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Cities, Towns, and Poverty : Migration Equilibrium and Income Distribution in a Todaro-Type Model with Multiple Destinations
Christiaensen, Luc - 2017
, Tanzania. Further, we show that the structure of the sufficient statistics is maintained in the case where the model is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958052
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Lending to the Unbanked : Relational Contracting with Loan Sharks
Lang, Kevin - 2020
We study roughly 11,000 loans from unlicensed moneylenders to over 1,000 borrowers in Singapore and provide basic information about this understudied market. Borrowers frequently expect to repay late. While lenders do rely on additional punishments to enforce loans, the primary cost of not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831217
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Explaining Variation in Child Labor Statistics
Dillon, Andrew - 2012
randomized survey experiment in Tanzania focusing on two survey aspects: different questionnaire design to classify children work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013115750
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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 - 2012
survey experiment in Tanzania that varied two key dimensions: the level of detail of the questions and the type of respondent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116405
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Migration, Transfers and Child Labor
Dimova, Ralitza D. - 2014
's working hours. Analysis using Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data on the Kagera region in Tanzania lend support to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068223
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The Welfare Effects of Mobile Broadband Internet : Evidence from Nigeria
Bahia, Kalvin - 2020
This paper estimates the impacts of mobile broadband coverage on household consumption and poverty in Nigeria, the largest economy and mobile broadband market in Africa. The analysis exploits a unique dataset that integrates three waves of a nationally representative longitudinal household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834577
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The Impact of Household Shocks on Domestic Violence : Evidence from Tanzania
Abiona, Olukorede - 2018
microdata from Tanzania. We use idiosyncratic variation in rainfall to proxy for shocks on household income of rural households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906481
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Financial Inclusion, Shocks and Poverty : Evidence from the Expansion of Mobile Money in Tanzania
Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux - 2018
Tanzania. We exploit the rapid expansion of the mobile money agent network between 2010 and 2012 and combine this with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907820
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What Drives Female Labor Force Participation? Comparable Micro-Level Evidence from Eight Developing and Emerging Economies
Klasen, Stephan - 2019
middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to …, Vietnam, and Tanzania). Overall, the economic, social, and institutional constraints that shape women's labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894075
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Child Welfare and Old-Age Security in Female Headed Households in Tanzania
Seebens, Holger - 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/10012765306