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The Impact of Rainfall on Rice Output in Indonesia

Levine, David I. - 2014

We estimate the impact of weather variation on agricultural output in Indonesia by examining the impact of local rainfall shocks on rice output at the district level. Our analysis makes use of local meteorological data on rainfall in combination with government administrative data on...

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Up in Smoke : the Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves

Hanna, Rema - 2012

It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in the rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of improved cooking stoves. This belief is largely supported by observational...

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Profitability of Fertilizer : Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali

Beaman, Lori A. - 2013

In an experiment providing fertilizer grants to women rice farmers in Mali, we found that women who received fertilizer increased both the quantity of fertilizer they used on their plots and complementary inputs such as herbicides and hired labor. This highlights that farmers respond to an...

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Subsidy Policies and Insurance Demand

Cai, Jing - 2016

Many new products presumed to be privately beneficial to the poor have a high price elasticity of demand and ultimately zero take-up rate at market price. This has led governments and donors to provide subsidies to increase take-up, with the concern of trying to limit their cost. In this study,...

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Slave Prices in the Lower South, 1722-1815

Mancall, Peter C.; Rosenbloom, Joshua L.; Weiss, Thomas - 2021

Using data from samples of probate inventories we construct a series of slave prices for Low Country South Carolina and Georgia covering the period 1722-1815. Using these data we examine variations in slave prices by age and sex, as well as geographic variations between and within the two...

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South Carolina Slave Prices, 1722-1809

Mancall, Peter C.; Rosenbloom, Joshua L.; Weiss, Thomas - 2021

Based on data from several samples of probate inventories we construct and analyze a time series of slave prices for South Carolina from 1722 to 1809. These estimates reveal that prices fluctuated without trend prior to the 1760s and then began to rise rapidly, more than doubling by the early...

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Intergeneration Transfer of Human Capital : Results from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan

Tsai, Wehn-Jyuan - 2011

-year increase in the schooling of either parent raises the probability that the child attends one of the top six colleges in Taiwan …

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Productivity, Output, and Failure : A Comparison of Taiwanese and Korean Manufacturers

Aw, Bee Yan - 2012

that despite many outward similarities, two of the most successful Southeast Asian economies, Taiwan and South Korea … Taiwan and identify a number of systematic differences in industry structure between the two countries. Our empirical … producers. These patterns are consistent with strong competitive pressures in Taiwan that lead to market selection based on …

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Saving, Growth, and Aging in Taiwan

Deaton, Angus - 2011

This paper examines issues of household saving, growth. and aging in Taiwan. The Taiwanese patterns of high income …

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Moral Hazard and Economies of Scope in Physician Ownership of Complementary Medical Services

Chen, Brian - 2013

's practice. We assess the extent of moral hazard and economies of scope using data from Taiwan, which introduced a "separating …

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