Research

Publications

Johnson, Justin A., Uris Lantz Baldoz, Erwin Corong, Thomas Hertel, Stephen Polasky, Raffaello Cervigni, Toby Roxburgh, Giovanni Ruta, Colette Salemi, & Sumil Thakrar (2023). Investing in nature can improve equity and economic returnsProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences120(27).

Assaad, Ragui, Caroline Krafft, & Colette Salemi (2022). Socioeconomic Status and the Changing Nature of School-to-Work Transitions in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Johnson, Justin A. & Colette Salemi (2022). Agents on a Landscape: Simulating spatial and temporal interactions in economic and ecological systems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (10)

Dampha, Nfamara, Colette Salemi, Wendy Rappeport, Stephen Polasky, & Amare Gebre Egziabher (2021). Climate Resilience Development in Rwanda: Evaluating Refugees and Host Populations’ Vulnerability to Climate-Induced Risks. Forced Migration Review.

Salemi, Colette (2021). Refugee Camps and Deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Development Economics (152).

Bloem, Jeffrey R., & Colette Salemi (2021). COVID-19 and ConflictWorld Development140, 105294.

Pellicer, Miquel, Ragui Assaad, Caroline Krafft, & Colette Salemi (2020). Grievances or skills? The effect of education on youth political participation in Egypt and TunisiaInternational Political Science Review.

Under review

Bousquet, Julie, Anna Gasten, Mark Marvin Kadigo, Jean-Francois Maystadt, & Colette Salemi (2023). Does perceived labor market competition increase prejudice between refugees and their local hosts? Evidence from Uganda and Ethiopia. Under review at the Journal of Development Economics

Salemi, Colette, Nfamara K. Dampha, & Justin Johnson (2024). Rohingya refugee camps and land cover change in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Under review at the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economics

Bell, Christopher, Ekaterina Rhodes, & Colette Salemi (2024). Exploring the role of emissions-economy trade-offs in climate policy support: Comparative survey evidence from the United Kingdom and Australia. Under review at Energy Policy

Dampha, Nfamara, Colette Salemi, Stephen Polasky, Amare Gebre Egziabher, and Wendy Rappeport (2024). Refugees and Host Communities’ Vulnerability to Climate and Disaster Risks in Rwanda. Under review at Frontiers in Climate

Working papers

Fall, Cheikh, Amy Damon, & Colette Salemi (2024). Desert Locust Invasions and Farmers’ Adaptation.

Anti, Sebastian & Colette Salemi (2021). Hungry Hosts? Refugee Camps and Host Community Nutritional Outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Dampha, Nfamara, Colette Salemi, & Steve Polasky (2021). Rohingya Refugee Camps and Forest Loss in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: an Inquiry using Remote Sensing and Econometric Approaches. World Bank Working Paper Series.

Rizk, Reham & Colette Salemi (2020). Children of War: Conflict and Child Welfare in Iraq. Economic Research Forum Working Paper No. 1439.

Anti, Sebastian, Colette Salemi, & Katie Wilson (2020). Introducing the African Refugee Dataset 1999-2016. Working paper.

Salemi, Colette, Jay Bowman, & Jennifer Compton (2018). Services for Syrian Refugee Children and Youth in Jordan: Forced Displacement, Foreign Aid, and Vulnerability. Economic Research Forum Working Paper Series, no. 1188.

Book chapters

Assaad, Ragui, Abdelaziz Elsharawy, & Colette Salemi. (2021). Is the Egyptian economy creating good jobs? Job creation and economic vulnerability from 1998 to 2018. In The Egyptian Labor Market: A Focus on Gender and Economic Vulnerability. Oxford University Press

Krafft, Caroline, Maia Sieverding, Caitlyn Keo, & Colette Salemi (2018). Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Demographics, Livelihoods, Education, and Health. In The Jordanian Labor Market: Between Fragility and Resilience. Oxford University Press.

Assaad, Ragui & Colette Salemi (2019). The Structure of Employment and Job Creation in Jordan, 2010-2016. In The Jordanian Labor Market: Between Fragility and Resilience. Oxford University Press.

Rizk, Reham & Colette Salemi (2019). Own Account Workers in Jordan. In The Jordanian Labor Market: Between Fragility and Resilience. Oxford University Press.

Salemi, Colette and Ragui Assaad (2020). Partering with organizations in an international context: lessons from NGO workers in East AfricaOpen Global Rights Feb. 12th, 2021

Salemi, Colette (2020). Does covid-19 raise the risk of violent conflict? Not everywhereThe Washington Post Monkey Cage Oct. 15th, 2020

Research Grants

Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) – July 2022                                   

  • Insight Development Grant ($70,472)
  • Title: Firewood and Deforestation: A Study of the Clean Cookstove Sector and the Effect of Clean Cookstoves on Forests
  • Co-PI’s: Dr. Abubakr Ayesh and Dr. Sebastian Anti