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The consequences of early childhood growth failure over the life course:
Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John; Behrman, Jere R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
This paper examines the impact over the life course of early childhood growth failure as measured by achieved height at 36 months. It uses data collected on individuals who participated in a nutritional supplementation trial between 1969 and 1977 in rural Guatemala and who were subsequently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009000963
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Fertility, agricultural labor supply, and production: Instrumental variable evidence from Uganda:
Van Campenhout, Bjorn - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Human fertility is likely to affect agricultural production through its effect on the supply of agricultural labor … Uganda—a country that combines a dominant agricultural sector with one of the highest fertility rates in the world. We found … that fertility has a sizable negative effect on household labor allocation to subsistence agriculture. Households with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114773
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Impacts of programs and organizations on the adoption of sustainable land management technologies in Uganda:
Jagger, Pamela; Pender, John L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
The government of Uganda is currently decentralizing many of its services including those directly related to agriculture and the environment. Non-government organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) are being asked to take the lead in the provision of government services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996754
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Gender, labor, and prime-age adult mortality: evidence from South Africa
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Buthelezi, Thabani; Velia, Myriam - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"This paper assesses the impact of prime-age mortality on human capital formation and labor markets by examining, first, the impact on adolescents, who may leave school in order to enter the labor market, and second, the impact on adult females who, upon the loss of a breadwinner, may decide to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997217
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Gender, labor, and prime-age adult mortality: evidence from South Africa
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Buthelezi, Thabani; Velia, Myriam - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"This paper examines the impact of prime-age adult mortality on the transition from school to the labor market of adolescents and on decisions by female adults to participate in the labor force in South Africa. The analysis focuses on that period—1998–2004—when South Africa experienced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037812
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What determines adult cognitive skills?: Impacts of preschooling, schooling, and post-schooling experiences in Guatemala
Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John A.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Most investigations into the importance and determinants of adult cognitive skills assume that (1) they are produced primarily by schooling, and (2) schooling is statistically predetermined or exogenous. This study uses longitudinal data collected in Guatemala over 35 years to investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038027
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Human capital, productivity, and labor allocation in rural Pakistan
Fafchamps, Marcel; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998
This paper investigates whether human capital affects the productivity and labor allocation of rural households in four districts of Pakistan. The investigation shows that households with better-educated males earn higher off-farm income and divert labor resources away from farm activities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037777
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Social roles, human capital, and the intrahousehold division of labor
Fafchamps, Marcel; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999
Using detailed data from rural Pakistan, this paper investigates whether human capital, learning by doing, gender, and … separate effect of gender and family status. Households seem to operate as hierarchies with sexually segregated spheres of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037799
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Women's economic advancement through agricultural change
Peña, Christine; Webb, Patrick; Haddad, Lawrence James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996
This paper reviews donor experience with the design of development projects that are sensitive to gender …-specific constraints. The review finds that the gap between intentions and implementation as regards gender-sensitivity is larger in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037805
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2012 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2013
This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010630750