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Gender Differences in the Effects of Vocational Training: Constraints on Women and Drop-Out Behavior
Cho, Yoon Y.; Kalomba, Davie; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We provide experimental evidence on the effects of vocational and entrepreneurial training for Malawian youth, in an environment where access to schooling and formal sector employment is extremely low. We track a large fraction of program drop-outs – a common phenomenon in the training...
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Household Access to Microcredit and Children's Food Security in Rural Malawi: A Gender Perspective
Hazarika, Gautam; Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using data from the 1995 Malawi Financial Markets and Food Security Survey, this study seeks to discover if women …'s relative control over household resources or intra-household bargaining power in rural Malawi, gauged by their access to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763537
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Climate Vulnerability, Communities' Resilience and Child Labour
Boutin, Delphine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This article clarifies and quantifies the causal impact of climate change vulnerability on child labour incidence and intensity. For this purpose, we create an index of vulnerability to climate change, composed of biophysical vulnerability and communities' resilience. Both, participation to...
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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959583
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Cultural Diversity, Geographical Isolation, and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646291
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Non-Farm Enterprise Productivity and Spatial Autocorrelation in Rural Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria
Owoo, Nkechi S.; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa may be associated with the productivity of other spatially … (NGHS). We find evidence of significant spatial autocorrelation. Productivity of non-farm enterprises is widely dispersed … significant determinants of the labour productivity of non-farm enterprises in Ethiopia and Nigeria. This is the first time, to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791524
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Immigrant Workers and Farm Performance: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob R.; Seidelin, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Many developed countries have recently experienced a significant inflow of immigrants in the agricultural sector. At the same time, the sector is still in a process of structural transformation resulting in fewer but bigger and presumably more efficient farms. In this paper, we exploit detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010704408
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Seasonal Credit Constraints and Agricultural Labor Supply: Evidence from Zambia
Fink, Günther; Jack, Kelsey; Masiye, Felix - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Small-scale farming remains the primary source of income for a majority of the population in developing countries. While most farmers primarily work on their own fields, off-farm labor is common among small-scale farmers. A growing literature suggests that off-farm labor is not the result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011094086
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Nur noch Roboter und Selbstausbeutung? Über die Herausforderungen und Chancen der neuen Welt der Arbeit
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Unsere (Arbeits-)Welt scheint sich mit zunehmender Geschwindigkeit zu verändern. Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt zentrale Aspekte dieser Entwicklung und diskutiert ihre voraussichtlichen Auswirkungen auf Arbeit und Beschäftigung. Der Wandel ist weltweit spürbar und Roboter und Maschinen...
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Ostdeutschland 20 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall: Was war und was ist heute mit der Wirtschaft?
Brenke, Karl; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Der Artikel zeigt in den grundlegenden Zügen die Entwicklung in Ostdeutschland seit dem Beginn der Umstrukturierung auf und zieht eine Bilanz zum Stand des Anpassungsprozesses 20 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall. Wie sich an der Entwicklung der Wirtschaftsleistung zeigen lässt, ist der wirtschaftliche...
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