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Do labor statistics depend on how and to whom the questions are asked? : results from a survey experiment in Tanzania
Bardasi, Elena; Beegle, Kathleen; Dillon, Andrew; … - 2010
Labor market statistics are critical for assessing and understanding economic development. In practice, widespread variation exists in how labor statistics are measured in household surveys in low-income countries. Little is known whether these differences have an effect on the labor statistics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003938170
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Do Labor Statistics Depend on How and to Whom the Questions are Asked? Results from a Survey Experiment in Tanzania
Bardasi, Elena - 2012
Labor market statistics are critical for assessing and understanding economic development. In practice, widespread variation exists in how labor statistics are measured in household surveys in low-income countries. Little is known whether these differences have an effect on the labor statistics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116405
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Modes of Collective Action in Village Economies : Evidence from Natural and Artefactual Field Experiments in a Developing Country
Sawada, Yasuyuki - 2015
In a canonical model of collective action, individual contribution to collective action is negatively correlated with group size. Yet, empirical evidence on the group size effect has been mixed, partly due to heterogeneities in group activities. In this paper, we first construct a simple model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024726
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The relationship between cognitive ability and risk preferences in a developing nation : findings from the field
Moghaddasi Kelishomi, Ali; Sgroi, Daniel - 2022
We find a strong relationship between risk-loving preferences and cognitive ability which becomes stronger as adherence to the generalized axiom of revealed preference (a proxy for rationality) increases. Our results are taken from a field study of individuals at the very bottom of the income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187886
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Modes of Collective Action in Village Economies : Evidence from Natural and Artefactual Field Experiments in a Developing Country
Sawada, Yasuyuki; Kasahara, Ryuji; Aoyagi, Keitaro; … - 2013
In a canonical model of collective action, individual contribution to collective action is negatively correlated with group size. Yet, empirical evidence on the group size effect has been mixed, partly due to heterogeneities in group activities. In this paper, we first construct a simple model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014158353
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Chapter 3. Field Experiments in Education in Developing Countries
Muralidharan, K. - 2017
The study of education in developing countries has been transformed by the rapid increase in the feasibility and prevalence of field experiments over the past 15 years. This paper comprises three main sections. First, it illustrates the very broad range of research questions regarding education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023420
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Chapter 5. Field Experiments in Developing Country Agriculture
de Janvry, A.; Sadoulet, E.; Suri, T. - 2017
This chapter provides a review of the role of field experiments (FEs) in answering research questions in agriculture that ultimately let us better understand how policy can improve productivity and farmer welfare in developing economies. We first review recent FEs in agriculture, highlighting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023428
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Peak-Hour Road Congestion Pricing : Experimental Evidence and Equilibrium Implications
Kreindler, Gabriel E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Developing country megacities suffer from severe road traffic congestion, yet the level of congestion is not a direct measure of equilibrium inefficiency. I study the peak-hour traffic congestion equilibrium in Bangalore. To measure travel preferences, I use a model of departure time choice to...
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The nature of corruption : an interdisciplinary perspective
Dimant, Eugen - 2013
Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional …, jurisdictional, societal and economic conditions. Research indicates that corruption's predominantly negative effects have arisen to … impairing everybody's life. This paper provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of existing literature on corruption and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199020
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The consequences of corruption on inflation in developing countries : evidence from panel cointegration and causality tests
Özşahin, Şerife; Üçler, Gülbahar - In: Economies : open access journal 5 (2017) 4, pp. 1-15
Up until the 1980s, studies on corruption were dominated by disciplines of public administration and sociology. In the … International Agency, corruption, which has a negative impact on most macroeconomic indicators, is “the abuse of entrusted power for … private gain”. Even though the disruption of corruption causing weak growth and investment rates has long been examined, there …
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