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Seasonality in Local Food Markets and Consumption : Evidence from Tanzania

Kaminski, Jonathan - 2020

This paper revisits the extent of seasonality in African livelihoods. It uses 19 years of monthly food prices from 20 markets and three years of nationally representative household panel surveys from Tanzania. Trigonometric specifications are introduced to measure the seasonal gap. When samples...

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Political Economy of Public Policies : Insights from Distortions to Agricultural and Food Markets

Anderson, Kym - 2017

The agricultural and food sector is an ideal case for investigating the political economy of public policies. Many of the policy developments in this sector since the 1950s have been sudden and transformational, while others have been gradual but persistent. This paper reviews and synthesizes...

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How is the Liberalization of Food Markets Progressing? Market Integration and Transaction Costs in Subsistence Economies

Zant, Wouter - 2017

The paper proposes a modification of Baulch's parity bounds model to measure the market integration of food markets in developing countries. Instead of extrapolating a single observation of transaction costs, it estimates transaction costs. Predicted transaction costs compare well with survey...

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Incomplete, Slow, and Asymmetric Price Transmission in Ten Product Markets of Bolivia

Varela, Gonzalo - 2017

With food prices on the rise, understanding the transmission of price shocks, both internationally and domestically, is central for trade policy analysis. This paper examines spatial market integration and its determinants for ten key food products in Bolivia, across the four most important...

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Rural Vulnerability in Serbia

Ersado, Lire - 2016

the nature, extent, and causes of rural vulnerability in Serbia using panel national household data from the 2002 and 2003 … Serbia Living Standard Surveys. He measures rural vulnerability as a function of nonstochastic determinants of poverty as …

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Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities in Education and Housing : Evidence from Two Field Experiments in Serbia

Koehler, Dominik - 2018

Serbia, using evidence from field experiments. In Serbia, "feminine boys," widely perceived as being gay, were at least three …

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Updating the Poverty Estimates in Serbia in the Absence of Micro Data : A Microsimulation Approach

Cojocaru, Alexandru - 2017

The continued poverty impact of the financial crisis in Serbia is difficult to establish beyond 2010 because of the … pathway of the financial crisis in Serbia, the labor market. The results suggest a further increase in poverty in 2011 on …

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Gender Inequality in the Labor Market in Serbia

Reva, Anna - 2017

This paper presents a broad overview of labor market indicators for men and women in Serbia with a focus on employment … results of the Labor Force Surveys conducted in Serbia in April 2008 and October 2009. The findings show that although the … overall labor market situation in Serbia is difficult, women are in a much more disadvantageous position than men. Women are …

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Prospects of Estimating Poverty with Phone Surveys : Experimental Results from Serbia

Boznic, Vladan - 2017

Telephone surveys enable us to collect data in a cost-effective and timely manner, but may not be conducive for collecting detailed consumption or income data for measuring poverty due to the required length of the interview and complexity of the questions. Combining telephone surveys with a...

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Expediting Trade : Impact Evaluation of an In-House Clearance Program

Fernandes, Ana M. - 2018

that allows qualified firms in Serbia to clear customs from within their own warehouse rather than at the customs office …

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