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Growth and Shocks: evidence from rural Ethiopia

Dercon, Stefan - EconWPA - 2004

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 across villages and individuals. A key focus is on...

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Working-age Adult Mortality and Primary Sschool Attendance in Rural Kenya

Yamano, Takashi; Jayne, Thomas S. - EconWPA - 2005

The rapid increase in adult mortality due to the AIDS epidemic in sub- Saharan Africa raises great concern about its impact on child welfare. This article estimates the impact of AIDS-related adult mortality on primary school attendance in rural Kenya using a panel of 1,266 households surveyed...

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Risk-Sharing Networks among Households in Rural Ethiopia

Ayalew, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004

We apply the set up of limited commitment model to empirically test the role of informal risk-sharing networks using panel data on informal credit transactions from rural Ethiopia. The empirical estimates provide convincing evidence for the belief that enforcement problem limits the direct role...

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Income Diversity in Rural Lithuania: Benefits, Barriers, and Incentives

Bezemer, Dirk; Rutkauskaite, Jurgita; Zemeckis, Romualdas - EconWPA - 2003

Economic hardship, agricultural policy reform and price developments have adversely affected incomes from agricultural production in Lithuania, and many farm households have accessed additional sources of income in the rural economy. In an analysis of recently collected survey data we find that...

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Why Are Companies Disappearing in Transitional Agriculture? Evidence from Lithuania

Bezemer, Dirk J.; Stanikunas, Donatas; Zemeckis, Romualdas - EconWPA - 2003

In most transition economies, agricultural reforms have led to the emergence of family farms and household food production and to the decline of corporate farms. This study explores the extent of that trend for the case of Lithuania based on secondary information and primary survey data. The...

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To a Mathematical Model of Economy and Environment Interaction //Mathematical modelling. 2003. V.15. No.4. P.107-121.

Demberel S.; Olenev, Nicholas; Pospelov, Igor - EconWPA - 2003

This paper presents new results of mathematical modeling of economy and environment interaction. A model of mutual interaction of livestock farming - one in a two main agricultural branches - and natural pastures that are the essential part of livestock farming forage reserve is proposed....

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Inequality, Market Imperfections, and Collective Action Problems

Bardhan, Pranab; Ghatak, Maitreesh - EconWPA - 2000

In this paper we analyze the effects of wealth inequality on the provision of public goods and management of common-property resources (CPR) when there are market imperfections in inputs that are complementary in production to the collective good. We show that for public goods inequality impedes...

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Pobreza, Deforestación y Pérdida de la Biodiversidad en

Loening, Ludger J.; Markussen, Michael - EconWPA - 2003

This paper explores the causes of deforestation and biodiversity loss in Guatemala and is organized into 4 parts. First …, an overview about deforestation in Guatemala from 1950-2000 is provided, and the relationship between deforestation and … biodiversity loss is explored. Secondly, some underlying causes of deforestation are examined. While caution is needed about many …

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Pobreza, Deforestación y Pérdida de la Biodiversidad en Guatemala

Loening, Ludger J.; Markussen, Michael - EconWPA - 2003

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Pobreza, Deforestación y Pérdida de la Biodiversidad en

Loening, Ludger J.; Markussen, Michael - EconWPA - 2003

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407693

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