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Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya
Ashraf, Nava; Giné, Xavier; Karlan, Dean S. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
In much of the developing world, many farmers grow crops for local or personal consumption despite export options which appear to be more profitable. Thus many conjecture that one or several markets are missing. We report here on a randomized controlled trial conducted by DrumNet in Kenya that...
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What are we learning from business training and entrepreneurship evaluations around the developing world?
McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Business training programs are a popular policy option to try to improve the performance of enterprises around the world. The last few years have seen rapid growth in the number of evaluations of these programs in developing countries. We undertake a critical review of these studies with the...
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Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
Ashraf, Nava; Karlan, Dean S.; Yin, Wesley - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Female 'empowerment' has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself and as a means to achieving other development goals. Microfinance in particular has often been argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792103
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Conspicuous Consumption, Human Capital and Poverty
Moav, Omer; Neeman, Zvika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
in alleviating poverty, while saving at very low rates and neglecting investment in health and education. Such … consumption patterns seem to be related to the persistence of poverty. We offer an explanation for this observation, based on a … can help explain the persistence of poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504622
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The Elimination of Madagascar's Vanilla Marketing Board, Ten Years On
Cadot, Olivier; de Melo, Jaime; Dutoit, Laure - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Commodity prices are usually very slow to recover from adverse shocks. This is one of the reasons why it has proven so difficult either to smooth their effect or to stabilize them, and why it is sometimes argued that they should behave as if shocks were permanent. There is no reason however why...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656239
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Choosing to Compete: How different are girls and boys?
Booth, Alison L; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082535
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Gender Differences in Risk Behaviour: Does Nurture Matter?
Booth, Alison L; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes encourages girls and boys to modify their innate preferences. Single-sex environments … choices to environmental factors could be explored. The results of our real-stakes gamble show that gender differences in … than coed girls. Moreover, gender differences in preferences for risk-taking are sensitive to the gender mix of the …
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Salience, Risky Choices and Gender
Booth, Alison; Nolen, Patrick - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2012
Risk theories typically assume individuals make risky choices using probability weights that differ from objective probabilities. Recent theories suggest that probability weights vary depending on which portion of a risky environment is made salient. Using experimental data we show that salience...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493101
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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: Do Single-Sex Environments Affect their Development?
Booth, Alison; Sosa, Lina Cardona; Nolen, Patrick - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2011
observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364748
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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: Do Single-Sex Environments Affect their Development?
Booth, Alison L; Cardona Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365004