Dr. Simone Schotte

Associate

Dr. Simone Schotte

  • Short CV

    • Since 02/2019: Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, Helsinki

    • 2014 - 2018: Doctoral student at the GIGA Doctoral Programme and the Georg-August-University Göttingen; World Bank (short-term consultant, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit)

    • 2014: Assistant Researcher at The World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Chief Economist Office (ECACE) in Washington DC

    • 2013: Intern at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) country office Brazil

    • 2012 - 2013: Student research assistant at the University of Göttingen, Chair of Development Economics, and the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies

    • 2012: Intern at the Institute for Applied Cultural Research (IFAK) Göttingen

    • 2011: Intern at the German-Chilean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK) in Santiago de Chile

    • 2010 - 2011: Student research assistant at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Chair in International Economics, and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW)

    • Studium: M.A. International Economics with specialisation in Development Economics at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; B.Sc. International Economics and European Studies at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico

    Current Research

    • The link between class and political attitudes

    • Different approaches to defining the middle class

    • The labour market as a transmission channel from growth to household welfare outcomes

    • Ex-ante evaluation of alternative policy and growth scenarios to access their potential for poverty and inequality reduction

    Countries and Regions

    • Brazil

    • South Africa


    Dissertation

    • Poverty, Social Mobility, and the Middle Class: The Case of South Africa

    South African Journal of Economics | 2022

    Snakes and Ladders and Loaded Dice: Poverty Dynamics and Inequality in South Africa between 2008 and 2017

    In this paper, we use five waves of panel data to empirically assess the extent and dynamics of poverty in South Africa between 2008 and 2017.

    Zizzamia Rocco

    Prof. Dr. Murray Leibbrandt

    World Development | 2018

    A Poverty Dynamics Approach to Social Stratification: The South African Case

    Rocco Zizzamia

    Prof. Dr. Murray Leibbrandt

    International Migration Review | 2018

    Why Are the Elderly More Averse to Immigration When They Are More Likely to Benefit? Evidence Across Countries

    Hernan Winkler

    Institut français des relations internationals | Interview | 01/02/2018

    African Middle Classes Beyond the Buzz

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