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Low-intensity Conflict and Firm Level Investment in Ethiopia

Noe, Dominik; Shiferaw, Admasu - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2013

This paper investigates the effect of low-intensity armed conflict on firm-level investment in a Sub-Saharan African country. We match firm level panel data from Ethiopian manufacturing with battle events at the town level. Using a more precise spatial identification of conflict exposure, we...

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The Role of Land Certification in Reducing Gender Gaps in Productivity in Rural Ethiopia

Bezabih, Mintewab; Holden, Stein; Mannberg, Andrea - School of Economics and Business, Norges miljø- og … - 2012

Amhara region of Ethiopia. The results suggest a positive and significant effect of certification on plot-level productivity …

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Can Land Rregistration and Certification Reduce Land Border Conflicts?

Holden, Stein T.; Deininger, Klaus; Ghebru, Hosaena - School of Economics and Business, Norges miljø- og … - 2011

has affected land conflicts during and after land registration and certification using data from northern Ethiopia. Border …

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Land tenure in Tigray: How large is the gender bias?

Dokken, Therere - School of Economics and Business, Norges miljø- og … - 2013

This study finds that female-headed households have 23% smaller owned landholdings and 54% smaller operational landholdings. Differences in characteristics such as age, labor, oxen and previous divorce explain less than half the differences in landholding sizes, while the remaining can be...

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Joint Land Certification and Intra-household Decision-making:Towards Empowerment of Wives?

Holden, Stein; Bezu, Sosina - School of Economics and Business, Norges miljø- og … - 2013

We have used gender-disaggregated household panel data from 2007 and 2012 in combination with dictator games and hawk-dove games to assess the effects of joint land certification of husbands and wives on wives’ involvement in land-related decisions within households. Wives’ stated...

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Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps: evidence from Ethiopia

Dercon, Stefan; Christiaensen, Luc - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007

explored in panel data for Ethiopia. Historical rainfall distributions are used to identify the counterfactual consumption risk …

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Jatropha Potential on Marginal Land in Ethiopia: Reality or Myth?

Wendimu, Mengistu Assefa - Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, … - 2013

understood/examined, especially in Africa. Using a case study of large-scale jatropha plantation in Ethiopia, this paper examines … that moisture stress is the key factor in the failure of many large-scale jatropha plantations in Ethiopia. …

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The Politics of Contemporary Language Policy in Ethiopia

Smith, Lahra - In: Journal of Developing Societies 24 (2008) 2, pp. 207-243

Language is political in Ethiopia because it has both structured and symbolized the nation-building project, and …. In modern Ethiopia, the historical distribution of the political goods of communication, recognition and autonomy has … language politics in Ethiopia is presented, but the focus is on evidence gathered in parts of Ethiopia in 2001 and 2003. These …

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Does a Diversification Motive Influence Children’s School Entry in the Ethiopian Highlands?

Lindskog, Annika - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2011

an empirical analysis using 2000-2007 data from the rural Amhara region of Ethiopia. Diversification would imply negative …

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The Effect of Older Siblings’ Literacy on School Entry and Primary School Progress in the Ethiopian Highlands

Lindskog, Annika - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2011

The effects of older sisters’ and brothers’ literacy on the annual school entry and primary school grade progress probabilities of boys and girls are estimated using within-household variation. Older siblings’ literacy has positive effects, especially for same-sex siblings. The literacy of...

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