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Nature to the rescue: Imperfect institutions and the seasonality of birth rates in agricultural Iceland
Björnsson, Davíd F. - 2016
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Household access to microcredit and children's food security in rural Malawi: a gender perspective
Hazarika, Gautam; Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb - 2008
Using data from the 1995 Malawi Financial Markets and Food Security Survey, this study seeks to discover if women …'s relative control over household resources or intra-household bargaining power in rural Malawi, gauged by their access to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269148
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Household access to microcredit and children's food security in rural Malawi: A gender perspective
Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb; Hazarika, Gautam - 2007
Using data from the 1995 Malawi Financial Markets and Food Security Survey, this study seeks to discover if women …’s relative control over household resources or intra-household bargaining power in rural Malawi, gauged by their access to … subsidiary finding that it raises household expenditure on food. – microcredit ; gender ; food security ; Malawi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284751
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Climatic fluctuations and the diffusion of agriculture
Ashraf, Quamrul; Michalopoulos, Stelios - 2013
This research examines variations in the diffusion of agriculture across countries and archaeological sites. The theory suggests that a society´s history of climatic shocks shaped the timing of its adoption of farming. Specifically, as long as climatic disturbances did not lead to a collapse of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420257
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Do children make women more patient? Experimental evidence from Indian villages
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - 2009
This paper studies gender heterogeneity in preferences. We used experimental methods to elicit the subjective discount rate and attitude toward risk in Indian villages. Results show that women made more patient choices than men and that their discount rate is related to number of children. No...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322205
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Attaining universal access: Public-private partnership and business-NGO partnership
Chowdhury, Shyamal K. - 2002
This paper evaluates two alternative mechanisms, Public-Private Partnership in Peru and Business-NGO Partnership in Bangladesh, that provide rural people with access to telecommunications. The two mechanisms that are examined here are considered as two best practices in the provision of rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323588
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Urban versus Rural Return to Human Capital in Portugal, A Cook-Book Recipe for Applying Assignment Models
Teulings, Coen N.; Vieira, José A.C. - 1998
The Portuguese economy has been characterised by modernisation sincethe post-war period. Lisbon and the Tagus Valley is a centre of thisprocess. Hence, this region faces a high demand for highly skilledlabour. This paper analyses rates of return on human capital in theregion of Lisbon and in the...
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Das Erbe des Bürgerkrieges in Mosambik: Landbevölkerung verharrt in Armut
Giesbert, Lena; Schindler, Kati - In: DIW Wochenbericht 78 (2011) 4, pp. 6-9
Wie bewältigen Haushalte den wirtschaftlichen Wiederaufbau nach einem Krieg? Sind einige Gruppen ländlicher Haushalte in einer Armutsfalle gefangen, während andere der Armut entfliehen können? Diese Fragen werden hier am Beispiel von Mosambik diskutiert, wo kurz nach der Unabhängigkeit im...
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What Influences Patters of Women's Work in Rural Bangladesh?
Khandker, Shahidur Rahman - 1985
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Migrant opportunity and the educational attainment of youth in rural China
Brauw, Alan de; Giles, John - 2006
In this paper, we investigate how reductions of barriers to migration affect the decision of middle school graduates to attend high school in rural China. Change in the cost of migration is identified using exogenous variation across counties in the timing of national identity card distribution,...
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