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Child welfare and old-age security in female headed households in Tanzania
Seebens, Holger (contributor) - 2009
households (MHH) in Tanzania as well as with the underlying cause of potentially different patterns. I estimate semiparametric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794027
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Do labor statistics depend on how and to whom the questions are asked? : results from a survey experiment in Tanzania
Bardasi, Elena; Beegle, Kathleen; Dillon, Andrew; … - 2010
survey experiment in Tanzania that varied two key dimensions: the level of detail of the questions and the type of respondent … design ; Tanzania ; field experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003938170
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Civil wars beyond their borders : the human capital and health consequences of hosting refugees
Baez, Javier E. (contributor) - 2008
homes. Over the course of a few months, Kagera - a region in northwestern Tanzania - received more than 500,000 refugees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003693706
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Explaining variation in child labor statistics
Dillon, Andrew; Bardasi, Elena; Beegle, Kathleen - 2010
randomized survey experiment in Tanzania focusing on two survey aspects: different questionnaire design to classify children work … collected. -- child labor ; survey design ; Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008989696
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Primary education expansion and quality of schooling : evidence from Tanzania
Valente, Christine - 2015
the effect of enrollment growth following the removal of primary school fees in Tanzania and find that it led to large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307899
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Entrepreneurship and the business environment in Africa : an application to Ethiopia
Brixiova, Zuzana; Ncube, Mthuli - 2013
Since mid-2000s, Ethiopia has been one of the fastest growing countries in the world. However, productive entrepreneurship in high-value added activities has made limited contributions to this growth, in part because of a weak business environment. Moreover, the low-productive firms in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787342
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Asymmetry of information within family networks
De Weerdt, Joachim; Génicot, Garance; Mesnard, Alice - 2014
Tanzania. Using cross-reports on asset holdings, we construct measures of misperception of income among all pairs of households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398780
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Migration, transfers and child labor
Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2011
's working hours. Analysis using Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data on the Kagera region in Tanzania lend support to … the hypothesis that both emigration and remittances reduce child labor. -- child labor ; emigration ; transfers ; Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009238596
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Do returns to education depend on how and who you ask?
Serneels, Pieter; Beegle, Kathleen; Dillon, Andrew - 2016
survey experiment in Tanzania, this paper investigates whether survey methods matter for estimating mincerian returns to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493944
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Can transparency of information reduce embezzlement? : experimental evidence from Tanzania
Di Falco, Salvatore; Magdalou, Brice; Masclet, David; … - 2016
Embezzlement is a major concern in various settings. By means of a sequential modified dictator game, we investigate theoretically and experimentally whether making information more transparent and reducing the number of intermediaries in transfer chains can reduce embezzlement and improve the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475085