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  1. The Lifespan Disparity Dataset: An open repository on inequality and polarization in length of life (1950–2021)

    Article • Scientific Data, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  2. Clientelist politics and development

    Article • World Development, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  3. Social exclusion concepts, measurement, and a global estimate

    Article • PLOS One, February 2024, PLOS

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  4. Global income polarization: Relative and absolute perspectives

    Article • December 2023, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  5. An open database on inequality and polarization in length of life (1950–2021)

    Article • October 2023, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  6. Aid's impact on social protection in low- and middle-income countries

    Article • September 2023, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  7. Income Inequality and Redistribution in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Journal of African Economies, April 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  8. Social Exclusion: Concepts, Measurement, and a Global Estimate

    Article • June 2022, World Bank

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  9. Informality and Pension Reforms in Bolivia: The Case ofRenta Dignidad

    Article • The Journal of Development Studies, May 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  10. Aid's impact on democracy

    Article • February 2022, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  11. Voter coercion and pro-poor redistribution in rural Mexico

    Article • August 2021, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  12. Less debt, more schooling? Evidence from cross-country micro data

    Article • Journal of Comparative Economics, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  13. The intergenerational impact of house prices on education: evidence from China

    Article • Journal of Housing Economics, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  14. Informality and pension reforms in Bolivia: The case of Renta Dignida

    Article • June 2021, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  15. Corrigendum to “How polarized is the global income distribution?” [Econom. Lett. 167 (2018) 86–89]

    Article • Economics Letters, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  16. The political economy of social protection adoption

    Article • January 2021, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  17. Does aid support democracy? A systematic review of the literature

    Article • January 2021, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  18. Poverty, Inequality and Social Protection in Myanmar

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  19. Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera programme and the rise of social assistance in Latin America

    Article • December 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  20. Welfare and Redistributive Effects of Social Assistance in the Global South

    Article • Population and Development Review, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  21. The Negotiated Politics of Social Protection in East and Southern Africa

    Article • November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  22. The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa

    Article • November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  23. Global inequality: How large is the effect of top incomes?

    Article • World Development, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  24. The Long(er)‐Term Impacts of Chile Solidario on Human Capital and Labor Income

    Article • Population and Development Review, August 2019, Wiley

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  25. Schooling and Labor Market Impacts of Bolivia's Bono Juancito Pinto Program

    Article • Population and Development Review, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  26. The Intergenerational Impact of China's New Rural Pension Scheme

    Article • Population and Development Review, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  27. Welfare and redistributive effects of social assistance in the Global South

    Article • January 2019, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  28. Improving Financial Inclusion through the Delivery of Cash Transfer Programmes: The Case of Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera Programme

    Article • The Journal of Development Studies, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  29. Correction to: Poverty dynamics and graduation from conditional cash transfers: a transition model for Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera program

    Article • The Journal of Economic Inequality, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  30. Poverty dynamics and graduation from conditional cash transfers: a transition model for Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera program

    Article • The Journal of Economic Inequality, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  31. How polarized is the global income distribution?

    Article • Economics Letters, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  32. Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic Development

    Article • Journal of International Development, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  33. Schooling and labour market impacts of Bolivia's Bono Juancito Pinto

    Article • March 2018, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  34. The negotiated politics of social protection in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • March 2018, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  35. Campaign externalities, programmatic spending, and voting preferences in rural Mexico: The case of Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera programme

    Article • February 2018, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  36. Fiscal policy, state building and economic development

    Article • January 2018, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  37. How polarized is the global income distribution?

    Article • January 2018, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  38. Does Social Spending Improve Welfare in Low-income and Middle-income Countries?

    Article • Journal of International Development, October 2017, Wiley

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  39. Global inequality in length of life, 1950–2015

    Article • January 2017, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  40. Poverty and wellbeing impacts of microfinance: What do we know?

    Article • January 2017, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  41. Smoothing or strengthening the ‘Great Gatsby curve’? The intergenerational impact of China’s New Rural Pension Scheme

    Article • January 2017, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  42. The long(er)-term impacts of Chile Solidario on human capital and labour income

    Article • January 2017, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  43. The impacts of the food, fuel and financial crises on poor and vulnerable households in Nigeria: A retrospective approach to research inquiry

    Article • Development Policy Review, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  44. Global Inequality: Relatively Lower, Absolutely Higher

    Article • Review of Income and Wealth, July 2016, Wiley

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa, Dr Finn Tarp

  45. Needs Versus Expediency

    Article • June 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  46. Aid, education policy, and development

    Article • International Journal of Educational Development, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  47. What works to improve the quality of student learning in developing countries?

    Article • International Journal of Educational Development, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  48. The effectiveness of foreign aid to education

    Article • International Journal of Educational Development, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  49. Ethnic Heterogeneity and Public Goods Provision in Zambia: Evidence of a Subnational “Diversity Dividend”

    Article • World Development, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  50. Global inequality: How large is the effect of top incomes?

    Article • January 2016, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  51. Aid, Social Policy and Development

    Article • Journal of International Development, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa, Dr Finn Tarp, Mr Tony Addison

  52. Aid, Political Business Cycles and Growth in Africa

    Article • Journal of International Development, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  53. 4.3 Assessing Efficiency of input Utilization in Wheat Production in Uzbekistan

    Article • January 2015, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co, KG

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  54. What Can Experiments Tell Us About How to Improve Government Performance?

    Article • Journal of Globalization and Development, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  55. Aid, education policy, and development

    Article • January 2015, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  56. What works to improve the quality of student learning in developing countries?

    Article • January 2015, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  57. Aid, Social Policy, and Development

    Article • January 2015, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  58. Needs vs expediency: Poverty reduction and social development in post-conflict countries

    Article • January 2015, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  59. Lofty pine and clinging vine: The educational ‘Great Gatsby Curve’ and the role of house prices

    Article • January 2015, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  60. Non-clinical interventions for acute respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases among young children in developing countries

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  61. Aid, political business cycles and growth in Africa

    Article • January 2014, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  62. Poverty dynamics and programme graduation from social protection: A transitional model for Mexico’s Oportunidades programme

    Article • January 2014, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  63. Social spending and aggregate welfare in developing and transition economies

    Article • January 2014, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  64. Social service delivery and access to financial innovation: The impact of Oportunidades’ electronic payment system in Mexico

    Article • January 2014, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  65. Global interpersonal inequality: Trends and measurement

    Article • January 2014, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  66. Ethnic heterogeneity and public goods provision in Zambia: Further evidence of a subnational ‘diversity dividend’

    Article • January 2014, United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  67. Microcredit, Labor, and Poverty Impacts in Urban Mexico

    Article • Review of Development Economics, October 2013, Wiley

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  68. The Impacts of the Food, Fuel and Financial Crises on Households in Nigeria: A Retrospective Approach for Research Enquiry

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  69. Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Getting the Politics Right

    Article • World Development, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Armando Barrientos, Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  70. Financing Social Protection for Children in Crisis Contexts

    Article • Development Policy Review, August 2011, Wiley

    Professor Armando Barrientos, Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  71. Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database Version 5.0

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Armando Barrientos, Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  72. Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Will the Green Shoots Blossom?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Professor Armando Barrientos, Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  73. Poverty Dynamics and Programme Graduation from Social Protection. A Transitional Model for Mexico's Oportunidades Programme

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  74. Social Spending and Aggregate Welfare in Developing and Transition Economies

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  75. Quantitative Analysis in Social Sciences: An Brief Introduction for Non-Economists

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  76. Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades and the Emergence of Social Assistance in Latin America

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  77. Microcredit, Labour, and Poverty Impacts in Urban Mexico

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  78. The Impact of Credit on Income Poverty in Urban Mexico. An Endogeneity-Corrected Estimation

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  79. What Can Experiments Tell Us About How to Improve Governance?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa

  80. Wider Impacts of Microcredit: Evidence from Labor and Human Capital in Urban Mexico

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Dr Miguel Angel Niño-Zarazúa