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The formation of community based organizations in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of a quasi-experiment

Barr, Abigail; Fafchamps, Marcel - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010

Previous analyses of the formation and composition of community based organizations (CBOs) have used cross section data. So, causal inference has been compromised. We obviate this problem by using data from a quasi-experiment in which villages were formed by government officials selecting...

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Women's Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa

Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Gulesci, Selim; … - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014

unemployment and early marriage and childbearing interact to limit human capital investment and enforce dependence on men. In this …

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Live aid revisited: long-term impacts of the 1984 Ethiopian famine on children

Dercon, Stefan; Porter, Catherine; Porter, Maria - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010

In 1984, the world was shocked at the scale of a famine in Ethiopia that caused over half a million deaths, making it one of the worst in recent history. The mortality impacts are clearly significant. But what of the survivors? This paper provides the first estimates the long-term impact...

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The Curious Case of Son Preference and Household Income in Rural China

Knight, John; Shi, Li; Quheng, Deng - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

Why is it that couples who have a son or whose last child is a son earn higher conditional income? To solve this curious case we tell a detective story: evidence of a phenomenon to be explained, a parade of suspects, a process of elimination from the enquiry, and then the denouement. Given...

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Children and Demand: Direct and Non-Direct Effects

Lechene, Valerie; Browning, Martin - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2002

It is universally accepted that children have important effects on household demand patterns. This is usually attributed to the direct effect of children; for example children are food intensive. Alternative inferences are that the observed correlations between children and demand patterns are...

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Estimating Fertility Responses to Expectations: Evidence From the 1958 British Cohort

Bono, Emilia Del - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2001

The aim of this work is to explore the relationship between unemployment and fertility. The hypothesis we investigate … is that unemployment affects fertility decisions by influencing individual`s expectations of future job opportunities and … wage levels. A spell of unemployment may induce women to bring forward or delay the birth of their first child, depending …

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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...

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When Smaller Families Look Contagious: A Spatial Look at the French Fertility Decline Using an Agent-Based Simulation Model

Gonzalez-Bailon, Sandra; Murphy, Tommy - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

Despite some disagreements about specific timing, it is now widely accepted that France was the first European country to experience a systematic decline in fertility, a decline that took place in a very distinctive geographical pattern. Whereas two areas of low birth rates (the Seine valley...

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Pre-Marital Fertility and Labour Market Opportunities: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study

Bono, Emilia Del - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2004

affect union formation. Local male unemployment, on the contrary, is a positive determinant of single motherhood and a …

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Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family?

Di Tella, R.; MacCulloch, R. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 1997

-sharing considerations (i.e. not by altruism). For the benchmarl case, the classic neutrality result is obtained: more generous unemployment …

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