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On the Timing of Marriage, Cattle and Weather Shocks
Hoogeveen, J. G. M. (Hans); van der Klaauw, Bas; van … - 2004
In this paper we focus on the timing of marriages of women, whose marriages are associated with bride wealth payments, which are transfers from (the family of) the groom to the bride's family. Unmarried daughters could therefore be considered assets who, at times of need, can be cashed in. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014070887
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Drought, livestock holding, and milk production : a difference-in-differences analysis
Abebe, Meseret B.; Alem, Yonas - 2024
-Niño-induced large-scale drought on smallholder farmers’ livestock holding and milk production using nationally representative data … collected before and after the drought. We show that drought reduced milk production and livestock holding by 25.8% and 8 ….4%, respectively. Heterogenous impact analysis suggests that asset-rich households sold livestock and financed feed purchases, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480878
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Earlier research work on tharparkar and sindh barrage, and similar studies related to demographic, social and economic conditions
Herani, Gobind M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This study is earlier research works done on Tharparkar and Sindh barrage, and similar studies related to demographic … the thesis for proper occlusions and recommendations for policy maker to get the lesson for Tharparkar to get prosperous …, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Save the Children Fund (SCF)-U.K , titled as ” Tharparkar rural Development Project …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787039
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Earlier Research Work on Tharparkar and Sindh Barrage, and Similar Studies Related to Demographic, Social and Economic Conditions
Herani, Gobind M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
This study is earlier research works done on Tharparkar and Sindh barrage, and similar studies related to demographic … the thesis for proper occlusions and recommendations for policy maker to get the lesson for Tharparkar to get prosperous …, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Save the Children Fund (SCF)-U.K , titled as ” Tharparkar rural Development Project …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005035000
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Land-use profiles of agrarian income and land ownership inequality in the province of Barcelona in mid-nineteenth century
Tello, Enric; Badia-Miró, Marc - Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria - SEHA - 2011
According to the existing literature, when land remained the most abundant factor an increase in market integration is expected to lead to a greater inequality in wealth or income distribution. However, several case studies on the vineyard specialization experienced in Catalonia during the 18th...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004314
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Land-use profiles of agrarian income and land ownership inequality in the province of Barcelona in mid-nineteenth century
Tello, Enric; Badia-Miró, Marc - Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria - SEHA - 2011
According to the existing literature, when land remained the most abundant factor an increase in market integration is expected to lead to a greater inequality in wealth or income distribution. However, several case studies on the vineyard specialization experienced in Catalonia during the 18th...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836228
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Do Cows Have Negative Returns? The Evidence Revisited
Gehrke, Esther; Grimm, Michael - 2014
This paper addresses the apparent paradox between widespread support of cattle farming by agricultural policy interventions and negative returns to cattle as stressed in recent works. Using a representative panel dataset for Andhra Pradesh, a state in the south of India, we examine average and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435252
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Do cows have negative returns? : the evidence revisited
Gehrke, Esther; Grimm, Michael - 2014
This paper addresses the apparent paradox between widespread support of cattle farming by agricultural policy interventions and negative returns to cattle as stressed in recent works. Using a representative panel dataset for Andhra Pradesh, a state in the south of India, we examine average and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413090
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Do Cows Have Negative Returns? The Evidence Revisited
Gehrke, Esther; Grimm, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper addresses the apparent paradox between widespread support of cattle farming by agricultural policy interventions and negative returns to cattle as stressed in recent works. Using a representative panel dataset for Andhra Pradesh, a state in the south of India, we examine average and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959581
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Economic-Demographic Interactions in Agricultural Development: The Case of Rural-to-Urban Migration
Stark, Oded - 1978
The purpose of this study is to present a new piece of conceptual work which analyzes rural-to-urban migration and, in the light of this conceptual work, to examine: (a) some of the migration-related evidence; (b) interactions between rural-to-urban migration and some other key variables; (c)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012491648