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Escaping Famine through Seasonal Migration
Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2013
explained qualitatively by a model in which migration is risky, mitigating risk requires individual-specific learning, and some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878000
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Rainfall Forecasts, Weather and Wages over the Agricultural Production Cycle
Rosenzweig, Mark; Udry, Christopher - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2014
We look at the effects of rainfall forecasts and realized rainfall on equilibrium agricultural wages over the course of the agricultural production cycle. We show theoretically that a forecast of good weather can lower wages in the planting stage, by lowering ex ante out-migration, and can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010908066
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Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Côte D'ivoire: Social Norms, Separate Accounts and Consumption Choices
Duflo, Esther; Udry, Christopher - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2003
insurance within households, even with respect to publicly observable weather shocks. Different sources of income are allocated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738360
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The New Model of Foreign Aid Drawn from the Experiences of Japan and the United States
Ranis, Gustav; Kosack, Stephen; Togo, Ken - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2011
especially on foreign aid and, to some extent, also on remittances and the role of NGOs. The main focus is on the quality of aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371092
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean; Udry, Christopher; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; … - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2012
to farmer investment is uninsured risk: when provided with insurance against the primary catastrophic risk they face … basis risk associated with the index insurance, and with imperfect trust that promised payouts will be delivered. …. Binding credit market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010908078
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The Impact of Financial Education for Youth in Ghana
Karlan, Dean; Berry, James; Pradhan, Menno - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2015
We evaluate, using a randomized trial, two school-based financial literacy education programs in government-run primary and junior high schools in Ghana. One program integrated financial and social education, whereas the second program only offered financial education. Both programs included a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255234
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Endowments and Investment within the Household: Evidence from Iodine Supplementation in Tanzania
Adhvaryu, Achyuta; Nyshadham, Anant - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2011
Standard theories of resource allocation within the household posit that parents’ investments in their children reflect a combination of children’s endowments and parents’ preferences for child quality. We study how changes in children’s cognitive endowments affect the distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371093
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Learning, Misallocation, and Technology Adoption: Evidence from New Malaria Therapy in Tanzania
Adhvaryu, Achyuta - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2011
I show that malaria misdiagnosis, common in resource-poor settings, decreases the expected effectiveness of an important new therapy–since only a fraction of treated individuals have malaria–and reduces the rate of learning via increased noise. Using pilot program data from Tanzania, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318874
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Long-Run Price Elasticities of Demand for Credit: Evidence from a Countrywide Field Experiment in Mexico
Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2013
The long-run price elasticity of demand for credit is a key parameter for intertemporal modeling, policy levers, and lending practice. We use randomized interest rates, offered across 80 regions by Mexico’s largest microlender, to identify a 29-month dollars-borrowed elasticity of -1.9. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010665045
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Labor Supply, Schooling and the Returns to Healthcare in Tanzania
Adhvaryu, Achyuta; Nyshadham, Anant - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2011
We estimate the effects of higher quality healthcare usage on health, labor supply and schooling outcomes for sick individuals in Tanzania. Using exogenous variation in the cost of formal sector healthcare to predict treatment choice, we show that using better quality care improves health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644442