Investment in improved agricultural inputs is infrequent for smallholder farmers in Africa. One barrier may be limited … money as a tool to promote agricultural investment. For this purpose, we designed and conducted a field experiment with a … interest was being paid. It also increased agricultural investment in fertilizer, although there was no change in investment in …

Using detailed monthly panel data from rural India, this paper analyzes sectoral wage gaps for men and women. I …

the poorest rural regions of the world (Uttar Pradesh, India). Methodologically, it shows how indicators from the direct …-strand programs can help to explain the paradox as to why nearly 100 million women (in India alone) have participated in self help …

The recent enactment of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India has been widely hailed a policy that … compensation to public work employees consistent with the objectives of (i) productive efficiency in agriculture and (ii) welfare …

, where we observe lower agricultural activity and investment. At the same time, remittances received and welfare of rural …

state in the south of India, we examine average and marginal returns to cattle. One variant of our identification strategy … as an instrument for investment in cattle. We find average returns in the order of -2% at the mean, but they vary across …

Using updated data, we analyze the long-run effects of two British colonial institutions established in India. Iyer …