Profile: Economist with research skills (Ph.D.), broad interests (policy, research and practice) and relevant work experience (Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), Institute for International and Development Economics, Royal Tropical Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Ministry of Finance, University of Nottingham). Expertise in economics of agriculture, health (care), labour markets, international (services) trade, migration, international financial economics and institutions (particularly the World Bank), development economics, measurement and analysis of poverty and vulnerability, microeconomics, applied methods of computable general equilibrium models and cross-section and panel data econometrics.
working papers & publications
Publications
Sustainability of Current GM Crop Cultivation: Review of People, Planet and Profit Effects of Agricultural Production of GM Crops, Based on the Cases of Soybean, Maize and Cotton, Franke, A.C., M.L.H. Breukers, W. Broer, F.H.J. Bunte, O. Dolstra, F.M. Engelbronner-Kolff, L.A.P. Lotz, J. Montfort, J. Nikoloyuk, M.M. Rutten, M.J.M. Smulders, C.C.M. Wiel and M. van de Zijl, Report 368, Wageningen: Plant Research International, April 2011.
A Technical Framework for Costing Health Workforce Retention Schemes in Remote and Rural Areas, Zurn, P., M. Vujicic, C. Lemière, M. Juquois, L. Stormont, J. Campbell, M. Rutten, M. Braichet, Human Resources for Health, Vol. 9, Issue 8, April 6, 2011 .
The Economic Impact of Medical Migration: A Receiving Country's Perspective, Rutten, M., Review of International Economics, Vol. 17, Issue 1, February 22, 2009, pp. 156-171.
The Economic Impact of Medical Migration: An Overview of the Literature, Rutten, M., The World Economy, Vol. 32, Issue 2, February 16 2009, pp.291-325.
A Comparative Analysis of Some Policy Options to Reduce Rationing in the UK's NHS: Lessons from a General Equilibrium Analysis Incorporating Positive Health Effects, Rutten, M. and G. Reed, Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 28, Issue 1, January 2009, pp. 221-233.
Book review (in Dutch) of The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier, Rutten, M.,Economische Statistische Berichten, Vol. 93, Issue 4536, Page 350, May 30 2008.
The Economic Impact of Health Care Provision: A Computable General Equilibrium Assessment for the UK, Rutten, M., Ph.D Thesis, University of Nottingham, September 2004.
Working Papers
Sit Down at the Ballgame: How Trade Barriers Have Made the World Less Food Secure, Meijerink, G., L. Chant and M. Rutten, SSRN Working Paper Series, February 2011.
Towards a Comprehensive Economic Methodology for Estimating the Cost of Human Resources for Health under Alternative Scenarios, Rutten, M., KIT Working Paper Series H2, December 2008.
Tsunami Impact on Poverty Dynamics in the Maldives, Discussion Paper, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2008.
Medical Migration: What Can We Learn from the UK's Perspective?, Rutten, M., World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4593, April 2008.
Weighting Dimensions of Poverty Based on People's Priorities: Constructing a Composite Poverty Index for the Maldives, de Kruijk, H. and M. Rutten, IIDE Discussion Paper No. 200708-01, August 2007 and Q2 Working Paper No. 35, April 2007.
Vulnerability and Poverty Dynamics in the Maldives, de Kruijk, H. and M. Rutten, IIDE Discussion Paper No. 200708-02, August 2007.
The Economic Impact of Health Care Provision: A General Equilibrium Assessment of Some Policy Options in the UK's NHS, Rutten, M., A. Blake and G.V. Reed, GEP Research Paper Series No. 06/31, University of Nottingham, October 2006.
