Sosina Bezu

849 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 527 citations indexed

About

Sosina Bezu is a scholar working on Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Sosina Bezu has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 527 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Safety Research, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Sosina Bezu's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (6 papers), Land Rights and Reforms (4 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (4 papers). Sosina Bezu is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (6 papers), Land Rights and Reforms (4 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (4 papers). Sosina Bezu collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Finland and United States. Sosina Bezu's co-authors include Stein T. Holden, Christopher B. Barrett, Päivi Lujala, Minhaj Mahmud, Arne Wiig, Ivar Kolstad, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville, Peter Binyaruka and Mesfin Tilahun and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, World Development and Global Environmental Change.

In The Last Decade

Sosina Bezu

22 papers receiving 495 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Are Rural Youth in Ethiopia Abandoning Agriculture?

2014 252 citations Sosina Bezu, Stein T. Holden World Development profile →

Peers

Sosina Bezu

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Chiara Kovarik United States

Blessings Chinsinga Malawi

Gbemisola Oseni United States

Jesper Kühl Spain

Esteban J. Quiñones United States

Caitlin Kieran United States

Gero Carletto United States

Fleur Wouterse United States

Ellen Payongayong United States

Béatrice Knerr Germany

Chiara Kovarik United States

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138 ×1.3

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154 ×1.7

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Citations per year, relative to Sosina Bezu Sosina Bezu (= 1×) peers Chiara Kovarik

Countries citing papers authored by Sosina Bezu

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sosina Bezu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sosina Bezu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sosina Bezu. The network helps show where Sosina Bezu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sosina Bezu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sosina Bezu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sosina Bezu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sosina Bezu. Sosina Bezu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Bezabih, Mintewab, et al.. (2024). Intergroup Interaction and Attitudes to Migrants. The Journal of Politics. 87(1). 115–127. 1 indexed citations

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Wiig, Arne, Minhaj Mahmud, Ivar Kolstad, Päivi Lujala, & Sosina Bezu. (2023). Digging in? Migration preferences in communities affected by climate change — evidence from Bangladesh. Regional Environmental Change. 23(3). 6 indexed citations

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Kolstad, Ivar, Sosina Bezu, Päivi Lujala, Minhaj Mahmud, & Arne Wiig. (2022). Does Changing the Narrative Improve Host Community Attitudes Toward Climate Migrants? Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh. International Migration Review. 57(1). 68–94. 3 indexed citations

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Bezu, Sosina, Peter Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, & Vincent Somville. (2020). Pay-for-performance reduces bypassing of health facilities: Evidence from Tanzania. Social Science & Medicine. 268. 113551–113551. 13 indexed citations

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Lujala, Päivi, Sosina Bezu, Ivar Kolstad, Minhaj Mahmud, & Arne Wiig. (2020). How do host–migrant proximities shape attitudes toward internal climate migrants?. Global Environmental Change. 65. 102156–102156. 16 indexed citations

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Kolstad, Ivar, Sosina Bezu, Päivi Lujala, Minhaj Mahmud, & Arne Wiig. (2019). Does changing the narrative improve host community attitudes to climate migrants? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations

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Bezu, Sosina, Espen Villanger, & Abel Kinyondo. (2018). Can Smallholders benefit from the new market opportunities from the extractive industry in Tanzania. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 1 indexed citations

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Holden, Stein T. & Sosina Bezu. (2018). Exchange asymmetries in productive assets: Tools, fertilizer or cash?. World Development. 115. 269–278. 2 indexed citations

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Kwauk, Christina, et al.. (2018). Non-formal girls’ life skills programming Implications for policy and practice. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 4 indexed citations

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Dupuy, Kendra, et al.. (2018). Life skills in non-formal contexts for adolescent girls in developing countries. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 5 indexed citations

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Holden, Stein T. & Sosina Bezu. (2016). Preferences for land sales legalization and land values in Ethiopia. Land Use Policy. 52. 410–421. 25 indexed citations

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Holden, Stein T., Sosina Bezu, & Mesfin Tilahun. (2016). How Pro-poor are Land Rental Markets in Ethiopia?. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 5 indexed citations

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Bezu, Sosina & Stein T. Holden. (2014). Are Rural Youth in Ethiopia Abandoning Agriculture?. World Development. 64. 259–272. 252 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bezu, Sosina & Stein T. Holden. (2014). Demand for second-stage land certification in Ethiopia: Evidence from household panel data. Land Use Policy. 41. 193–205. 63 indexed citations

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Bezu, Sosina & Stein T. Holden. (2014). Rural-urban Youth Migration and Informal Self-Employment in Ethiopia. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 8 indexed citations

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Bezu, Sosina, et al.. (2013). Environmental resource collection: implications for children's schooling in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. Environment and Development Economics. 19(2). 182–200. 16 indexed citations

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Bezu, Sosina & Christopher B. Barrett. (2012). Employment Dynamics in the Rural Nonfarm Sector in Ethiopia: Do the Poor Have Time on Their Side?. The Journal of Development Studies. 48(9). 1223–1240. 31 indexed citations

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Bezu, Sosina, Christopher B. Barrett, & Stein T. Holden. (2011). Does Nonfarm Economy Offer Pathways for Upward Mobility? Evidence from a Panel Data Study in Ethiopia. SSRN Electronic Journal. 25 indexed citations

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Barrett, Christopher B. & Sosina Bezu. (2011). Employment Dynamics in the Rural Nonfarm Sector in Ethiopia: Do the Poor Have Time on Their Side?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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Bezu, Sosina & Stein T. Holden. (2008). Can food-for-work encourage agricultural production?. Food Policy. 33(6). 541–549. 37 indexed citations

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