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Market imperfections and child labor
Dumas, Christelle - 2011
There is some indirect evidence that child labor is affected by market imperfections. This paper provides a theoretical model to discuss the effect of improvements on the labor market, when households cannot rely on neither the land nor the credit markets. The predictions differ by land...
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The Impact of Early Childbearing on Schooling and Cognitive Skills among Young Women in Madagascar
Herrera, Catalina; Sahn, David E. - 2015
pregnant while attending school. Using panel data in Madagascar, we analyze the impact of teenage pregnancy on young women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401638
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Inputs, Gender Roles or Sharing Norms? Assessing the Gender Performance Gap Among Informal Entrepreneurs in Madagascar
Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Vaillant, Julia - 2014
We use a representative sample of informal entrepreneurs in Madagascar to add new evidence on the magnitude of the …
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Differentials in technical efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar: A Cobb Douglas stochastic frontier production approach
Okoye, B. C.; Abass, A.; Bachwenkiz, B.; Asumugha, G.; … - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-10
efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select …
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Labor Outcomes during the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood: The Role of Personality, Cognition, and Shocks in Madagascar
Sahn, David E.; Villa, Kira M. - 2016
There is growing evidence that noncognitive skills affect economic, behavioral, and demographic outcomes in the developed world. However, little such evidence exists from developing countries. This paper estimates the joint effect of five specific personality traits and cognition on a sequence...
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Teen Fertility and Labor Market Segmentation: Evidence from Madagascar
Herrera, Catalina; Sahn, David E.; Villa, Kira M. - 2016
likelihood that a woman will be employed in the informal sector. Using a panel survey in Madagascar designed to capture the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653192
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Election Observation in Nigeria and Madagascar: Diplomatic vs. Technocratic Bias
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) 31 (2004) 99, pp. 83-101
observation of transitional elections in Nigeria and Madagascar, will serve to illustrate this hypothesis and its consequences for …RÉSUMÉ "L' observation des élections au Nigeria et à Madagascar: partialité diplomatique versus biais technocratique … exemples remarquables, l'observation des élections de transition au Nigeria et Madagascar, serviront pour fonder cette …
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Are neighbours equal? Estimating local inequality in three developing countries
Elbers, Chris; Lanjouw, Peter; Mistiaen, Johan; Özler, Berk - 2003
Based on a statistical procedure that combines household survey data with population census data, this paper presents estimates of inequality for three developing countries at a level of disaggregation far below that allowed by household surveys alone. We show that while the share of...
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Macro stress testing credit risk: Case of Madagascar banking sector
Rakotonirainy, Miora; Razafindravonona, Jean; … - In: Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice 9 (2020) 2, pp. 199-218
Madagascar which study is a recent framework, whose no study on dynamic macro stress testing was treated before. The Results … that banking sector reacts most to a GDP shock. Also, Madagascar banking sector is quite resilient and remains sufficiently …
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Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Madagascar, 2001-10
Stifel, David; Razafimanantena, Tiaray; Rakotomanana, Faly - 2015
Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to measuring consumption poverty in order to analyse poverty in Madagascar in …
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