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Behrens, Kristian; Mion, Giordano; Murata, Yasusada; … - 2008

We develop a new general equilibrium model of trade with heterogeneous firms, variable demand elasticities and endogenously determined wages. Trade integration favors wage convergence, intensifies competition, and forces the least efficient firms to leave the market, thereby affecting aggregate...

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Evaluating Labor Market Reforms : A General Equilibrium Approach

Galdon-Sanchez, José Enrique; Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús - 2004

Job security provisions are commonly invoked to explain the high and persistent European unemployment rates. This belief has led several countries to reform their labor markets and liberalize the use of fixed-term contracts. Despite how common such contracts have become after deregulation, there...

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Financial Literacy and Food Security in Extremely Vulnerable Households

Millimet, Daniel L.; McDonough, Ian K.; Fomby, Thomas B. - 2015

Food insecurity is one of the most, if not the most, significant, nutrition-related public health issue confronted in the US. Unfortunately, we know very little about the determinants of food security except that it is not synonymous with poverty. Many households above the poverty line are food...

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Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda

Pan, Yao; Smith, Stephen C.; Sulaiman, Munshi - 2015

This paper evaluates causal impacts of a large-scale agricultural extension program for smallholder women farmers on food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary distance-to-branch threshold for village program eligibility. We find eligible farmers...

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Small-Scale Farming and Food Security: The Enabling Role of Cash Transfers in South Africa's Former Homelands

von Fintel, Dieter; Pienaar, Louw - 2016

Cash transfers successfully alleviate poverty in many developing countries. South Africa is a case in point, implementing one of the largest unconditional cash transfer programmes internationally, and with substantial benefits to household well-being along multiple dimensions. Yet, grants...

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How Sustainable Are Benefits from Extension for Smallholder Farmers? Evidence from a Randomized Phase-Out of the BRAC Program in Uganda

Fishman, Ram; Smith, Stephen C.; Bobić, Vida; … - 2017

Many development programs are based on short-term interventions, either because of external funding constraints or because it is assumed that impacts persist post program termination ("sustainability"). Using a novel randomized phase-out research method, we provide experimental tests of the...

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Can Agricultural Extension and Input Support Be Discontinued? Evidence from a Randomized Phaseout in Uganda

Fishman, Ram; Smith, Stephen C.; Bobic, Vida; Sulaiman, … - 2019

Many development programs that attempt to disseminate improved technologies are limited in duration, either because of external funding constraints or an assumption of impact sustainability; but there is limited evidence on whether and when terminating such programs is efficient. We provide...

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Country Statistical Capacity: A Recent Assessment Tool and Further Reflections on the Way Forward

Dang, Hai-Anh; Jolliffe, Dean; Serajuddin, Umar; Stacy, … - 2024

A country's statistical capacity takes an indispensable part in its development. We offer a comprehensive comparison between the World Bank's Statistical Performance Indicators and Index (SPI) and its predecessor, the Statistical Capacity Index (SCI) regarding different conceptual and empirical...

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Modernizing Smallholder Agriculture and Achieving Food Security: An Exploration in Machinery Services and Labor Reallocation in China

Zou, Baoling; Mishra, Ashok K. - 2024

China, where most farms are small, and farms' parcels are fragmented. The study puts forward a framework of vertical … connect smallholders with modern agriculture and achieve food security in China. Using household-level data from China, this … importance of technology to improve smallholder agriculture and food security, not only in China but also in other South and …

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Evaluating the Long-Run Impact of an Innovative Anti-Poverty Program: Evidence Using Household Panel Data

Asadullah, Niaz; Ara, Jinnat - 2016

Using a four-round panel data set from the first phase of the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction – Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR – TUP) programme of BRAC, we investigate whether a one-off transfer of livestock assets improves well-being of the very poor women in Bangladesh....

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