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Testing the Pareto efficiency of household resource allocations

Apps, Patricia (contributor); Rees, Ray (contributor) - 2008

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European trade, colonialism and human capital accumulation in Senegal, Gambia and Western Mali, 1770-1900

Cappelli, Gabriele; Baten, Jörg - 2017

We trace the development of human capital in today's Senegal, Gambia, and Western Mali between 1770 and 1900. European trade, slavery and early colonialism were linked to human capital formation, but this connection appears to have been heterogeneous. The contact with the Atlantic slave trade...

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Weather shocks and migration intentions in Western Africa : insights from a multilevel analysis

Bertoli, Simone; Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel; … - 2020

We use a multilevel approach to characterize the relationship between weather shocks and (internal and international) migration intentions. We combine individual survey data on migration intentions with measures of localized weather shocks for Western African countries over 2008-2016. A...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157241

Welfare effects of indirect tax policies in West Africa

Babatoundé, Alain; Capéau, Bart; Houssa, Romain - 2023

In West Africa, the Value Added Tax (VAT) policy consists of a uniform tax rate, but several items consumed by rich and poor households, are exempted. We provide an optimal tax framework to reflect on the welfare effects of such a tariff structure, in the context of current debates on domestic...

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The health burden of e-waste : the impact of e-waste dumping sites on child mortality

Lovo, Stefania; Rawlings, Samantha B. - 2022

West Africa, in Ghana and Nigeria. We observe children born before and after the creation of these dumps, and estimate a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362397

Migration and climate change in rural Africa

Cattaneo, Cristina; Massetti, Emanuele - 2015

We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If … household surveys: the Nigeria General Household Survey and the Ghana Living Standard Survey. We find a hill-shaped relationship … generated by General Circulation model reveal that, ceteris paribus, migration may decline in Ghana and in Nigeria. …

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What stayers do? : capital endowments and on-farm transitions in Rural China

Wang, Hao; Fidrmuc, Jan; Luo, Qi; Luo, Mingzhong - 2018

While much research on China has focused on rural to urban migration and transitions of rural households away from agriculture, little is known about the changes within the rural agricultural sector. Yet, the agricultural sector continues to account for a large share of employment. We study the...

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Rural transformation, inequality, and the origins of microfinance

Süße, Marvin; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2019

What determines the development of rural financial markets? Starting from a simple theoretical framework, we derive the factors shaping the market entry of rural microfinance institutions across time and space. We provide empirical evidence for these determinants using the expansion of credit...

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"You need to have this information!": using videos to increase demand for accountability on public revenue management

Brunnschweiler, Christa N.; Edjekumhene, Ishmael; … - 2023

How can citizens be motivated to demand accountability in the management of public revenues? We carry out a video survey experiment among 2300 Ghanaian respondents to study the impact of information provision and encouragement messages by a politician and civil society leader on attitudes and...

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Body image and food disorders : evidence from a sample of European women

Costa-Font, Joan (contributor); … - 2008

Excessive preoccupation for self-image has been pointed out as an essential factor explaining food disorders. This paper draws upon Akerlof and Kranton (2000) to model how "self-image" and others' appearances influence health related behaviours. We estimate the influence of "peers' image" on the...

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