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Agriculture, Roads, and Economic Development in Uganda
Rogerson, Richard; Gollin, Douglas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
a static general equilibrium model to explore the relationships between high transportation costs, low productivity, and …-subsistence agriculture is highly sensitive both to agricultural productivity levels and to transportation costs. The model also suggests … positive complementarities between improvements in agricultural productivity and transportation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008635911
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Rainfall Forecasts, Weather and Wages over the Agricultural Production Cycle
Rosenzweig, Mark; Udry, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We look at the effects of rainfall forecasts and realized rainfall on equilibrium agricultural wages over the course of the agricultural production cycle. We show theoretically that a forecast of good weather can lower wages in the planting stage, by lowering ex ante out-migration, and can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821686
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The Sahel's Silent Maize Revolution: Analyzing Maize Productivity in Mali at the Farm-level
Foltz, Jeremy D.; Aldana, Ursula T.; Laris, Paul - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
increased fertilizer use has driven much of the productivity growth rather than the adoption of improvements in seeds and … revolution and point to the importance of taking into account farmer heterogeneity in estimating productivity and returns to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652803
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Which Parts of Globalization Matter for Catch-up Growth?
Romer, Paul Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Economists devote too much attention to international flows of goods and services and not enough to international flows of ideas. Traditional trade flows are an imperfect substitute for flows of the underlying ideas. The simplest textbook trade model shows that a welfare-enhancing move toward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008619294
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The World Distribution of Productivity: Country TFP Choice in a Nelson-Phelps Economy
Krusell, Per; Damsgaard, Erika Färnstrand - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
This paper builds a theory of the distribution of TFP across countries. The theory is based on the hypothesis that TFP improvements in a given country follow a Nelson-Phelps specification: they derive from past investments in the country itself and, through a spillover term, from past...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646477
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How Deep Are the Roots of Economic Development?
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
on productivity, or have operated indirectly as barriers to the diffusion of productivity-enhancing innovations across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010785605
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Long-Term Barriers to Economic Development
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
What obstacles prevent the most productive technologies from spreading to less developed economies from the world's technological frontier? In this paper, we seek to shed light on this question by quantifying the geographic and human barriers to the transmission of technologies. We argue that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821692
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Germs, Social Networks and Growth
Fogli, Alessandra; Veldkamp, Laura - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Does the pattern of social connections between individuals matter for macroeconomic outcomes? If so, how does this effect operate and how big is it? Using network analysis tools, we explore how different social structures affect technology diffusion and thereby a country's rate of technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010583802
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Why Should We Care About Child Labor? The Education, Labor Market, and Health Consequences of Child Labor
Beegle, Kathleen; Dehejia, Rajeev; Gatti, Roberta - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004
Although there is an extensive literature on the determinants of child labor and many initiatives aimed at combating it, there is limited evidence on the consequences of child labor on socio-economic outcomes such as education, wages, and health. We evaluate the causal effect of child labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005777329
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Selection and Comparative Advantage in Technology Adoption
Suri, Tavneet - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
This paper investigates an empirical puzzle in technology adoption for developing countries: the low adoption rates of technologies like hybrid maize that increase average farm profits dramatically. I offer a simple explanation for this: benefits and costs of technologies are heterogeneous, so...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027081