Papers in peer-reviewed journals (selection)
M. Fritz, M. Grimm, I. Weber, E. Yom-Tov and B. Praditya (2024), Can social media encourage diabetes self-screenings? A randomized controlled trial with Indonesian Facebook users. Nature - Digital Medicine, 7, 245.
M. Grimm, S. Soubeiga and M. Weber (2024), Supporting small firms in a fragile context: Comparing matching and cash grants in Burkina Faso. Journal of Development Economics, 171, 103344.
See also related article on VoxDev: Why more flexible grants worked better for small firms in Burkina Faso,
and World Bank Blog "Let's talk Development"
N. Büttner, M. Grimm, I. Günther, K. Harttgen and S. Klasen (2024), The fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of structural change. Demography, 11587285
M. Fritz, M. Grimm, H.T. My Hanh et al. (2024), Effectiveness of community-based diabetes and hypertension prevention and management programmes in Indonesia and Viet Nam: a quasi-experimental study. BMJ Global Health; 9:e015053.
M. Grimm and N. Luck (2023), Experimenting with a green ‘Green Revolution’. Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Indonesia, Ecological Economics, 205.
M. Grimm and R. Hartwig (2022), All Eyes on the Price: An Assessment of the Willingness-to-Pay for Eyeglasses in Rural Burkina Faso. Health Economics, 31 (7): 1347-1367.
K. Grabrucker und M. Grimm (2021), Is there a rainbow after the rain? How do agricultural shocks affect non-farm enterprises? Evidence from Thailand. American Journal of Agricultural Economics,103 (5): 1612-1636.
M. Grimm (2021), Rainfall risk, fertility and development: Evidence from farm settlements during the American demographic transition. Journal of Economic Geography, 21 (4): 593–618.
E. Nillesen, M. Grimm, M. Goedhuys, A.-K. Reitmann and A. Meysonnat (2021), On the Malleability of Gender Attitudes: Evidence from Implicit and Explicit Measures in Tunisia. World Development, 138.
A.-K. Reitmann, M. Goedhuys, M. Grimm, E. Nillesen (2020), Gender attitudes in the Arab region – the role of framing and priming effects. Journal of Economic Psychology, 80: 1-18. [Best paper award.]
M. Grimm, L. Lenz, J. Peters and M. Sievert (2020), Demand for off-grid solar electricity – Experimental evidence from Rwanda. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 7 (3): 417-454.
E. Gehrke and M. Grimm (2018), Do cows have negative returns? The evidence revisited. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 66 (4): 673 - 707.
M. Grimm, A. Munyehirwe, J. Peters, and M. Sievert (2017), A First Step up the Energy Ladder? Households’ benefits from low cost solar kits in rural Rwanda. World Bank Economic Review, 31 (3): 631-649.
M. Grimm, R. Sparrow and L. Tasciotti (2015), Does electrification spur the fertility transition? Evidence from Indonesia. Demography, 52(5): 1773-1796.
M. Grimm and C. Treibich (2013), Determinants of Road Traffic Crash Fatalities across Indian States. Health Economics, 22(8): 915-930.
I. Günther and M. Grimm (2007), Measuring pro-poor growth when relative prices shift, Journal of Development Economics, 82 (1): 245-256.
[You can find a list of all my publications here. My research projects are presented here. Link to my google scholar profile page.]
Working papers, work in progress, submitted articles
M. Grimm, N. Luck, A. Bihrajihant Raya and U. Sawhney (2024), Small-scale farmers’ willingness to pay for information: A comparison of individual purchase decisions with contributions to a club good. IZA Discussion Paper No. 17472.
M. Grimm, N. Luck and K. Tamtomo (2025), Cultivating Change: Long-Term Effects of Repeated Training on Organic Farming Adoption in Indonesia. Work in progress.
M. Grimm, N. Luck, A. Bihrajihant Raya and U. Sawhney (2024), Large scale pilot of low-cost soil tests to promote soil health management practices among smallholder farmers in Indonesia. Work in progress.
S. Aju, M. van den Berg, E. Bulte, M. Grimm, N. Louwaars, and E. ter Steeg (2024), Judging a book by its cover/ what you see is what you get: an experiment about information asymmetry and trustworthiness on the Nigerian tomato seed market. Work in progress.
S. Bauernschuster, M. Grimm, C.M. Hajo (2023), The Impact of Margaret Sanger's Birth Control Clinics on Early 20th Century U.S. Fertility and Mortality, IZA Discussion Paper No. 16118. R&R American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
M. Dodlova, M. Escobar and M. Grimm (2023), The Effects of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake on Children's Nutrition and Education, IZA Discussion Paper No. 16195.