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into export cropping and, thus, to higher poverty. We test the model using data from the Uganda National Household Survey … export cropping (coffee, tea, cotton, fruits); iii) households engaged in export cropping are less likely to be poor than …
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into export cropping and, thus, to higher poverty. We test the model using data from the Uganda National Household Survey … export cropping (coffee, tea, cotton, fruits); iii) households engaged in export cropping are less likely to be poor than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465255
In a field experiment in Uganda, a free distribution of three health products lowers subsequent demand relative to a …
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associated with a higher sales price, greater sales, and more revenues. As expected, these effects are greater when global coffee …We examine the effects of Fair Trade (FT) certification of coffee on producers and households in Costa Rica. Examining … the production dynamics of the universe of Costa Rican coffee mills from 1999-2014, we find that FT certification is …
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commodities that were in high demand (e.g., rubber and coffee) between 1891 and 1930 ended up having higher revenues per capita … premia when we use export price indices for each of the states as instruments for state revenue per capita …
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support for international collusive agreements concerning certain commodities (e.g., coffee). This behavior raises questions … light on why the United States supported (or failed to support) international commodity agreements for coffee, sugar, and …
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of ownership changes on coffee mills in Rwanda - an industry in which managing relationships with farmers and seasonal …
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This paper investigates the welfare costs of business cycles in a heterogeneous agent, overlapping generations economy which is distinguished by idiosyncratic labor market risk. Aggregate variation arises both in terms of aggregate productivity shocks and countercyclical variation in the...
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Using data from an 18-month randomized trial, we estimate large and sustained impacts on water purification and child health of a program providing monthly coupons for free water treatment solution (diluted chlorine) to households with young children. The program is more effective and much more...
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This paper studies the welfare effects of encouraging rural-urban migration in the developing world. To do so, we build a dynamic incomplete-markets model of migration in which heterogenous agents face seasonal income fluctuations, stochastic income shocks, and disutility of migration that...
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