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The Impact of Education on the Subjective Discount Rate in Ugandan Villages
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Heterogeneity in time discounting may reinforce the existing barriers to save and invest faced by rural populations in developing countries. We elicit a subjective discount rate for a varied sample of Ugandan villagers. In accordance with other studies, we have found the discount rate to...
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Surviving the Turbulence Is Not Enough: Can Côte d'Ivoire Flourish Again?
Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
domestic economy, but it will also affect the international trading markets. In addition, it will affect the West Africa region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294829
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Household Migration and Child Educational Attainment: The Case of Uganda
Ferrone, Lucia; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
matter of concern in the region. We study this issue for Uganda, investigating whether the migration of household members … affects child primary education and in what direction. Using the Uganda National Panel Survey for 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011 …
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Why Pay NGOs to Involve the Community?
Burger, Ronelle; Dasgupta, Indraneel; Owens, Trudy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
beneficiary welfare. We provide evidence from the NGO sector in Uganda consistent with our theoretical conclusions. Beneficiaries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959788
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Far Above Rubies: The Association Between Bride Price and Extramarital Sexual Relations in Uganda
Bishai, David; Grossbard, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
from a household survey in Uganda are used to test the theoretical prediction that payment of bride price will be …
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A Model of NGO Regulation with an Application to Uganda
Burger, Ronelle; Dasgupta, Indraneel; Owens, Trudy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
these configurations. We apply our analysis to a large sample of NGOs from Uganda, and find regulation to be beneficial in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403389
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Immigrants, Ethnic Identities and the Nation-State
Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In the Western world, multiculturalism has become the way to view and form "nationhood," igniting the interest to understand and model identity. The complexity of identity formation, however, has been firm and ethnic and national identities have been deviating more and more. In this paper, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010705561
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Youth Employment in Africa: New Evidence and Policies from Swaziland
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
unemployment rates in Africa. The paper first documents the various labor market disadvantages faced by the Swazi youth, such as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011163465
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Entrepreneurship and the Business Environment in Africa: An Application to Ethiopia
Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Since mid-2000s, Ethiopia has been one of the fastest growing countries in the world. However, productive entrepreneurship in high-value added activities has made limited contributions to this growth, in part because of a weak business environment. Moreover, the low-productive firms in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123401
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Can Dreams Come True? Eliminating Extreme Poverty in Africa by 2030
Ncube, Mthuli; Brixiova, Zuzana; Bicaba, Zorobabel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
With the year 2015 – the MDG finishing line – approaching, post-2015 goals as they impact Africa need to be firmed. The … promote shared prosperity in every society. We examine feasibility of these objectives for Sub-Saharan Africa, the world … rate, especially if in part achieved by lowering inequality, the Africa region would meaningfully contribute to the global …
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