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Individual-level employment transitions in rural Viet Nam
2018
Structural transformation in rural areas is a key issue in economic development. While much of the literature on … about the individual member level. The paper aims at examining factors that affect the individual-level employment rural … capital and social capital are important factors affecting employment transition status in the rural area. In addition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146451
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Unexpected effects of land fragmentation
2018
Using instrumental variable method and Viet Nam Access to Resources Household Surveys of 2008-16, I examine the effect of land fragmentation on child outcomes. The study shows that higher land fragmentation decreases child school dropout. Land fragmentation has significant impacts on school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943930
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Effect of non-farm work on agricultural productivity: Empirical evidence from northern Ghana
Anang, Benjamin Tetteh - 2017
This paper investigates the factors influencing participation in non-farm work and the effect of participation on farmers' productivity, using survey data from 300 smallholder farm households in northern Ghana. The study employs an endogenous switching regression model to address selection into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654033
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Evaluation of non-governmental development organizations
Elbers, Chris; Gunning, Jan Willem - 2014
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are now widely used in development economics. However, their use is often resisted by non-governmental development organizations. The objections they raise differ between the three types of activities of such non-governmental organizations (NGOs): capacity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343217
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Incentives to labour migration and agricultural productivity: The Bayesian perspective
Djuikom, Marie Albertine - 2018
viewed as a process to reach development for many African countries, this could lead to a negative effect on the rural … migration on agricultural productivity of rural households in Uganda. Since households select themselves into migration this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943852
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Social capital and household vulnerability: New evidence from rural Viet Nam
Vo, Thang T. - 2018
reduction policies in rural Viet Nam should consider the role of social capital, especially in the forms of group participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146464
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Climate change, rice production, and migration in Vietnamese households
Baronchelli, Adelaide; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2018
This paper analyses the relationship between climate and migration in rural households in Viet Nam. We propose an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943893
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The impact of commercialization of rice on household welfare in rural Viet Nam
Cazzuffi, Chiara; McKay, Andrew D.; Perge, Emilie - 2018
The past 30 years have seen a consistent increase in agricultural commercialization in rural Viet Nam, at the same time … when rural residents have moved increasingly into non-agricultural activities. The contribution of the latter to welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943935
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Welfare dynamics in rural Viet Nam: Learning from regular, high-quality panel data
McKay, Andrew D.; Singhal, Saurabh; Tarp, Finn - 2018
While many studies of welfare dynamics have been conducted using panel data sets with two or three waves, much richer insights can be obtained where more waves are available. This paper analyses this issue for the case of the Viet Nam Access to Resources Household Survey, a carefully collected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146466
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Commercialization in agriculture in rural Viet Nam, 2006-14
McKay, Andy; Cazzuffi, Chiara; Perge, Emilie - 2015
The vast majority of households in rural Viet Nam undertake agricultural activities and for many this is their main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418582