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Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in a Social Network
Duflo, Esther; Jackson, Matthew O.; Banerjee, Abhijit; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Can we identify the members of a community who are best- placed to diffuse information simply by asking a random sample of individuals? We show that boundedly-rational individuals can, simply by tracking sources of gossip, identify those who are most central in a network according to "diffusion...
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The Diffusion of Microfinance
Duflo, Esther; Jackson, Matthew O.; Banerjee, Abhijit; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We examine how participation in a microfinance program diffuses through social networks. We collected detailed demographic and social network data in 43 villages in South India before microfinance was introduced in those villages and then tracked eventual participation. We exploit exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009397139
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"Unfinished Business": Ethnic Complementarities and the Political Contagion of Peace and Conflict in Gujarat
Jha, Saumitra - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
I examine how the historical legacies of inter-ethnic complementarity and competition influence contemporary electoral competition and its effects on patterns of ethnic violence. Using local comparisons within Gujarat, a single Indian state known for its non-violent local traditions yet also for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010674280
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Shocking Behavior : Random Wealth in Antebellum Georgia and Human Capital Across Generations
Bleakley, Hoyt; Ferrie, Joseph P. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Does the lack of wealth constrain parents' investments in the human capital of their descendants? We conduct a fifty …-year followup of an episode in which such constraints would have been plausibly relaxed by a random allocation of wealth to families … participation among adult white males. Winners received close to the median level of wealth - a large financial windfall orthogonal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951333
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Aging and Death under a Dollar a Day
Duflo, Esther; Banerjee, Abhijit V. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
This paper uses household survey data form several developing countries to investigate whether the poor (defined as those living under $1 or $2 dollars a day at PPP) and the non poor have different mortality rates in old age. We construct a proxy measure of longevity, which is the probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828728
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International Migration, Remittances, and Household Investment: Evidence from Philippine Migrants' Exchange Rate Shocks
Yang, Dean - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
expenditure rise, while child labor falls. In the area of entrepreneurship, households raise hours worked in self-employment, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829433
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AIDS Treatment and Intrahousehold Resource Allocations: Children's Nutrition and Schooling in Kenya
Graff Zivin, Joshua; Thirumurthy, Harsha; Goldstein, Markus - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
The provision of life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment has emerged as a key component of the global response to HIV/AIDS, but very little is known about the impact of this intervention on the welfare of children in the households of treated persons. We estimate the impact of ARV treatment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830038
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Why Do Migrants Return to Poor Countries? Evidence From Philippine Migrants%u2019 Responses to Exchange Rate Shocks
Yang, Dean - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
This paper distinguishes between target-earnings and life-cycle motivations for return migration by examining how Philippine migrants%u2019 return decisions respond to major, unexpected exchange rate changes in their overseas locations (due to the Asian financial crisis). Overall, the evidence...
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Can the West Save Africa?
Easterly, William - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
In the new millennium, the Western aid effort towards Africa has surged due to writings by well-known economists, a celebrity mass advocacy campaign, and decisions by Western leaders to make Africa a major foreign policy priority. This survey contrasts the predominant "transformational" approach...
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their...
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