data in the COVID-19 Era: An Urgent Need for Change." Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group, and others.

Beegle, Kathleen, and Eliana Rubiano-Matulevich. 2020. “Adapting Skills Training to Address Constraints to Women’s Participation.” World Bank Jobs Note No. 7.

Olinto, Pedro, Kathleen Beegle, Carlos Sobrado, and Hiroki Uematsu. 2013. “The State of the Poor: Where Are The Poor, Where Is Extreme Poverty Harder to End, and What Is the Current Profile of the World’s Poor?” World Bank Economic Premise October 2013.

Beegle, Kathleen, Pedro Olinto, Carlos Sobrado, Hiroki Uematsu, and Yoen Soo Kim, with Maximillian Ashwill. 2014. “Ending Extreme Poverty and Promoting Shared Prosperity Could There Be Trade-offs Between These Two Goals?” Inequality in Focus 3(1).