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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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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959583
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Investment Climate and Employment Growth: The Impact of Access to Finance, Corruption and Regulations Across Firms
Pages, Carmen; Aterido, Reyes; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Using firm level data on 70,000 enterprises in 107 countries, this paper finds important effects of access to finance, business regulations, corruption, and to a lesser extent, infrastructure bottlenecks in explaining patterns of job creation at the firm level. The paper focuses on how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762082
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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212566
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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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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 … associated with fewer non-marital sexual relationships for women. The data show a robust association between bride price payment … and lower rates of non-marital sexual relationships for women but not for men. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761945
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Remember When It Rained: The Elusiveness of Gender Discrimination in Indian School Enrollment
Zimmermann, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Indian girls have significantly lower school enrollment rates than boys. Anecdotal evidence suggests that gender-differential treatment is the main explanation, but empirical support is often weak. I analyze school enrollment using rainfall shocks, a plausibly exogenous source of income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887070
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Movin' on Up: Hierarchical Occupational Segmentation and Gender Wage Gaps
Shatnawi, Dina; Oaxaca, Ronald L.; Ransom, Michael R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Our study evaluates and extends existing wage decomposition methodologies that seek to measure the contributions of endowments, pure wage discrimination, and job segregation. Of particular interest is the model of hierarchical segregation in Baldwin, Butler, and Johnson (2001). We employ data...
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Do Employer Preferences Contribute to Sticky Floors?
Baert, Stijn; De Pauw, Ann-Sophie; Deschacht, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We investigate the importance of employer preferences in explaining Sticky Floors, the pattern that women are, compared … selected jobs. We find that women get 33% less interview invitations when they apply for jobs implying a first promotion in …
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