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Land and labor reallocation in pre-modern Japan : a case of a northeastern village in 1720-1870

Arimoto, Yutaka; Kurosu, Satomi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

In agricultural societies, adjusting land and labor according to changes of labor endowment that result from family life cycle events is premised on making full use of resources for each farming household and for the economy as a whole. This paper examines how and how well households in...

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The development of private farms in Vietnam

Kojin, Emi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

The objective of this paper is to explore the entities that have developed private farms (trang trai) in Vietnam. Various types of private farms have emerged in the last ten years. It is noteworthy that the owners of private farms are not necessarily agricultural households but also include...

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Marriage as women's old age insurance : evidence from migration and land inheritance practices in rural Tanzania

Kudo, Yuya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

In a traditional system of exogamous and patrilocal marriage prevalent in much of Sub-Saharan Africa, when she marries, a rural woman typically leaves her kin to reside with her husband living outside her natal village. Since a village that allows a widow to inherit her late husband's land can...

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Casting a voice for rural struggles during apartheid : the case of AFRA

Sato, Chizuko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

This paper explores the attempts to co-ordinate rural resistance and struggles in South Africa during apartheid through a case study of the Association for Rural Advancement (AFRA), a land NGO established in Natal in 1979. It was a small group but had a significant local and national impact. The...

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Caste, land, and migration : a preliminary analysis of a village survey in an underdeveloped state in India

Tsujita, Yuko; Oda, Hisaya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

This paper explores migration from Bihar, one of the most underdeveloped states in India, by paying particular attention to social class (caste) and landholdings. After describing details of individual migrants, we present our preliminary findings on the determinants of migration, based on our...

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Customary land tenure, inheritance rules, and smallholder farmers in Malawi

Takane, Tsutomu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007

Based on information derived from six villages in various parts of rural Malawi, this paper examines the interrelationship between smallholder strategies to obtain land on the one hand, and customary land tenure and inheritance rules on the other. The paper revealed that although the majority of...

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Competitiveness of the knitwear industry in Bangladesh : a study of industrial development amid global competition

Bakht, Zaid; Salimullah, Md.; Yamagata, Tatsufumi; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

This paper assesses the technical efficiency and profitability of the knitwear industry in Bangladesh taking into … gauge the extent and determinants of the profitability of the industry based on firm-level data collected in 2001. The … estimation results indicate the high profitability of the knitwear firms. In Bangladesh, the dynamic development of the industry …

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Formation of supply chain collaboration and firm performance in the Thai automotive and electronics industries

Ueki, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

This paper examines factors that encourage firms to go into supply chain collaborations (SCC) and relationships between SCC and supply chain performances (SCP), using a questionnaire survey on Thai automotive and electronics industries in 2012. OLS regression results show firms established...

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Location choice in low-income countries : evidence from Japanese investments in East Asia

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

Unlike most existing studies, this paper examines the location choices of MNEs in developing countries. Specifically, we investigate the location choices of Japanese MNEs among East Asian developing countries by estimating a four-stage nested logit model at the province level. Noteworthy results...

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Is the anti-trafficking framework really for the 'victims'? : reflections on Burmese victims of human trafficking and non-trafficked migrants in Thailand

Yamada, Miwa - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

-trafficking framework on the experiences of Burmese victims and non-trafficked migrants in Thailand. I will question the conventional …

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