This paper carries out a theoretical and empirical investigation of the role of informal institutions in facilitating intergenerational contracts governing investments in schooling and payments of pensions in the form of remittances. We show, using detailed household level data from rural...

While reasons for out-migration are relatively well understood, little is known about why people return to their rural origins. We contribute to filling this gap in the literature by using 19-year tracking data from rural Tanzania to estimate the patterns and determinants of return migration,...

Development projects often target the poor and vulnerable households for good reasons. However, project participation also tends to be voluntary leading to a high degree of self-selection among project bene ciaries. In addition, project success is likely to depend upon the type of people...