Dr Dario Debowicz

Lecturer

Economics

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Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0944-3097

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About

Dario Debowicz holds a DPhil in Economics from the University of Sussex, and works in the area of Applied Development Economics and Political Economy. Dr Debowicz has designed and delivered training in economic modelling, microsimulations and database construction at various Universities and research institutes in developing countries for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in collaboration with the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, and has worked for the DFID-funded International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, which involved a series of Universities from different parts of the world. Dr Debowicz is presently working on the link between electoral systems and income distribution in the presence of inequality concerns, and has published in the Journal of Economic History, the Journal of Policy Modelling and the Journal of Economic Modelling, among others.

Areas Of Expertise

Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model
Microsimulations
Regression analysis
Development Economics
Policy-relevant economic analysis

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Teaching various topics of Development Economics both at Undergraduate and Postgraduate Level.

Award Highlights Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Debowicz, D. & Segal, P. (2014). Structural Change in Argentina, 1935–1960: The Role of Import Substitution and Factor Endowments. The Journal of Economic History, 74(01), 230-258.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050714000084, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21531
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9176766&fileId=S0022050714000084
Barrientos, A., Debowicz, D., Woolard, I., & Debowicz, D. (2016). Heterogeneity in Bolsa Família outcomes. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 62, 33-40.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2016.07.008, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29554
Debowicz, D., Golan, J., & Debowicz, D. (2014). The impact of Oportunidades on human capital and income distribution in Mexico: A top-down/bottom-up approach. Journal of Policy Modeling, 36(1), 24-42.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2013.10.014, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21533
http://isiarticles.com/bundles/Article/pre/pdf/11103.pdf
Debowicz, D. & Debowicz, D. (2016). Does the microsimulation approach used in macro–micro modelling matter? An application to the distributional effects of capital outflows during Argentina's Currency Board regime. Economic Modelling, 54, 591-599.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2016.01.018, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26426
Debowicz, D. (2016). A social accounting matrix for Iraq. Journal of Economic Structures, 5(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40008-016-0057-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30220
Debowicz, D., Saporiti, A., & Wang, Y. (2021). Redistribution, power sharing and inequality concern. Social Choice and Welfare, 57(2), 197-228.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-021-01310-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56132

All Research

Journal Articles

Debowicz, D., Saporiti, A., & Wang, Y. (2021). Redistribution, power sharing and inequality concern. Social Choice and Welfare, 57(2), 197-228.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-021-01310-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56132
Debowicz, D. (2016). A social accounting matrix for Iraq. Journal of Economic Structures, 5(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40008-016-0057-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30220
Barrientos, A., Debowicz, D., Woolard, I., & Debowicz, D. (2016). Heterogeneity in Bolsa Família outcomes. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 62, 33-40.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2016.07.008, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29554
Debowicz, D. & Debowicz, D. (2016). Does the microsimulation approach used in macro–micro modelling matter? An application to the distributional effects of capital outflows during Argentina's Currency Board regime. Economic Modelling, 54, 591-599.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2016.01.018, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26426
Debowicz, D. & Segal, P. (2014). Structural Change in Argentina, 1935–1960: The Role of Import Substitution and Factor Endowments. The Journal of Economic History, 74(01), 230-258.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050714000084, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21531
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9176766&fileId=S0022050714000084
Debowicz, D., Golan, J., & Debowicz, D. (2014). The impact of Oportunidades on human capital and income distribution in Mexico: A top-down/bottom-up approach. Journal of Policy Modeling, 36(1), 24-42.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2013.10.014, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21533
http://isiarticles.com/bundles/Article/pre/pdf/11103.pdf

Supervision

Essays in International Trade (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Nigel O'Leary

Taught Modules

EC-2074 Economic Development

This module introduces students to the main indicators and theories of economic development, in order to achieve an understanding of the specific challenges and opportunities that developing economies face, and derive policy implications.
EC-2578 Economies of the Middle & Far East

This module provides an analysis of the changing economies of the Middle and Far East.
EC-3044 Economic Development

This module introduces students to the main indicators and theories of economic development, in order to achieve an understanding of the specific challenges and opportunities that developing economies face, and derive policy implications.
EC-3578 Economies of the Middle & Far East

This module provides an analysis of the changing economies of the Middle and Far East.
EC-M569 Development Economics

This module has been designed to introduce students to the main theories of economic development in order to achieve an understanding of the interdependence of national economies and the specific problems and opportunities facing developing economies particularly with respect to poverty reduction, human capital acquisition, environment protection, the roles of the State, the Market, and civil society, international trade and finance, urbanization, and gender balance, and provide students with tools for the evaluation of development strategies.

Affiliated Positions

External Researcher , Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester

2014 - Present

Other Roles

Post-Doct, International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC

2010 - 2013

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Links between micro- and macro-economic models

February 2020

Fiscal Policy Research Center of the European Community, Seville

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Areas Of Expertise

Career Highlights

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Research Highlights

All Research

Journal Articles

Supervision

Essays in International Trade (awarded 2023)

Taught Modules

EC-2074 Economic Development

EC-2578 Economies of the Middle & Far East

EC-3044 Economic Development

EC-3578 Economies of the Middle & Far East

EC-M569 Development Economics

Affiliated Positions

External Researcher , Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester

Other Roles

Post-Doct, International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Links between micro- and macro-economic models