Nicolai Suppa

SERRA HUNTER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (Professor Lector Serra Hunter)

Research interests:
Measurement and analysis of poverty and well-being (in particular multidimensional poverty); subjective well-being; the capability approach; labour economics.

Recent publications:

  • Suppa, N. (2023). mpitb: A toolbox for multidimensional poverty indices. The Stata Journal, 23(3): 625-657. Link.
  • Alkire, S.; Nogales, R.; Quinn, N.N.; Suppa, N. (2023). On track or not? Projecting the global Multidimensional Poverty Index. Journal of Development Economics, 165 (103150). Link.
  • Alkire, S.; Kanagaratnam, U.; Nogales, R.;  Suppa, N. (2022). Revising the global Multidimensional Poverty Index: Empirical insights and robustness. Review of Income and Wealth, 68, no. S2:S347–S384. Link.

  • Permanyer, I. Suppa, N.(2022). Racing ahead or lagging behind? Territorial cohesion in human development around the globe. Regional Studies, 56: 2086–2101. Link.

Nicolai Suppa

  • Suppa, N. (2023): mpitb: A toolbox for multidimensional poverty indices, Stata Journal 23, no.3, pp.625–657. Link.
  • Alkire, S; Nogales, R.; Quinn, N.N.; Suppa, N. (2023): On Track or Not? Projecting the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Journal of Development Economics 168, no. 103150, pp.1–16. Link.
  • Permanyer, I. and Suppa, N. (2022): Racing ahead or lagging behind? Territorial cohesion in human development around the globe, Regional Studies 56, no. 12, pp.2086–210. Link.
  • Alkire, S.; Kanagaratnam, U.; Nogales, R.; Suppa, N. (2022): Revising the global Multidimensional Poverty Index: Empirical insights and robustness, Review of Income and Wealth 68, no. S2, pp.S347–S384. Link.
  • Alkire, S.; Nogales, R.; Quinn, N.N.; Suppa, N. (2021): Global multidimensional poverty and COVID-19: A decade of progress at risk? Social Science & Medicine 291, no. 114457. Link.
  • Suppa, N. (2021): Walls of Glass. Measuring Deprivation in Social Participation. Journal of Economic Inequality, vol. 19, pp. 385–411. Link.

  • Kunze, L.  Suppa, N. (2020): The effect of unemployment on social participation of spouses—Evidence from plant closures in Germany. Empirical Economics, 58, pp. 815–833. Link.

  • Suppa, N. (2018): Transitions in Poverty and Deprivations. An Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics. Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 51, pp. 235–258. Link.
  • Suppa, N. (2018): Towards a Multidimensional Poverty Index for Germany. Empirica, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 655–683. Link.
  • Kunze, L. and Suppa, N. (2017) Bowling alone or bowling at all? The effect of unemployment on social participation, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 133, pp. 213–235. Link.
  • Suppa, N. (2015): Capability Deprivation and Life Satisfaction. Evidence from German Panel Data,  Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, vol. 16, pp.173–199. Link.
  • Suppa, N. (2021): Unemployment and subjective well-being. A survey of the economic literature, in: Zimmermann Klaus F., ed., Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics,
    pp. 1–32, Springer. Link.
  • Suppa, N. (2014): The Capability Perspective: Basic Features and their Relevance for Social Policy, in: H.U. Otto and H. Ziegler, eds., Critical Social Policy and the Capability Approach, pp. 95–116, Barbara Budrich. Link.
  • "Utilizing microsimulations for the analysis of multidimensional poverty”, Social Research Grant ”la Caixa” Foundation, PI: Nicolai Suppa (2021-2023).
  • “COVID-19 and the new poor: mobilizing data and metrics to inform and coordinate poverty reduction”,  John Fell fund, PI: Sabina Alkire (2020-2021).

Teaching at UB (current)

  • Public Sector Economics. BA in Economics.
  • Industrial Organization. BA in Business and Administration and Economics.