Position:
Ph.D. candidate at the Chair of Farm Management, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Prof. Dr. O. Mußhoff)
Publications:
Musshoff, O., Ölkers, T. & Kirchner, E. (2024). A note on the discussion regarding terrorism and land use in agriculture. Land Use Policy. Vol. 144: 107236. DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107236
Kirchner, E. & Musshoff, O. (2024). Be happy, Be Loyal? Exploring Drivers for Renewal of Mobile-Delivered Index Insurance. The Journal of Development Studies. Vol. 60:6, pp. 831-847. DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2024.2312830.
Kirchner, E. & Musshoff, O. (2024). Digital opportunities for the distribution of index-based microinsurance: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment in Mali. Journal of Agricultural Economics. Vol. 75, pp.794-815. DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12584
Ölkers, T., Kirchner, E. & Musshoff, O. (2023). Terrorism and land use in agriculture: The case of Boko Haram in Nigeria - a replication attempt of the paper by Adelaja & George (2019). Land Use Policy. Vol. 134:106933. DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106933
Working papers:
Kirchner, E., Sarfo, Y. & Musshoff, O. (2024). The interplay of gender norms and education in male farmers' adoption of index-based insurance in Mali. Working paper.
Kirchner, E., Ölkers, T. & Musshoff, O. (2024). A typology of Malian farmers. Working paper.
Benami, E., Kirchner, E., Hobbs, A., Carter, M. & Jin, Z. (2024). Get in the Zone: The Risk-Adjusted Welfare Effects of Data-Driven vs. Administrative Borders for Index Insurance Zones. Working Paper.
Ölkers, T., Kirchner, E. & Musshoff, O. (2024). Analysis of the effects of armed conflict on farmland ownership using spatial regression techniques. Working paper.
Research Interests:
Digital Microfinance, Microinsurance, Financial Literacy, Rural development
Education:
- 10/2019 – 06/2021 Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, University of Hohenheim
Master thesis: From outreach to holistic social performance – expanding the microfinance trade-off debate regarding financial performance using principal component analysis
- 10/2018 – 03/2021 Master of Science in Bioeconomy, University of Hohenheim
- 10/2014 – 09/2017 Bachelor of Arts in Betriebswirtschaftslehre, HWR Berlin (Duales Studium)
Work Experience:
- Internship at Stay Foundation, Team development cooperation Uganda, Stuttgart
- Student assistant at the Chair of Rural Development Theory and Policy, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart
- International Voluntary Youth Service on a vegetable producing farm, France
- Working student (Duale Studentin) at Tower Automotive Holding GmbH, Cologne
