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Numerous studies have shown that fertility behavior is spatially clustered. In addition to pure context effects, two causal mechanisms could drive this pattern. First, neighbors may influence each other's fertility behavior, and second, household fertility intentions and behavior may influence...
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The aim of this paper is to gain more insight on the drivers behind geographical variations in family sizes by pointing out the role of neighborhoods and neighbors for two-child couples' transitions to third births. Couples' decisions about fertility behavior are influenced by their social...
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Ethiopia that have virtually no weather insurance. This paper assesses the distinct impacts of weather and climate change … measures on agricultural productivity of households, measured in terms of crop revenue, in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Four …. The analysis also distinguishes between summer and spring seasons and different crops, in recognition that Ethiopia …
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This study measures the impact of fanya juu bunds (an important soil and water conservation technology and the most popular type of contour bund in east Africa) on the value of crop production in a high-rainfall area in the Ethiopian highlands using cross-sectional multiple plot observations. We...
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Land degradation has been one of the major areas of concern in Ethiopia. Governments and development agencies have …
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-in-difference approach to assess the effects of a low-cost land registration program in Ethiopia, which covered some 20 million plots over …
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used two sets of plot-level data—from a low-rainfall area and from a high-rainfall area of Ethiopia—to investigate the …
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This study looked into tree-growing behavior of rural households in Ethiopia. With data collected at household and … parcel levels from the four major regions of Ethiopia, we analyzed the decision to grow trees and the number of trees grown …
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Land conflicts can be detrimental. An important goal of development policy is to help define and instill respect for borders. This is often implemented through mandatory and expensive interventions that rely on the expansion of government land administration institutions. We bring to the table a...
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Using the land tenure system in Ethiopia, where all land is state-owned and only farm households have usufruct rights … State of Ethiopia. The empirical strategy follows a hazard function model employed in duration data analyses and …
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