Sylvain Eloi Dessy

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• S Dessy, L Tiberti, M Tiberti, D Zoundi (2021), Polygyny and Farm Households Resilience to Climate Shocks, World Bank, Washington, DC.
• S Dessy, H Gninafon, L Tiberti, M Tiberti (2021) COVID 19 and school children resilience, GLO Discussion Paper 952.
• S Dessy, F Marchetta, R Pongou, L Tiberti (2020), Climate shocks and teenage fertitility, GLO Discussion Paper 490.
• Jean-Louis Bago, Sylvain Eloi Dessy (2020), Motherhood and female self-employment, Centre de recherche sur les risques les enjeux économiques et les politiques publiques. Disponible : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jean-Louis-Bago/publication/341297085_Motherhood_and_Female_Self-_Employment_Theory_and_Evidence/links/5eb997b3299bf1287f7fa9c0/Motherhood-and-Female-Self-Employment-Theory-and-Evidence.pdf
• S Dessy, F Marchetta, R Pongou, L Tiberti (2019), Fertility after the drought : theory and eviudence from Madagascar,  CRREP working paper series
• S Dessy, F Marchetta, R Pongou, L Tiberti  (2019) Fertility response aftre climate shocks, Partnership for Economic Policy Working Paper. Disponible : https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02053100/document
• Monetary and Multidimensional Child Poverty: Why they Differ (with P. Ballon, J. Cockburn, and Setou Diarra), Journal of African Economies; Volume 27, Issue 4, 1 August 2018, Pages 483–512
• High-Powered Career and Marriage: Can Women Have It All? (with, H. Djebbari), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policies (Advances), 2010, vol. 10, issue 1, pages 42.
• On the Mechanics of Trade-Induced Structural Transformation, (with F. Mbiékop and Stéphane Pallage) Journal of Macroeconomics, 2010, 32(1), 251-264.
• Gender Discrimination, Human Capital, and Marriage. (with Stéphane Pallage) Journal of African Development, 2009, 11(1), 61-76.
• Why Is Child Labor Illegal? (with John Knowles), European Economic Review, 2008, vol. 52, no 7, pp. 1275-1311.
• Debt Relief and Social Services Expenditure: the African Experience, 1989-2003, (with D. Vencatachellum) African Development Review, 2007, vol. 19, no 1, pp. 200-216.
• Some Surprising Effects of Better Law Enforcement against Child Trafficking, (with Stéphane Pallage) Journal of African Development, 2006, vol. 8, pp. 115-132.
• A Theory of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (with S. Pallage, Université du Québec à Montréal). The Economic Journal, 115 (500), pp. 68-87, 2005.
• Explaining Cross-Country Differences in Policy Response to Child Labour (with D. Vencatachellum), Canadian Journal of Economics, 2003, Vol 36(1).
• Taxes, Inequality and Informal Sector Size (with Stéphane Pallage), Journal of Development Economics, vol. 70 (1), 2003, pp. 225-233.
• Fertility, Education, and Market Failures (with Stephane Pallage), Journal of African Finance and Development, vol.5, no 2, 2002, pp. 1-16.
• Child Labor and Coordination Failures (avec Stéphane Pallage, Université du Québec à Montréal); Journal of Development Economics, 2001, vol. 62(1) : 261-275.
• A Defense of Compulsory Measures against Child Labor; Journal of Development Economics, 2000, vol. 62 (1) : 261-275.
• Davies, Victor A.B.; Dessy, Sylvain (2012), « The Political Economy of Government Revenues in Post-Conflict Resource-Rich Africa: Liberia and Sierra Leone », NBER Working Paper no 18539 , Cambridge, MA.

Submitted Papers and Working Papers

• Motherhood and Women’s Self-Employment: Evidence from Nigeria (with J.-L. Bago), second revision requested by Economic Development and Cultural Change
• Fertility Response to Climate Shocks (with F. Marchetta, R. Pongou, and L. Tiberti), under review
• The Bride-Price Custom and Child Marriage: Theory and from a Natural Experiment (with R. S. Diarra, L. Kuate and L. Tiberti), under review
• Land Tenure Security and Rural Non-Agricultural Employment: Theory and Evidence (with L. Diarra), under review
• Climate Shocks and Gender Differences in School Dropout Rates: Evidence from Malawi (with L. Tiberti and D.-A. Zoundi)
• COVID-19 and Children’s School Resilience: Evidence from Nigeria (with H. Gninafon, L. Tiberti and M. Tiberti), Working Paper.
• Polygyny and Farm Households’ Resilience to Climate Shocks (with, L. Tiberti, M. Tiberti, and D.-A. Zoundi), Working Paper.
• Women and Polygyny: Does Education Matter After All? (with, L. Tiberti, and D.-A. Zoundi), Working Paper.
• Early Childbearing and Within-Household Gender Inequality: Evidence from Brazil (with A. Kassouf and L. Tiberti)
• Cost-Effective Energy Policy with Heterogeneous Agents (with Landry Kuate)

Selected Media coverage of the article Dessy-Pallage, A Theory of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (Economic journal)

• Daily Telegraph, January 30, 2005
• The Scotsman, January 31, 2005
• BBC interview, January 31, 2005, 6: 48
• CBC interview, As it Happens, January 31, 2005
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), January 31, 2005
• Radio Canada International, Canada Today to Africa, February 22, 2005
• Calcutta Telegraph, February 1, 2005