Research and Teaching

Teaching, research projects and articles

Teaching and supervision

Modules at UHOH

• Quantitative Methods in Economics
  • Research designs, sampling, statistical analyses, matching methods - with applications in STATA
• Poverty and Development Strategies
  • Role of agriculture in development and agricultural development policy instruments
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Rural Development Projects
  • Impact evaluation, financial and economic appraisal of rural development projects
• Rural Development Policies and Institutions
  • Agricultural value chains and producer organizations as a form of collective action

MSc research

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Publications in peer-reviewed journals

• Duong, B.T., Sariyev, O. & Zeller, M. (2025). Can Weight of Evidence Method Improve Poverty Targeting?. Social Indicators Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-025-03576-z

• Sariyev, O. Asravor, J., & Zeller, M. (2025). Poverty and food security impacts of sustainable intensification: Evidence from Ethiopia. Food Security, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-025-01517-9

• Chan, N.A., Sariyev, O., & Zeller, M. (2025). Gender gap in rice productivity: micro-evidence from Myanmar. Development in Practice, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2025.2466047

• Chan, N.A., Sariyev, O., Islam, M.A., & Zeller, M. (2025). How competitive Is Myanmar’s rice sector? A comparison of production costs and efficiency. Agribusiness. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.22029

• Sariyev, O. & Zeller, M. (2023). Crossbred poultry adoption and impact: Evidence from Ethiopia. Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2022.100394

• Bergau, S., Loos, T. K., & Sariyev, O. (2021). On-and Off-Farm Diversification and Travel Time to Markets: Linkages to Food Security in Rural Ethiopia. The European Journal of Development Research, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-021-00475-0

• Sariyev, O., Loos, T. K., & Khor, L. Y. (2021). Intra-household decision-making, production diversity, and dietary quality: a panel data analysis of Ethiopian rural households. Food Security, 13(1), 181-197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-020-01098-9

• Khor, L. Y., Sariyev, O., & Loos, T. (2020). Gender differences in risk behavior and the link to household effects and individual wealth. Journal of Economic Psychology, 80, 102266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2020.102266

• Sariyev, O., Loos, T. K., & Zeller, M. (2020). Women’s participation in decision-making and its implications for human capital investment. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 47(5), 1803-1825. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaa008

• Sariyev, O., Loos, T. K., Zeller, M., & Gurung, T. (2020). Women in household decision-making and implications for dietary quality in Bhutan.Agricultural and Food Economics, 8(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-020-00158-0

Work in progress

• Can Techniques Used in Credit Scoring Improve the Construction of Poverty Scorecards: A Systematic Methodological Comparison. (Lead author: Doung Thanh)

• Does integrating improved seeds with agronomic practices enhance farm productivity and technical efficiency? Evidence from an endogeneity-corrected analysi. (Lead author: Jacob Asravor)