case of perfect competition, an outside owner achieves the first-best; a cooperative typically does not because the rent …'s preferences may not reflect average preferences. Second, in the case where the members of a cooperative have common preference …

distorts incentives. I assume that employment contracts are incomplete. In the model cooperative members pay in a capital … function of output. If the median member has less than average ability, the cooperative will vote for a redistributive schedule …, cooperative members will be reluctant to leave, since this entails forfeiting the dividends on their capital contribution. The …

overall catch quota to a voluntary cooperative, with the remainder exploited as a commons by those choosing to fish …

into export cropping and, thus, to higher poverty. We test the model using data from the Uganda National Household Survey …

years in Uganda's main cities. We examine how two standard labor market interventions impact their search for good jobs …

We collect time-use data for entrepreneurs and their workers in over 1,000 manufacturing firms in urban Uganda. We …

rich panel data from farms in Tanzania and Uganda, we estimate our model using a flexible specification in which we allow …

experiment in peri-urban Uganda, and compare output levels across 1000 workers over isomorphic tasks and incentives, framed as …

exposed across 1427 villages--in Uganda's 2016 elections. Working with civil society organizations, we designed the study to …

In 2008, Uganda granted hundreds of small groups $400/person to help members start individual skilled trades. Four …