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The Cognitive Link Between Geography and Development : Iodine Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Tanzania
Field, Erica M. - 2008
attainment that resulted from an intensive distribution of iodized oil capsules (IOC) in Tanzania. We look for evidence of … estimated effect on education. Cross-country regression estimates corroborate the results from Tanzania, indicating a strong … patterns and gender differences in schooling attainment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464808
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Structural Transformation, Industrial Specialization, and Endogenous Growth
Bustos, Paula - 2019
The introduction of new technologies in agriculture can foster structural transformation by freeing workers who find occupation in other sectors. The traditional view is that this reallocation of workers towards manufacturing can lead to industrial development. However, when workers moving to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479820
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Heterogeneous Impact Dynamics of a Rural Business Development Program in Nicaragua
Carter, Michael R. - 2016
We study the impacts of a rural development program designed to boost the income of the smallfarm sector in Nicaragua. Exploiting the random assignment of treatment, we find statistically and economically significant impacts on gross farm income and investment in productive farm capital. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456052
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Distortions, Producer Dynamics, and Aggregate Productivity : A General Equilibrium Analysis
Ayerst, Stephen; Brandt, Loren; Restuccia, Diego - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The expansion in farm size is an important contributor to agricultural productivity in developed countries, but the reallocation process is hindered in less developed economies. How do distortions to factor reallocation affect farm dynamics and agricultural productivity? We develop a model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226182
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Chat Over Coffee? Diffusion of Agronomic Practices and Market Spillovers in Rwanda
Duflo, Esther; Keniston, Daniel; Suri, Tavneet; Zipfel, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Agricultural extension programs often train a few farmers and count on diffusion through social networks for the innovation to spread. However, if markets are imperfectly integrated, this may also inflict negative externalities. In a two-step experiment of an agronomy training program among...
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Heterogeneity, Measurement Error and Misallocation : Evidence from African Agriculture
Gollin, Douglas - 2019
rich panel data from farms in Tanzania and Uganda, we estimate our model using a flexible specification in which we allow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479396
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The Effect of the Universal Primary Education Program on Labor Market Outcomes : Evidence from Tanzania
Delesalle, Esther - 2019
The purpose of this article is to study the effect of education on labor market participation and household consumption in a rural environment. The Tanzanian Universal Primary Education (UPE) program, which provides variations in education across locations and over time, is used as a natural...
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Designing Effective Teacher Performance Pay Programs : Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
Mbiti, Isaac - 2019
We use a field experiment in Tanzania to compare the effectiveness on learning of two teacher performance pay systems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479852
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Market Access, Trade Costs, and Technology Adoption : Evidence from Northern Tanzania
Aggarwal, Shilpa - 2018
In this paper, we quantify market access in rural Tanzania, and the extent to which it constrains agricultural …,183 villages in two regions of Tanzania. We find that a village in the 90th percentile of the travel-cost adjusted price …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480904
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Consumption Insurance in Networks with Asymmetric Information
Attanasio, Orazio - 2020
This paper uses a dataset from Tanzania with information on consumption, income and income shocks within and across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481872