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The determinants of occupational sorting : evidence from Mozambique

Ferreira, Ines A.; Jones, Sam; Mouco, Jorge; Santos, Ricardo - 2021

We examine the link between individual characteristics and sorting into different occupations using data from university students in Mozambique. We provide a comprehensive approach combining the main determinants of occupational sorting identified in the literature in a single framework to test...

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Character or context : what explains behavioural dishonesty in low-income countries?

Ferreira, Ines A.; Jones, Sam; Mouco, Jorge - 2020

We run a lab-in-the-field experiment with 1,060 university students in Mozambique to examine the correlates of behavioural dishonesty, distinguishing between intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Using an incentivized dice game, which yields direct estimates of the propensity to cheat, we find that...

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Transfers and development : easy come, easy go?

Christiaensen, Luc J.; Lei Pan - 2010

Contrary to the popular notion that money that is easily earned, is also easily spent, economic theory holds that income is fungible. Drawing on the concept of mental accounting, this study theoretically explores when such a link between spending behaviour and the effort dispensed in obtaining...

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Effects of food price shocks on child malnutrition : the Mozambican experience 2008/09

Arndt, Channing; Hussain, M. Azhar; Østerdal, Lars Peter - 2012

A propitiously timed household survey carried out in Mozambique over the period 2008-09 permits us to evaluate the short-to-medium run relationship between sudden shocks to food prices and child nutrition status. We link local price inflation with child malnutrition status. We find that the...

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A Phoenix in flames? : portfolio choice and violence in civil war in rural Burundi

Nillesen, Eleonora; Verwimp, Philip - 2010

This paper challenges the idea that farmers revert to subsistence farming when confronted with violence from civil war. Macro-economic evidence on economic legacies of civil war suggests that civil wars, while obviously disastrous in the short run, do not need to have persistent effects on long...

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Effects of the COVID-19 crisis on household food consumption and child nutrition in Mozambique

Squarcina, Margherita; Egger, Eva-Maria - 2022

This study investigates the short-term impacts of an aggregate socioeconomic shock on household food consumption and children's nutrition using the case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. In response to the economic downturn, households are expected to adjust their food choices both in...

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Conspicuous consumption for social parity

Srikanth, Chinmayi; Dey, Shubhasis - 2023

The extant literature on status-signalling primarily adopts Veblen's theory of class to caste and racial identities. This study aims to adopt a more suitable theoretical lens that is more relevant not only for class identities, but also for other identities such as caste and race. By viewing...

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Savings by and for the poor : a research review and agenda

Karlan, Dean; Ratan, Aishwarya Lakshmi; Zinman, Jonathan - 2014

The poor can and do save, but often use formal or informal instruments that have high risk, high cost, and limited functionality. This could lead to undersaving compared to a world without market or behavioural frictions. Undersaving can have important welfare consequences: variable consumption,...

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Growth, poverty and inequality in Rwanda : a broad perspective

Verpoorten, Marijke - 2014

This study focuses on growth, poverty and inequality in Rwanda. We take a broad perspective, in two respects. First, we …

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The recent evolution of consumption poverty in Rwanda

McKay, Andrew D. - 2015

This paper analyses the evolution of consumption poverty in Rwanda between 2001/1 and 2010/11, using three comparable … good quality household surveys analysed along with detailed price data. Rwanda achieved impressive growth over this period …. Overall the poverty situation in Rwanda remains sensitive to agricultural conditions when the surveys are conducted. …

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