RESEARCH INTERESTS Labor Economics, Development Economics, Behavioral Economics, and Health Economics

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1 Curriculum Vitae Name: Essa Chanie Mussa Address(es): Genscherallee 3, Bonn, Germany Telephone(s): Mob.: (Germany), (Ethiopia) essa.chanie(at)uni-bonn.de, essachanie(at)gmail.com Nationality: Ethiopian EDUCATION 2014 Present: PhD candidate, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn : M.Sc. in Globalization and Development (Track: Local Institutions and Poverty Reduction), Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB), University of Antwerp, Belgium : M.Sc. in Agricultural and Applied Economics (Track: Agricultural Policy and Trade), Egerton University (Kenya) and University of Pretoria (South Africa) : BA in Economics, Haramaya University, Ethiopia. RESEARCH INTERESTS Labor Economics, Development Economics, Behavioral Economics, and Health Economics WORK EXPERIENCES 1. Participated in an international consultation workshop and contributed for the World Development Report 2018 (WDR 2018) LEARNING to Realize Education s Promise Present: Junior Researcher, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn. Research Projects: a. The long-term effects of childhood work on human capital formation, migration decision, and earnings in rural Ethiopia (Principal investigator). b. Impact of Community-based Health Insurance on Child Health: Evidence from Rural South-Western Uganda (Co-investigator) : Lecturer, department of Agricultural Economics, University of Gondar : Graduate Assistant, department of Economics, Samara University Ethiopia. LEADERSHIP AND OTHER SERVICES : TRANSACT-Ethiopia Project, Scenario process team leader, University of Gondar : The Teaching and Learning business process owner, Samara University : Academic Program Officer and Senate Member, Samara University.

2 CERTIFICATES AND TRAININGS 2017: 6 th Lindau Meeting in Economic Sciences (qualified in a global competition among young economists worldwide), Lindau, Germany. 2017: Introduction to GIS (with applications to the livestock sector), Ethiopian Economics Association, Addis Ababa.) 2016: Leadership Training organized by ZEF. 2014/2015: Interdisciplinary courses on Concepts and Theories of Development by ZEF. 2014/2015: Development Policy Analysis and Development Economics by ZEF 2015: Ethics in Food Security and Development Research and Action by ZEF and Food Security Center (FSC), University of Hohenheim. 2014: Learning Intercultural Competence by ZEF and Partnership for Development. 2013: Debating Development: Food and Development What s on the Menu?, University of Antwerp. 2013: Innovation and Participatory Communication for Rural Development and Transformation by University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna. 2012: Scenario Process by University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna. 2009: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education by Addis Ababa University. CONFERENCES, POLICY WORKSHOPS, AND OTHERS 2017 IZA Workshop: Health and Labor Markets (to be held on November 3-4, 2017, Bonn). 2nd IZA Workshop: The Economics of Education, Bonn (participant). Tropentag 2017, Bonn (presenter). 6 th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting on Economic Sciences, Lindau, Germany. Rural Future Lab and G20 Conference on One World - No Hunger, Future of the Rural World, Berlin. 15th International Conference on the Ethiopian Economy, Addis Ababa (presenter). Development Economics and Policy, Göttingen (presenter) International Policy Workshop on Realizing the Promise of Education for Development, for Word Development Report 2018 preparation, Berlin.

3 DAAD & GIZ expert workshop on Inclusion and Diversity Management in Higher Education, Bonn th IZA/World Bank Conference on Employment and Development: Technological Change and Jobs, Bonn (2015) and before Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Enhancing Food Security in Africa: New Challenges and Opportunities, Addis Ababa. agro 2011 inaugural biennial conference on: Optimization of Agricultural Value Chains for Sustainable Development, Nairobi. Joint 3 rd African Association of Agricultural Economists and 48 th Agricultural Economists Association of South Africa, Cape Town. SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS 1. DAAD funding to participate on the 6 th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting on Economic Sciences in 2017, Lindau, Germany. 2. DAAD scholarship and dissertation research fund ( ) 3. VLIR-UOS scholarship to attend Advanced MA program at University of Antwerp (2013/14) 4. In-Region Full Scholarship by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to attend M.Sc. degree in Agricultural and Applied Economics at Egerton University, Kenya ( ) 5. African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) thesis grant and to attend shared facility at the University of Pretoria (2010/11) 6. The 2012 AAEA Trust LDC Travel Grant to young professionals to support participation in the 2012 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) annual meeting in Seattle, WA (2011) RESEARCH WORKS IN PROGRESS Principal Investigator 1. The effects of childhood work on child schooling outcomes in rural Ethiopia (with Assefa Admassie, Alisher Mirzabaev, and Emmanuel N. Rukundo). 2. Does childhood work impede the long-term human capital formation? a tracking survey evidence from rural Ethiopia (with Assefa Admassie, Alisher Mirzabaev, and Emmanuel N. Rukundo).

4 3. The effects of childhood work on long-term village out-migration decision in rural Ethiopia (with Assefa Admassie, Alisher Mirzabaev, and Emmanuel N. Rukundo). 4. The long-term effects of childhood work on earnings in rural Ethiopia (with Assefa Admassie, Alisher Mirzabaev, and Emmanuel N. Rukundo). Co-Investigator 1. Determinants of enrolment in and dropout from community-based health insurance for rural south-west Uganda (with Emmanuel N. Rukundo, Nicolas Gerber, and Joachim von Braun). 2. Does health insurance reduce child stunting? (with Emmanuel N. Rukundo, Nicolas Gerber, and Joachim von Braun). 3. Does Community-Based Health Insurance Foster Preventive Health Behaviors? An Analysis of Self-reported Use of Preventive Health Remedies from Rural South-west Uganda (with Emmanuel N. Rukundo, Nicolas Gerber, and Joachim von Braun). MASTERS THESES ADVISING (ON-GOING) 1. Determinants of urban youth unemployment in Chilga woreda, Amhara region, Ethiopia (with Abebaw Abibo; student: Abeba Kassie, University of Gondar, Agricultural Economics). 2. Determinants of saving in smallholder farmers in case of Dembia district, Amhara region, Ethiopia (with Abebaw Abibo; student: Degif Tefera, University of Gondar, Agricultural Economics). 3. Effects of Village Saving and Lending Association on Farmers Livelihood in the case of Chilga woreda, Amhara region, Ethiopia (student: Amanuel Tesfahun, University of Gondar, Agricultural Economics). PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLES 1. Mussa, E.C. Mirzabaev, A., Admassie, A. (2017). Child labor: an Ethiopian perspective. Rural 21: The international Journal for Rural development (Scientific World), Issue 3/2017: Tapping the potential of rural youth. 2. Kebede, W.M., Koye, A.B., Mussa, E.C., Kebede, D.T (2017). The Roles of Institutions for Malt- Barley Production in Smallholder Farming System: The Case of Wegera District, Northwest Ethiopia. International Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 7(1): Mussa, E.C., Simtowe, F.P., and Obare, G.A. (2012). Factor Productivity in Smallholder Pigeonpea Production Systems: Empirical Evidence from Northern Tanzania. Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development, 1(6):

5 4. Mussa, E.C., Obare, G.A., Bogale, A. and Simtowe, F.P. (2012). Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency in Smallholder Mixed Crop Livestock Agricultural Systems: Empirical Evidence from the Central Highlands of Ethiopia. Developing Country Studies, 2(9): PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA), since July 2015 JOB-RELATED SKILLS AND LANGUAGE Very good command of Sata and SPSS statistical softwares. Very good technical and organizational skills to plan, organize, and supervise baseline and follow-up household level surveys. Very good command of MS-Word, Excel, and power-point and ability to work with LaTex. Basic skills of using Geographic Information systems (GIS) software. Data collection and quality control using Census and Survey Processing System (CSPro). Very good knowledge of management and working with cross-section and panel data Language: Amharic (Native), English (Excellent), and German (A1). REFERENCES: up on request