Research Interests

International Migration, Development Microeconomics, Political Economy

Publications

Omar Mahmoud, T., C. Trebesch (2010). The Economics of Human Trafficking and Labour Migration: Micro-Evidence from Eastern Europe. Journal of Comparative Economics, 38(2): 173-188.

Metzger, L., P. Nunnenkamp, T. Omar Mahmoud (2010). Is Corporate Aid Targeted to Poor and Deserving Countries? A Case Study of Nestlé's Aid Allocation. World Development, 38(3): 228-243.

Lay, J., U. Narloch, T. Omar Mahmoud (2009). Shocks, Structural Change, and the Patterns of Income Diversification in Burkina Faso. African Development Review, 21(1): 36-58.

Lay, J., T. Omar Mahmoud, G. Michuki M’Mukaria (2008). Few Opportunities, Much Desperation: The Dichotomy of Non-agricultural Activities and Inequality in Western Kenya. World Development, 36(12): 2713-2732.

Lay, J., T. Omar Mahmoud (2005). The Resource Curse at Work: A Cross-Country Perspective with a Focus on Africa. In: M. Basedau and A. Mehler (Eds.). Resource Politics in sub-Saharan Africa. African Studies Vol. 14.

Working Papers

Görlich, D., T. Omar Mahmoud, C. Trebesch (May 2010). Explaining Labour Market Inactivity in Migrant-Sending Families: Housework, Hammock, or Higher Education?

Hagen, J., T. Omar Mahmoud, N. Trofimenko (May 2010). Orphanhood and Critial Periods in Children's Human Capital Formation: Long-Run Evidence from North-Western Tanzania.

Omar Mahmoud, T., R. Thiele (May 2010). Does AIDS-Related Mortality Reduce Per-Capita Household Income? Evidence from Rural Zambia.

Lay, J., T. Omar Mahmoud (2004). Bananas, Oil, and Development: Examining the Resource Curse and Its Transmission Channels by Resource Type. Kiel Working Paper 1218.

Policy Papers

Arslan, A., A. Effenberger, M. Lücke, T. Omar Mahmoud (2009). International Labor Migration and Remittances Beyond the Crisis: Towards Development-friendly Migration Policies, Kiel Policy Brief 10.

Omar Mahmoud, T., C. Trebesch (2009). Emigration and Skills Shortages in Moldova, prepared for World Bank.

Lücke, M., T. Omar Mahmoud, A. Steinmayr (2009). Labor Migration and Remittances in Moldova: Is the Boom Over?, prepared for International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Barnett, T., T. Omar Mahmoud, R. Thiele, D. Topouzis (2008). HIV/AIDS and Pro-Poor Growth in sub-Saharan Africa, prepared for German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Lay, J., T. Omar Mahmoud, R. Thiele (2007). Tools of Impact Evaluation - A Short Introduction for Practitioners (in German), prepared for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).

Lücke, M., T. Omar Mahmoud, P. Pinger (2007). Patterns and Trends of Migration and Remittances in Moldova, prepared for International Organization for Migration (IOM).