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Heterogeneous returns and the persistence of agricultural technology adoption
Teal, Francis; Zeitlin, Andrew; Caria, Stefano - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010
In this paper we explore whether low rates of sustained technology use can be explained by heterogeneity in returns to adoption.  To do so we evaluate impacts of the Cocoa Abrabopa Association, which provided a package of fertilizer and other inputs on credit to cocoa farmers in Ghana.  High...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004248
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Social Interactions in Growing Bananas: Evidence from a Tanzanian Village
Dercon, Stefan; Broeck, Katleen Van den - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007
This paper analyses whether agricultural information flows give rise to social learning effects in banana cultivation in Nyakatoke, a small Tanzanian village. Based on a village census, full information is available on socio-economic characteristics and banana production of farmer kinship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605066
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Income Contributions of Child Work in Rural Ethiopia
Cockburn, John - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2002
The income contribution of child work is undoubtedly a key factor influencing child work and schooling decisions. Yet, few studies have attempted to directly measure this contribution. This is particularly the case for work performed on the household farm, as is the case for the vast majority of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605054
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Natural Resource Booms and Inequality: Theory and Evidence
Goderis, Benedikt; Malone, Samuel W. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008
Surprisingly little is known about the impact of resource booms on income inequality in resource rich countries (Ross, 2007).  This paper develops a simple theory, in the context of a two sector growth model in which learning-by-doing drives growth, to explain the time path of inequality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004419
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Farm productivity and efficiency in rural Bangladesh: The role of education revisited
Asadullah, M. Niaz; Rahman, Sanzidur - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2005
This paper reassesses the debate over the role of education in farm production in Bangladesh using a large dataset on rice producing households from 141 villages. Average and stochastic production functions are estimated to ascertain the effect of education on productivity and efficiency. A full...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605214
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Property Rights in a Very Poor Country: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Ayalew, Daniel - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2005
Ethiopian agriculture, contributing to the low returns from land and perpetuating low growth and poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604941
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Land Rights, Power and Trees in Rural Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Ayalew, Daniel - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007
estimates suggest a robust, causal negative impact of transfer rights on long-term investment in Ethiopian agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605170
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Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps: evidence from Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Christiaensen, Luc - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issues such as input … explored in panel data for Ethiopia. Historical rainfall distributions are used to identify the counterfactual consumption risk … but also the possibly low consumption outcomes when harvests fail, discourage the application of fertiliser. The lack of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820325
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Hurricane Mitch and consumption growth of Nicaraguan agricultural households
Premand, Patrick - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008
the ex post effect of hurricane Mitch on consumption growth of Nicaraguan agricultural households.  How persistent was … consumption impact thus exhibits little persistence. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004277
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Growth and Shocks: evidence from rural Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2003
Using panel data from villages in rural Ethiopia, the paper studies the determinants of consumption growth (1989 …-97), based on a microgrowth model, controlling for heterogeneity. Consumption grew substantially, but with diverse experiences … consumption growth, and its impact presists for many years. There also appears to be a significant, persistent growth impact from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604839