Alem, Yonas
Yonas Alem is the Director of Academic Programs at the Environment for Development (EfD) and an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg. He is also a researcher at MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). He received his PhD at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg
Research interests
Alem’s research is at the intersection of development economics, environmental economics, and behavioral and experimental economics with a particular focus on risk and shocks, energy and climate, technology adoption, preference formation, and poverty dynamics in the developing regions of Africa and South Asia. His research uses panel data econometrics and impact evaluation methods, primarily large-scale randomized controlled trials.
Recent Teaching & Training
Advanced Panel Data Econometrics (PhD)
Causal Inference and Impact Evaluation (PhD)
Development Economics (PhD)
Academic Writing and Research Ethics (PhD)
PhD Supervision and Mentorship
Since 2012, Yonas Alem supervised PhDs dissertations of eight candidates at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, and trained and mentored 20 EfD Early Career Fellows.
Research Project and Program Grants
“Research Capacity Building Partnership in Economics Sub-Programme”, a Collaborative PhD Training Program in Economics between the University of Gothenburg & University of Rwanda (Swedish International Development Agency for Cooperation, Sida), $510,000 - Principal Investigator
“Partnership for University-wide Capacity Building on Ethical Research Methods and Grant Proposal Writing”, a Faculty Training Program with Addis Ababa University (Swedish International Development Agency for Cooperation, Sida), $405,000 - Principal Investigator
“Partnership for Knowledge Creation”, a Collaborative PhD Training Program in Economics between the University of Gothenburg & Addis Ababa University (Swedish International Development Agency for Cooperation, Sida), $1.2 million - Principal Investigator
“Liquidity Constraint, LPG Stoves, and Charcoal Consumption: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Tanzania” (International Growth Center -IGC, London School of Economics) $148,000, September 2014 and August 2016 - Principal Investigator.
