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Isabel Günther
(Isabel Gunther)

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First Name:Isabel
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Last Name:Gunther
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RePEc Short-ID:pgu121
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http://dec.ethz.ch
Terminal Degree:2007 Department für Volkswirtschaftslehre; Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

(90%) ETH Zurich - Lehrstuhl Entwicklungsökonomie (ETH Zurich - Chair of Development Economics)

http://www.nadel.ethz.ch
Switzerland, Zurich

(10%) Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC)
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland
http://www.mtec.ethz.ch/
RePEc:edi:dmethch (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Büttner, Nicolas & Grimm, Michael & Günther, Isabel & Harttgen, Kenneth & Klasen, Stephan, 2022. "The fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of structural change," Passauer Diskussionspapiere, Volkswirtschaftliche Reihe V-90-22, University of Passau, Faculty of Business and Economics.
  2. Tetteh-Baah, Samuel Kofi & Günther, Isabel, 2020. "The impact of gender and ethnic discrimination on redistribution and productivity," VfS Annual Conference 2020 (Virtual Conference): Gender Economics 224633, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
  3. Guenther, Isabel & Tetteh-Baah, Samuel Kofi, 2019. "The impact of discrimination on redistributive preferences and productivity: experimental evidence from the United States," VfS Annual Conference 2019 (Leipzig): 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall - Democracy and Market Economy 203652, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
  4. Smits, Joeri & Guenther, Isabel, 2016. "Microcredit and financial distress: Evidence from Uganda," VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change 145511, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
  5. Isabel Günther & Melanie Grosse & Stephan Klasen, 2016. "How to attract an audience at a conference: Paper, person or place?," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 210, Courant Research Centre PEG.
  6. Günther, Isabel & Grosse, Melanie & Klasen, Stephan, 2015. "Attracting attentive academics: Paper, person or place?," University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics 250, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics.
  7. Laura Metzger & Isabel Günther, 2015. "Making an impact? The relevance of information on aid effectiveness for charitable giving. A laboratory experiment," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 182, Courant Research Centre PEG.
  8. Elena Gross & Isabel Günther, 2014. "Why don’t households invest in latrines: health, prestige, or safety?," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 159, Courant Research Centre PEG.
  9. Günther Fink & Isabel Günther & Kenneth Hill, 2013. "Urban Mortality Transitions: The Role of Slums," PGDA Working Papers 9913, Program on the Global Demography of Aging.
  10. Isabel Günther & Kenneth Harttgen, 2013. "Desired Fertility and Children Born across Time and Space," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 144, Courant Research Centre PEG.
  11. Laura Metzger & Isabel Günther, 2013. "Analyzing Effectiveness of Development Aid Projects: Evaluation Ratings or Project Indicators?," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 154, Courant Research Centre PEG.
  12. Elena Gross & Isabel Günther & Youdi Schipper, 2013. "Women: Walking and Waiting for Water The Time Value of Public Water Supply," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 134, Courant Research Centre PEG.
  13. Jonathan Gheyssens & Isabel Günther, 2013. "Conditional cooperation among the poor: a new profile?," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 135, Courant Research Centre PEG.
  14. Isabel Günther & Johannes Maier, 2013. "Poverty, Vulnerability, and Reference Dependent Utility," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2013-140, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  15. Günther, Isabel & Niwagaba, Charles B. & Lüthi, Christoph & Horst, Alexandra & Mosler, Hans-Joachim & Tumwebaze, Innocent K., 2012. "When is shared sanitation improved sanitation? - The correlation between number of users and toilet hygiene," MPRA Paper 45830, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  16. Jonathan Gheyssens & Isabel Günther, 2012. "Risk Experiments in Gains and Losses: A Case Study for Benin," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2012-038, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  17. Günther, Isabel & Horst, Alexandra & Lüthi, Christoph & Mosler, Hans-Joachim & Niwagaba, Charles B. & Tumwebaze, Innocent K., 2011. "Where do Kampala’s poor “go”? - Urban sanitation conditions in Kampala’s low-income areas," MPRA Paper 45832, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  18. Gunther, Isabel & Fink, Gunther, 2011. "Water and sanitation to reduce child mortality : the impact and cost of water and sanitation infrastructure," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5618, The World Bank.
  19. Gunther, Isabel & Fink, Gunther, 2010. "Water, sanitation and children's health : evidence from 172 DHS surveys," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5275, The World Bank.
  20. Isabel Günther & Kenneth Harttgen, 2010. "Deadly Cities? A Note on Spatial Inequalities in Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa," Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 52, Courant Research Centre PEG.
  21. David E. Bloom & David Canning & Isabel Günther & Sebastian Linnemayr, 2008. "Social Interactions and Fertility in Developing Countries," PGDA Working Papers 3408, Program on the Global Demography of Aging.
  22. Kenneth Harttgen & Isabel Günther, 2007. "Estimating Vulnerability to Covariate and Idiosyncratic Shocks," Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers 154, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research.
  23. Klasen, Stephan & Günther, Isabel, 2007. "Measuring Chronic Non-Income Poverty," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Göttingen 2007 10, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
  24. Launov, Andrey & Günther, Isabel, 2006. "Competitive and Segmented Informal Labor Markets," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2006 16, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
  25. Isabel Günther & Mohamed Ali Marouani & Marc Raffinot, 2006. "La croissance est-elle pro-pauvres au Mali ?," Working Papers DT/2006/15, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
  26. Harttgen, Kenneth & Günther, Isabel, 2006. "Households' Vulnerability to Covariate and Idiosyncratic Shocks," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2006 10, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
  27. Michael Grimm & Isabel Günther, 2005. "Inflation Inequality and the Measurement of Pro-Poor Growth," Working Papers DT/2005/08, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
  28. Michael Grimm & Isabel Günther, 2005. "Inter- and Intra-household Linkages Between the Informal and Formal Sector: a Case Study for Urban Burkina Faso," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2005-14, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  29. Michael Grimm & Isabel Günther, 2005. "Growth and Poverty in Burkina Faso: A Reassessment of the Paradox," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 482, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.

Articles

  1. Isabel Günther & Kenneth Harttgen & Johannes Seiler & Jürg Utzinger, 2022. "An index of access to essential infrastructure to identify where physical distancing is impossible," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
  2. Dario Meili & Vasco Schelbert & Mahbub-Ul Alam & Prince Antwi-Agyei & Sheillah Simiyu & Kwaku Amaning Adjei & Bismark Dwumfour-Asare & Mahbubur Rahman & Christoph Lüthi & Isabel Günther, 2022. "Indicators for Sanitation Quality in Low-Income Urban Settlements: Evidence from Kenya, Ghana, and Bangladesh," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 162(2), pages 683-720, July.
  3. Kathrin Durizzo & Edward Asiedu & Antoinette van der Merwe & Isabel Günther, 2022. "Economic Recovery but Stagnating Mental Health During a Global Pandemic? Evidence from Ghana and South Africa," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 68(2), pages 563-589, June.
  4. Selina Bezzola & Fritz Brugger & Isabel Günther & Dawit Sebhatu, 2022. "Do Social Investments by Mining Companies Harm Citizen-State Relations? Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(3), pages 417-435, March.
  5. Jorge Sellare & Jan Börner & Fritz Brugger & Rachael Garrett & Isabel Günther & Eva-Marie Meemken & Edoardo Maria Pelli & Linda Steinhübel & David Wuepper, 2022. "Six research priorities to support corporate due-diligence policies," Nature, Nature, vol. 606(7916), pages 861-863, June.
  6. Michael Grimm & Isabel Günther & Kenneth Harttgen & Stephan Klasen, 2022. "Slow-downs of fertility decline: When should we call it a 'fertility stall'?," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 46(26), pages 737-766.
  7. Durizzo, Kathrin & Asiedu, Edward & Van der Merwe, Antoinette & Van Niekerk, Attie & Günther, Isabel, 2021. "Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in poor urban neighborhoods: The case of Accra and Johannesburg," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
  8. Michael Grimm & Isabel Günther & Sebastian Vollmer, 2021. "Stephan Klasen (1966‐2020): In Memoriam," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 67(1), pages 285-287, March.
  9. Metzger, Laura & Günther, Isabel, 2019. "Making an impact? The relevance of information on aid effectiveness for charitable giving. A laboratory experiment," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 18-33.
  10. Metzger, Laura & Günther, Isabel, 2019. "Is it what you say or how you say it? The impact of aid effectiveness information and its framing on donation behavior," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
  11. Elena Gross & Isabel Günther & Youdi Schipper, 2018. "Women Are Walking and Waiting for Water: The Time Value of Public Water Supply," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 66(3), pages 489-517.
  12. Tilley, Elizabeth & Logar, Ivana & Günther, Isabel, 2017. "The effect of giving respondents time to think in a choice experiment: a conditional cash transfer programme in South Africa," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 22(2), pages 202-227, April.
  13. Isabel Günther & Melanie Grosse & Stephan Klasen, 2017. "How to Attract an Audience at a Conference: Paper, Person or Place?," German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 18(4), pages 468-491, November.
  14. Elizabeth Tilley & Isabel Günther, 2016. "The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer on Toilet Use in eThekwini, South Africa," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(10), pages 1-16, October.
  15. Isabel Günther & Kenneth Harttgen, 2016. "Desired Fertility and Number of Children Born Across Time and Space," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 53(1), pages 55-83, February.
  16. Laura Metzger & Isabel Guenther, 2015. "How to Assess the Effectiveness of Development Aid Projects: Evaluation Ratings versus Project Indicators," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(8), pages 1496-1520, November.
  17. Isabel Günther & Johannes K. Maier, 2014. "Poverty, Vulnerability, and Reference-Dependent Utility," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 60(1), pages 155-181, March.
  18. Günther Fink & Isabel Günther & Kenneth Hill, 2014. "Slum Residence and Child Health in Developing Countries," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 51(4), pages 1175-1197, August.
  19. Canning, David & Günther, Isabel & Linnemayr, Sebastian & Bloom, David, 2013. "Fertility choice, mortality expectations, and interdependent preferences—An empirical analysis," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 273-289.
  20. Isabel Günther & Youdi Schipper, 2013. "Pumps, Germs And Storage: The Impact Of Improved Water Containers On Water Quality And Health," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 22(7), pages 757-774, July.
  21. Isabel Günther & Günther Fink, 2013. "Saving a Life-Year and Reaching MDG 4 with Investments in Water and Sanitation: A Cost-Effective Policy?," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 25(1), pages 129-153, February.
  22. Isabel Günther & Kenneth Harttgen, 2012. "Deadly Cities? Spatial Inequalities in Mortality in sub-Saharan Africa," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 38(3), pages 469-486, September.
  23. Günther, Isabel & Launov, Andrey, 2012. "Informal employment in developing countries," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 97(1), pages 88-98.
  24. Günther, Isabel & Harttgen, Kenneth, 2009. "Estimating Households Vulnerability to Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks: A Novel Method Applied in Madagascar," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(7), pages 1222-1234, July.
  25. Gunther, Isabel & Grimm, Michael, 2007. "Measuring pro-poor growth when relative prices shift," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 82(1), pages 245-256, January.
  26. Michael Grimm & Isabel Günther, 2007. "Growth and Poverty in Burkina Faso: A Reassessment of the Paradox," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 16(1), pages 70-101, January.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 26 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-DEV: Development (11) 2006-08-05 2006-10-28 2007-02-17 2007-12-01 2008-08-14 2011-01-16 2011-04-09 2011-07-27 2012-07-01 2014-06-22 2022-05-16. Author is listed
  2. NEP-AFR: Africa (9) 2006-12-16 2011-01-16 2011-07-27 2012-07-01 2013-03-02 2013-04-13 2013-04-13 2013-08-31 2014-06-22. Author is listed
  3. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (5) 2012-07-01 2013-03-02 2015-08-19 2019-11-04 2020-11-23. Author is listed
  4. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (5) 2010-05-22 2011-04-09 2011-07-27 2013-01-26 2014-06-22. Author is listed
  5. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (4) 2013-03-02 2013-11-16 2014-06-22 2022-05-16
  6. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (3) 2013-01-26 2013-03-02 2013-08-31
  7. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (3) 2013-03-02 2013-08-31 2022-05-16
  8. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (3) 2011-01-16 2011-07-27 2013-01-26
  9. NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (2) 2015-07-11 2016-07-16
  10. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (2) 2008-08-14 2013-03-02
  11. NEP-CBE: Cognitive and Behavioural Economics (1) 2012-07-01
  12. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 2013-03-02
  13. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (1) 2007-02-17
  14. NEP-GER: German Papers (1) 2016-07-16
  15. NEP-GRO: Economic Growth (1) 2022-05-16
  16. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2013-01-26
  17. NEP-LAM: Central and South America (1) 2008-08-14
  18. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2020-11-23
  19. NEP-PPM: Project, Program and Portfolio Management (1) 2013-11-16
  20. NEP-SOG: Sociology of Economics (1) 2015-02-22
  21. NEP-UPT: Utility Models and Prospect Theory (1) 2012-07-01

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