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Expropriation, compensation and transitions to new livelihoods: Evidence from an expropriation in Ethiopia

Harris, Anthony - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2015

poorly. This is the case in Ethiopia, where expropriation of farmland from small-scale farmers has been used by all levels of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213969

Chronic Poverty and All That: The Measurement of Poverty over Time

Calvo, Cesar; Dercon, Stefan - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2007

vulnerability, defined as the threat of poverty over time, that incorporates risk. An application to data from Ethiopia shows that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642341

Land Rights, Power and Trees in Rural Ethiopia

Dercon, Stefan; Ayalew, Daniel - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2007

, in particular related to land, are of crucial importance for investment and growth. In Ethiopia , with all land state …

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Schools, Household, Risk, and Gender: Determinants of Child Schooling in Ethiopia

Chaudhury, Nazmul; Christiaensen, Luc; Asadullah, … - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2006

Drawing upon data from Ethiopia, we highlight the relationship between investments in child schooling and key factors …. We find a strong bias against investments in female education in rural Ethiopia. Controlling for key supply and demand …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642387

Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps: evidence from Ethiopia

Dercon, Stefan; Christiaensen, Luc - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2007

explored in panel data for Ethiopia. Historical rainfall distributions are used to identify the counterfactual consumption risk …

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Decomposition of Household Expenditure and Child Welfare in Rural Ethiopia

Kebede, Bereket - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2003

The methodology by Lazear and Michael (1988) is used to decompose household expenditures into that for adults and children. Some specific estimation procedures are modified and cross section-time series (panel) data are used to control for household level heterogeneity. In addition, a new and...

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The Nature of Unemployment in Urban Ethiopia

Serneels, Pieter - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2004

With around 50% of the urban men between age 15 and 30 unemployed, Ethiopia has one of the highest unemployment rates … worldwide. This paper describes the nature of unemployment among young men in urban Ethiopia. We analyse the determinants of …

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Intra-household Distribution of Expenditures in Rural Ethiopia: A Demand Systems Approach

Kebede, Bereket - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2003

This paper examines the combined effects of changes in prices, income and demographic composition on adult and young, male and female members of households. The recently developed Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) is used since a demand system provides a unified framework for...

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Genetic Endowments, Parental and Child Health in Rural Ethiopia

Kebede, Bereket - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2003

This paper examines the determinants of child health in rural Ethiopia for the period 1994-97 using height-for-age z …

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Group-based Funeral Insurance in Ethiopia and Tanzania

Dercon, Stefan; Bold, Tessa; Weerdt, Joachim De; … - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2004

costs of funerals, based on evidence from rural areas in Tanzania and Ethiopia. These institutions are based on well …

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