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Households' income-generating activities and marginal returns to labor in rural Tanzania

Nerman, Måns - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2012

This study uses detailed household-level data to investigate income and activity diversification among households in rural Tanzania. Unlike previous research on diversification, I explicitly evalutate marginal returns within different activities, aiming to assess whether households are able to...

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Equalization of paid working hours in the dual-earner household: Does it increase women’s double burden?

Ericson, Thomas - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

By using a sample of Swedish dual-earner households, this paper investigates how a transfer of time spent on paid work from the man to the woman influences their allocation of unpaid household work. It is found that their total time engaged in household work decreases. This result suggests that...

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"Household specialisation and gender equality in transition. Paid and unpaid work of women and men in Soviet and post-Soviet Taganrog"

Katz, Katarina; Sand, Lena - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

Using unique survey data from the Russian industrial city Taganrog in 1989 and 1998, we analyse changes in the gender … indicate increased gender specialisation among the employed .Thus, the dual earner norm mainly remains but the pre …-existing gender difference within it has increased considerably, particularly among couples with pre-school children.<p> …

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The Wealth Paradox Revisited: Credit Market Imperfections and Child Labor

Congdon Fors, Heather - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

We revisit the model of child labor in a peasant household presented in Bhalotra and Heady (2003), and demonstrate that the e¤ect of credit market imperfections on child labor di¤ers between households that save and households that borrow. This in turn is important for the interpretation of...

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Child Labor: A Review of Recent Theory and Evidence with Policy Implications

Congdon Fors, Heather - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

In recent years, a growing number of authors have turned their atten- tion to the question of why children work. The purpose of this paper is to review some of the more recent theoretical and empirical research into the topic of child labor, and to illustrate the fact that no one factor on its...

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Determinants of Soil Capital

Ekbom, Anders - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009

This paper combines knowledge from soil science and economics to estimate economic determinants of soil capital. Explaining soil capital facilitates a better understanding of constraints and opportunities for increased agricultural production and reduced land degradation. The study builds on an...

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Integrating Soil Sciences into Agricultural Production Frontiers

Ekbom, Anders; Alem, Yonas; Sterner, Thomas - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2012

This paper integrates soil science variables into an economic analysis of agricultural output among small-scale farmers in Kenya’s highlands. The integration is valuable because farmers’ choice of inputs depends on both the status of the soil and socio-economic conditions. The study uses a...

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Do Safety Nets Promote Technology Adoption? Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia

Alem, Yonas; Broussard, Nzinga H. - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2013

We use panel data from rural Ethiopia to investigate if participation in a safety net program enhances fertilizer adoption. Using a difference-in-difference estimator and inverse propensity score weighting we find that participation in Ethiopia’s food-for-work program increased fertilizer...

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Biodiversity Conservation under an Imperfect Seed System: the Role of Community Seed Banking Scheme

Bezabih, Mintewab - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2005

The study is an empirical investigation of agrobiodiversity conservation decisions of small farmers in the central highlands of Ethiopia. The primary objective is to measure the effectiveness of Community Seed Banking (CSB) in enhancing diversity while providing productivity incentives. The...

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Fast Track Land Reform and Agricultural Productivity in Zimbabwe

Zikhali, Precious - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

In the year 2000 the government of Zimbabwe launched the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) as part of its ongoing land reform and resettlement programme, which seeks to address the racially skewed land distribution pattern inherited at independence in 1980. This paper uses data on...

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