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Professor Catherine Porter

Professor of Economics

  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Reprioritising inclusion and equity to meet SDG4: Action is needed beyond the education sector – and must begin before school entry

    Porter, C., 31/01/2024, In: International Journal of Educational Development. 104, 102963.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. 2023
  4. E-pub ahead of print

    Social Protection and Foundational Cognitive Skills during Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Public Works Program

    Freund, R., Favara, M., Porter, C. & Behrmann, J., 13/11/2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: World Bank Economic Review.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. 2022
  6. Published

    Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-emotional Skills

    Mitchell, M., Favara, M., Porter, C. & Sánchez, A., 10/2022, Lancaster: The Department of Economics, (Economics Working Papers series).

    Research output: Working paper

  7. Published

    The evolution of young people's mental health during COVID-19 and the role of food insecurity: Evidence from a four low-and-middle-income-country cohort study

    Porter, C., Hittmeyer, A., Favara, M., Scott, D. & Sánchez, A., 30/06/2022, In: Public health in practice (Oxford, England). 3, 3 p., 100232.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Young Lives, Interrupted: Short-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Favara, M., Freund, R., Porter, C., Sanchez, A. & Scott, D., 30/06/2022, In: Journal of Development Studies. 58, 6, p. 1063-1080 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Young people, mental health, and civil conflict: Preliminary findings from Ethiopia's Tigray region

    Favara, M., Hittmeyer, A., Porter, C., Singhal, S. & Woldehanna, T., 31/03/2022, In: Psychiatry Research Communications. 2, 1, 100025.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. 2021
  11. Published

    Cohort Profile Update: The Young Lives study

    Favara, M., Crivello, G., Penny, M., Porter, C., Revathi, E., Sánchez, A., Scott, D., Duc, L. T., Woldehanna, T. & McKay, A., 31/12/2021, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 50, 6, p. 1784-1785 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on physical domestic violence: Evidence from a list randomization experiment

    Porter, C., Favara, M., Sánchez, A. & Scott, D., 30/06/2021, In: SSM - Population Health. 14, 10 p., 100792.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression symptoms of young people in the global south: Evidence from a four-country cohort study

    Porter, C., Favara, M., Hittmeyer, A., Scott, D., Sánchez Jiménez, A., Ellanki, R., Woldehanna, T., Duc, L. T., Craske, M. G. & Stein, A., 30/04/2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 4, 14 p., e049653.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. 2020
  15. Published

    Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-emotional Skills

    Mitchell, M., Favara, M., Porter, C. & Sánchez, A., 21/10/2020, Lancaster: The Department of Economics, (Economics Working Papers Series).

    Research output: Working paper

  16. Published

    Gender Differences in the Choice of Major: The Importance of Female Role Models

    Porter, C. & Serra, D., 1/07/2020, In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 12, 3, p. 226-254 29 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. E-pub ahead of print

    Balancing school and work with new opportunities: changes in children’s gendered time use in Ethiopia (2006–2013)

    Boyden, J., Porter, C. & Zharkevich, I., 3/04/2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Children's Geographies. 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Reinforcement or Compensation? Parental Responses to Children’s Revealed Human Capital Levels in Ethiopia

    Fan, W. & Porter, C., 31/01/2020, In: Journal of Population Economics. 33, 1, p. 233-270 38 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. 2019
  20. Published

    Smarter through social protection? Evaluating the impact of Ethiopia’s safety-net on child cognitive abilities

    Favara, M., Porter, C. & Woldehanna, T., 2/01/2019, In: Oxford Development Studies. 47, 1, p. 79-96 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. 2018
  22. Published

    Charitable Dictators? Determinants of Giving to NGOs in Uganda

    Lehrer, K. & Porter, C., 31/01/2018, In: Journal of International Development. 30, 1, p. 80-101 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. 2017
  24. Published

    The Development of Vulnerability Functions Relating Household Poverty Outcomes to Crop Failures in Ethiopia with the Prospect of Developing a Probabilistic Catastrophe Risk Model

    Porter, C. & White, E., 1/10/2017, In: Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice. 42, 4, p. 657-674 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Fuzzy Chronic Poverty: A Proposed Response to Measurement Error for Intertemporal Poverty Measurement

    Porter, C. & Yalonetzky, G., 30/08/2017, In: Review of Income and Wealth. 65, 1, p. 119-143 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Vulnerability to Drought and Food Price Shocks: Evidence from Ethiopia

    Hill, R. V. & Porter, C., 1/08/2017, In: World Development. 96, p. 65-77 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. 2016
  28. Published

    Social protection for all ages? Impacts of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Program on child nutrition

    Porter, C. & Goyal, R., 1/06/2016, In: Social Science and Medicine. 159, p. 92-99 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. 2015
  30. Published

    Quantitative Data Analysis Approaches

    Taheri, B., Porter, C., Valantasis - Kanellos, N. & Konig, C., 1/09/2015, Research Methods for Business and Management. O'Gorman, K. D. & MacIntosh, R. (eds.). Goodfellow Publishers Ltd, p. 174-195 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  31. Published

    Quantitative Data Gathering Techniques

    Taheri, B., Porter, C., Valantasis - Kanellos, N. & Konig, C., 2015, Research Methods for Business and Management. O'Gorman, K. D. & MacIntosh, R. (eds.). Goodfellow Publishers Ltd, p. 155-173 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  32. 2014
  33. Published

    Live aid revisited: Long-term impacts of the 1984 Ethiopian famine on children

    Dercon, S. & Porter, C., 2014, In: Journal of the European Economic Association. 12, 4, p. 927-948 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. 2013
  35. Published

    Know your place: Ethiopian Children's contributions to the household economy

    Heissler, K. & Porter, C., 1/09/2013, In: European Journal of Development Research. 25, 4, p. 600-620 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Catching up from early nutritional deficits? Evidence from rural Ethiopia

    Outes, I. & Porter, C., 1/03/2013, In: Economics and Human Biology. 11, 2, p. 148-163 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Measuring intertemporal poverty: Policy options for the poverty analyst

    Porter, C. & Naïri Quinn, N., 2013, Poverty and social exclusion: New methods of analysis. Betti, G. & Lemmi, A. (eds.). Vol. 9780203085172. p. 166-193 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  38. Published

    The implications of conditionality social assistance programmes

    Dornan, P. & Porter, C., 2013, Social Policy in a Developing World. Edward Elgar, p. 155-171 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  39. 2012
  40. Published

    Shocks, Consumption and Income Diversification in Rural Ethiopia

    Porter, C., 2012, In: Journal of Development Studies. 48, 9, p. 1209-1222 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. 2011
  42. Published

    Early Nutrition and Cognition in Peru: A Within‐Sibling Investigation

    Outes-Leon, I., Porter, C. & Sánchez, A., 08/2011.

    Research output: Working paper

  43. Published

    A poor life? Chronic poverty and downward mobility in rural Ethiopia, 1994 to 2004

    Dercon, S. & Porter, C., 2011, Why Poverty Persists: Poverty Dynamics in Asia and Africa. Baulch, B. (ed.). Edward Elgar, p. 65-95 31 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  44. 2010
  45. Published

    Safety nets or investment in the future: Does food aid have any long-term impact on children's growth?

    Porter, C., 1/11/2010, In: Journal of International Development. 22, 8, p. 1134-1145 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Researching children's understandings of poverty and risk in diverse contexts

    Crivello, G., Camfield, L. & Porter, C., 1/07/2010, In: Children and Society. 24, 4, p. 255-260 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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