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Lindhjem, Henrik; Navrud, Ståle - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 43 (2009) 1, pp. 11-29

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Benefit Incidence of Public Recreation Areas—Have the Winners Taken Almost All?

Huhtala, Anni; Pouta, Eija - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 43 (2009) 1, pp. 63-79

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Technical Efficiency in Agriculture and Dependency on Forest Resources: An Economic Analysis of Rural Households and the Conservation of Natural Forests in Sri Lanka

Illukpitiya, Prabodh - Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia … - 2006

status of the household head are mainly responsible for determining the level of inefficiency. Further, study findings showed …

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An Analysis of Household's Tobacco Consumption Decisions: Evidence from India

John, Rijo M - eSocialSciences - 2009

The consumption patterns, socio-economic distribution and the household choice of a variety of tobacco products across … rural and urban India are analyzed. Using a Multinomial Logit Model, the choice behavior of a household in deciding whether … and which tobacco products to consume analyzed. Household level data from National Sample Survey in India for the year …

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Effects of Ill Health and Weather Variability on Savings

Ndirangu, Lydia K. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

This paper examines the effects of households’ shocks on saving behaviour. It investigates the possibility that households save ex ante to buffer against adverse weather and health shocks. The relatively high prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in Kenya combined with rain fed agriculture implies great...

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Does Participation in Microfinance Programs Improve Household Incomes: Empirical Evidence From Makueni District, Kenya

Kiiru, Joy M.; Mburu, John G.; Klaus, Flohberg - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

microfinance on household incomes. We use a pooled data set collected from the south western part of Makueni district in Kenya to … study the households’ access to microfinance credit and how the credit affects their incomes. We control for household … weak positive significance of microfinance on household incomes. …

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An Exploratory Study of Financial Remittances Among Non-Resident Indians in the United States

Gupta, Rupayan; Hegde, S. Aaron - In: Journal of Family and Economic Issues 30 (2009) 2, pp. 184-192

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Nonemptiness of the Core: Low Multidimensional Decisions Spaces and One-Dimensional Preferences.

Demange, G.; Guesnerie, R. - Département et Laboratoire d'Économie Théorique … - 1996

We consider a Society which as to make a finite dimensional collective decision, and study the "stability" of the public arrangements made in the Society when considering the threats that potential coalitions may generate. We refer for that to the standard cooperative approach based on the...

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Divisible Conspicuous Good.

Bosi, S. - Département et Laboratoire d'Économie Théorique … - 1996

There are two goods in the economy: a numeraire and a conspicuous (or positional) good. A type maximizes his utility which is a function of the numeraire and the inference of his unobservable rank by other agents. A conspicuous good is an observed signal and Bayesian inference is given by a...

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Interconnections among changing family structure, childrearing and fertility behaviour among the Ogu, Southwestern Nigeria

Wusu, Onipede; Isiugo-Abanihe, Uche - In: Demographic Research 14 (2006) 8, pp. 139-156

The interconnections of family transformation, childrearing and fertility behaviour are explored. Data were generated through nine focus groups organized among the Ogu and content analyzed. The analysis reveals that although the family system is still largely dominated by extended structure, the...

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