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Learning about a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana.
Conley, T.G.; Udry, C.R. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2000
This paper investigates the role of social learning in the diffusion of a new agricultural technology in a developing country: Ghana. We use unique data on farmers' communication patterns to define each individual's information neighborhood, the set of others from whom he might learn. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005783475
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Learning About a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana
Conley, Timothy G.; Udry, Christopher R. - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2000
This paper investigates the role of social learning in the diffusion of a new agricultural technology in Ghana. We use unique data on farmers’ communication patterns to define each individual’s information neighborhood, the set of others from whom he might learn. Our empirical strategy is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738351
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Forecasting Profitability
Rosenzweig, Mark; Udry, christopher - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2013
We use newly-available Indian panel data to estimate how the returns to planting-stage investments vary by rainfall realizations. We show that the forecasts significantly affect farmer investment decisions and that these responses account for a substantial fraction of the inter-annual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010908080
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The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana
Goldstein, Markus; Udry, Christopher - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2005
We examine the impact of ambiguous and contested land rights on investment and productivity in agriculture in Akwapim, Ghana. We show that individuals who hold powerful positions in a local political hierarchy have more secure tenure rights, and that as a consequence they invest more in land...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738394
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Institutions and Development:A View from Below
Pande, Rohini; Udry, Christopher - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2005
In this paper we argue the case for greater exploitation of synergies between research on specific institutions based … on micro-data and the big questions posed by the institutions and growth literature. To date, the macroeconomic … literature on institutions and growth has largely relied on cross-country regression evidence. This has provided compelling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558468
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Mixed Method Evaluation of a Passive mHealth Sexual Information Testing Service in Uganda
Jamison, Julian; Karlan, Dean; Raffler, Pia - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2013
We evaluate the impact of a health information intervention implemented through mobile phones, using a clustered randomized control trial augmented by qualitative interviews. The intervention aimed to improve sexual health knowledge and shift individuals towards safer sexual behavior by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010908061
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Labor Surplus Revisited
Ranis, Gustav - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2012
Unskilled labor is the abundant resource in many developing countries, especially at an early stage of their development. Yet, even as at given technologies labor markets have not cleared, neo-classical economists have rejected the notion of an institutional or bargaining wage not based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010908072
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Diversity of Communities and Economic Development: An Overview
Ranis, Gustav - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2011
This paper reviews the literature on the impact of ethnic diversity on economic development. Ethnically polarized societies are less likely to agree on the provision of public goods and more likely to engage in rent seeking activities providing lower levels of social capital. Initial conditions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318875
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Diversity of Communities and Economic Development: An Overview
Ranis, Gustav - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2009
This paper reviews the literature on the impact of ethnic diversity on economic development. Ethnically polarized societies are less likely to agree on the provision of public goods and more likely to engage in rent seeking activities providing lower levels of social capital. Initial conditions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008537313
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Profits and Politics: Coordinating Technology Adoption in Agriculture
Pande, Rohini - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2005
This paper examines the political economy of coordination in a simple two-sector model in which individuals' choice of agricultural technology affects industrialization. We demonstrate the existence of multiple equilibria; the economy is either characterized by the use of a traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005146679