John Hoddinott, Ph.D Economics

Deputy Division Director; Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Research field: Economics
Economic Development
Applied Microeconometrics
Nutrition

Publications

Journal Article (50)
- A. De Brauw, J. Hoddinott (2011) Must Conditional Cash Transfer Programs be conditioned to be effective? The impact of conditioning transfers on school enrollment in Mexico. In Journal of Development Economics.
- K. Yount, J. Hoddinott, A. Stein (2010) Disability and self-reported health among older women and men in rural Guatemala: The role of obesity and chronic condition, 1418-1427. In Social Science and Medicine 71 (8).
- D. Gilligan, J. Hoddinott, A. Seyoum (2009) An analysis of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and its linkages, 1684-1706. In Journal of Development Studies 45 (10).
- M. Islam, J. Hoddinott (2009) Evidence of intra-household flypaper effects from a nutrition intervention in rural Guatemala, 215-248. In Economic Development and Cultural Change 57 (2).
- A. Stein, M. Wang, A. DiGirolamo et al. (2009) Height for Age Increased While Body Mass Index for Age Remained Stable between 1968 and 2007 among Guatemalan Children, 365-369. In Journal of Nutrition 139 (2).
- K. Yount, J. Hoddinott, A. Stein et al. (2009) Individual capital and cognitive aging in Guatemala, 295-306. In Population Studies 63 (3).
- J. Behrman, M. C. Calderon, S. Preston et al. (2009) Nutritional supplementation of girls influences the growth of their children: Prospective study in Guatemala, 1372-1379. In American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 90 (5).
- S. Dercon, D. Gilligan, J. Hoddinott et al. (2009) The Impact of Agricultural Extension and Roads on Poverty and Consumption Growth in Fifteen Ethiopian Villages, 1007-1021. In American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91 (4).
- J. Maluccio, J. Hoddinott, J. Behrman et al. (2009) The impact of nutrition during early childhood on education among Guatemalan Adults, 734-763. In Economic Journal 119 (April).
- A. Stein, P. Melgar, J. Hoddinott et al. (2008) Cohort Profile: The INCAP Nutritional Trial Cohort Study, 716-720. In International Journal of Epidemiology 37 (4).
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Book (8)
- A Ahmed, A Quisumbing, M Nasreen et al. (2010) Comparing Food and Cash Transfers to the Ultra-Poor in Bangladesh. In IFPRI.
- M Adato, John Hoddinott (2010) Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America.
- M. Adato, L Haddad, John Hoddinott (2005) Power, Politics and Performance: Community Participation in South African Public Works Programs.
- D. Coady, M. Grosh, J. Hoddinott (2004) The Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries: Review of Experience and Lessons. In IFPRI.
- J. Hoddinott (2001) Food Security in Practice: Methods for Rural Development Projects. In IFPRI.
- B. Baulch, J. Hoddinott (2000) Economic Mobility and Poverty Dynamics in Developing Countries.
- L. Haddad, J. Hoddinott, H. Alderman (1997) Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Developing Countries: Models, Methods and Policy.
- S. Devereux, J. Hoddinott (1992) Fieldwork in Developing Countries.
Generic (11)
- R. Vargas Hill, N. Kumar, J. Hoddinott (2011) Adoption of weather-index insurance: Learning from willingness to pay among a panel of households in rural Ethiopia.
- S. Mani, J. Hoddinott, J. Strauss (2011) Determinants of Schooling Outcomes - Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia.
- K. Yount, J. Behrman, J. Hoddinott et al. (2011) Does schooling increase and schooling gender gaps decline with increases in parental schooling and wealth? Evidence from over a quarter century in rural Guatemala.
- S. Dercon, J. Hoddinott, T. Woldehanna (2011) Growth, poverty and chronic poverty in rural Ethiopia: Evidence from 15 Communities 1994-2004.
- J. Hoddinott, D. Gilligan, N. Kumar et al. (2011) The Impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and related transfers on agricultural productivity.
- J. Behrman, J. Hoddinott, J. Maluccio et al. (2010) Brains versus brawn: Labor market returns to intellectual and physical human capital in a poor developing country.
- J. Behrman, J. Hoddinott, J. Maluccio et al. (2010) What Determines Adult Cognitive Skills? Impacts of Pre-School, Schooling and Post-School Experiences in Guatemala.
- D. Gilligan, J. Hoddinott, N. Kumar et al. (2009) Can Social Protection Work in Africa? Evidence on the Impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme on Food Security, Assets and Incentives.
- S. Mani, J. Hoddinott, J. Strauss (2009) Long-term impact of investments in early schooling – Empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia.
- T. Woldehanna, J. Hoddinott, S. Dercon (2008) Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia: 1995/96 – 2004/05.
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Book Section (33)
- S. Dercon, J.Hoddinott, P. Krishnan et al. (2011) Collective action and vulnerability: Burial societies in rural Ethiopia. In Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction: Lessons from Africa and Asia.
- M. Adato, J. Hoddinott (2010) Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: A “Magic Bullet”?. In Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America: A Magic Bullet to Reduce Poverty?.
- M. Adato, J. Hoddinott (2010) Conditional Cash Transfers in the Second Decade: Current Debates and New Frontiers. In Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America: A Magic Bullet to Reduce Poverty?.
- J. Hoddinott, A. Quisumbing (2010) Methods for microeconometric risk and vulnerability assessment. In Risk, Vulnerability and Human Development: On the brink.
- J. Hoddinott (2010) Nutrition and Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programs. In Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America: A Magic Bullet to Reduce Poverty.
- J. Hoddinott, D. Wiesmann (2010) The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs on Food Consumption in Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. In Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America: A Magic Bullet to Reduce Poverty?.
- J. Hoddinott, D. Gilligan, A.S. Taffessee (2010) The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program on Schooling and Child Labor. In Social Protection for Africa’s Children.
- J. Hoddinott, L. Bassett (2009) Los programas de transferencias monetarias condicionadas y la nutricion en America Latina: Evaluacion de impactos y estrategias para mejorarlos. In Transferencias condicionadas, estrategias de combatae al hambre y la desnutricion en America Latina y el Caribe Vol.II.
- J. Hoddinott, S. Dercon, P. Krishnan (2009) Networks and informal mutual support in 15 Ethiopian villages. In Institutional Economics Perspectives on African Agricultural Development.
- H. Alderman, J.R. Behrman, J. Hoddinott (2008) Health and nutrition and economic development. In International Handbook of Development Economics.
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Awards and Grants

Jan 2010

CGIAR Science Award for an Outstanding Scientific Article 2009
Jan 2008

American Agricultural Economics Association Outstanding Journal Article
Jan 1991

Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Fellowship, Princeton University
Jan 1988

Nuffield College Studentship, Oxford
Jan 1987

Overseas Research Studentship, Oxford
Jan 1987

Luca D'Agliano Award (Development Economics, Oxford)
Jan 1985

Toronto Association of Business Economists Award (York University)
Jan 1980

Henry Carr Scholarship (St Michael's College, University of Toronto)

Biographical Information

John Hoddinott is a Deputy Director in the Poverty Health and Nutrition Division. Before joining IFPRI he held university appointments in Canada and the United Kingdom, including a University Lectureship in Economics and Fellowship at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. A Canadian citizen, Hoddinott holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Toronto, an M.A. from York University and a D.Phil. in Economics from the University of Oxford.

His principal research interest lies in the microeconometric analysis of issues in development economics. John is especially interested in the causes of poverty, food insecurity and undernutrition, and the design and evaluation of interventions that would reduce these. Much of his current research has focused on the determinants and consequences of human capital formation. This builds on his earlier work on modeling the processes of intra-household resource allocation and on labor markets. John has also had involvement in discussions surrounding aid flows, responses to the 2008 food price crisis and reforms to the global food security architecture such as the Food Aid Convention.

John Hoddinott currently leads a five country study evaluating the impact of food, cash and voucher transfers being conducted for the World Food Program, the evaluation of Ethiopia’s Food Security Programme and is part of a team evaluating South Africa’s Child Support Grant. He was the leader of the recent evaluation of Brazil’s Bolsa Familia cash transfer program and participated in the impact evaluation of PROGRESA. John has been heavily involved in primary data collection through living in a mud hut in western Kenya and a small town near Timbucktu Mali, as well as developing longitudinal and cross-sectional household and community surveys in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kenya, Mali, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

CURRENT POSITION
2002-present: Deputy Division Director; Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C.

1997-present: Research Associate, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford

2002-present: Adjunct Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Dalhousie University

2009-present: Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2009-present: Managing Editor, Journal of African Economies

2011-present: Associate Editor, Food Security

2003-present: Member, Editorial Board, The Journal of Development Studies

1997-2007: Member, Editorial Board, Oxford Development Studies

2000, 2005-2008: Member, Publications Review Committee, International Food Policy Research Institute

2009-2011: Leland Program Policy Advisor, Congressional Hunger Center

2005-2008: Technical Advisor, Strengthening Emergency Needs Assessment Capacities (SENAC), World Food Programme

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Professional Experience

2002 - Present

Deputy Division Director; Senior Research Fellow at International Food Policy Research Institute
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

Visiting Lecturer at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Tōkyō, Japan

Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

Associate Professor of Economics (tenured) at Department of Economics, Dalhousie University
Terra Nova, Canada

Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

Acting Division Director (2000); Senior Research Fellow; Research Fellow at International Food Policy Research Institute
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Jan 1995 - Dec 1995

Visiting Professor at Department of Economics, University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Jan 1994 - Jan 1997

Senior Research Associate at Queen Elizabeth House
Oxford, United Kingdom

Jan 1993 - Jan 1997

University Lecturer (CUF) in Economics and Fellow and Tutor (tenured) at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.
Oxford, United Kingdom

Jan 1991 - Dec 1991

Visiting Lecturer at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Jan 1990 - Jan 1997

Research Officer at Centre for the Study of African Economies
Oxford, United Kingdom

Jan 1989 - Jan 1993

Research Lecturer in Economics at Trinity College
Oxford, United Kingdom

Jan 1988 - Jan 1989

Lecturer in Economics at Worcester College
Oxford, United Kingdom

Jan 1988 - Dec 1988

Research Associate at Economics Department, University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 1986 - Dec 1986

Research Economist at Ontario Ministry of Treasury and Economics
Ontario, New York, United States

Education

Aug 1986 - Jul 1989

University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom
D. Phil. (Economics)

Aug 1984 - Jul 1986

York University in Toronto, Canada
M.A. (Economics)

Aug 1980 - Jul 1984

University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada
B.A. (Honours, Economics)

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