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matter of concern in the region. We study this issue for Uganda, investigating whether the migration of household members … affects child primary education and in what direction. Using the Uganda National Panel Survey for 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011 … migration of children has a significant positive impact on child school attendance rates while that of adults has a …
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Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, we estimate the impact of weather …
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these configurations. We apply our analysis to a large sample of NGOs from Uganda, and find regulation to be beneficial in …
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in Peru and Uganda. I find that rich patients are more likely than other patients to bribe in public health care … rate of 0.8%; doubling household expenditure in Uganda increases the bribery probability by 1.2 percentage points compared ….37 in Uganda. Bribes in the Ugandan public sector appear to be fees-for-service extorted from the richer patients amongst …
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farming practices among women smallholders in Uganda. We find that while supply of improved seeds through local, BRAC trained …
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Heterogeneity in time discounting may reinforce the existing barriers to save and invest faced by rural populations in developing countries. We elicit a subjective discount rate for a varied sample of Ugandan villagers. In accordance with other studies, we have found the discount rate to...
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organizations could help to lessen transaction costs, however, only few farmers in Uganda sell through them. We introduce two …
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We document substantial variation in the effects of a highly-effective literacy program in northern Uganda. The program …
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effects of an extension program designed for women smallholder farmers in Uganda. We find that program phaseout does not …
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Uganda National Household Survey by adopting a Tobit-hybrid model.Our results show that gender differentials in the intra …
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