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Health information, treatment, and worker productivity : experimental evidence from malaria testing and treatment among Nigerian sugarcane cutters

Dillon, Andrew; Friedman, Jed; Serneels, Pieter - 2014

Agricultural and other physically demanding sectors are important sources of growth in developing countries but prevalent diseases such as malaria adversely impact the productivity, labor supply, and occupational choice of workers in these sectors by reducing physical capacity. This study...

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Productivity and health : alternative productivity estimates using physical activity

Akogun, Oladele; Dillon, Andrew; Friedman, Jed; … - 2017

This paper investigates an alternative proxy for individual worker productivity in physical work settings: a direct measure of physical activity using an accelerometer. First, the paper compares worker labor outcomes, such as labor supply and daily productivity obtained from firm personnel data,...

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Contract Farming and Rural Transformation : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Benin

Arouna, Aminou - 2019

agriculture. Yet, there is a lack of consensus on its ability to spur structural transformation in rural economies. We present …

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Improving access to savings through mobile money : experimental evidence from African smallholder farmers

Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2019

Investment in improved agricultural inputs is infrequent for smallholder farmers in Africa. One barrier may be limited access to formal savings. This is the first study to use a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of using mobile money as a tool to promote agricultural investment....

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Facilitating Savings for Agriculture : Field Experimental Evidence from Malawi

Brune, Lasse - 2015

We implemented a randomized intervention among Malawian farmers aimed at facilitating formal savings for agricultural inputs. Treated farmers were offered the opportunity to have their cash crop harvest proceeds deposited directly into new bank accounts in their own names, while farmers in the...

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The Indian ultrasound paradox

Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Rosenblum, Daniel - 2012

India. This paper provides evidence on the consequences of the expansion of prenatal ultrasound use on sex-selection. We … exploit state-by-cohort variation in ultrasound use in India as a unique quasi-experiment. We find that sex-selective abortion …-selection in India. -- ultrasound ; sex-selective abortion ; India …

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Searching for religious discrimination among Anganwadi workers in India : an experimental investigation

Dasgupta, Utteeyo; Mani, Subha; Prakarsh Singh - 2016

This paper examines whether, in India, discriminatory practices by government-employed child caregivers along religious …

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Learning and earning : evidence from a randomized evaluation in India

Maitra, Pushkar; Mani, Subha - 2014

women residing in low-income households in India. We combine pre-intervention data with two rounds of post-intervention data …

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Using Aggregated Relational Data to Feasibly Identify Network Structure Without Network Data

Breza, Emily - 2017

alone. Finally, using calculations from J-PAL fieldwork, we show that in rural India, for example, ARD surveys are 80 …

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Toward an Understanding of Reference-Dependent Labor Supply : Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment

Andersen, Steffen - 2018

Perhaps the most powerful form of framing arises through reference dependence, wherein choices are made recognizing the starting point or a goal. In labor economics, for example, a form of reference dependence, income targeting, has been argued to represent a serious challenge to traditional...

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