Zentrale wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen: Recent submissions
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On a transformation of the Gini coefficient into a well-behaved social welfare function
(2025-01-31)Following Sen’s (1973) characterization of the Gini coefficient as a ratio between a measure of aggregate income-based stress (“depression” in Sen’s terminology) and aggregate income, we transform the Gini coefficient into ... -
Impact of Super Apps on the Nutrition Transition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from Indonesia
(2025-01-13)Many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are experiencing a nutrition transition from traditional diets to high-energy, processed foods, increasing non-communicable disease risks. Digitalization of food systems plays ... -
An inquiry into labor conditions across key rural sectors in Africa
(2025-01-06)While agriculture remains a key source of livelihoods in rural Africa, employment in other economic sectors is gaining in importance. However, details of the labor conditions are under-researched. Here, we examine labor ... -
Opportunity or necessity?: Youth agripreneurs in Benin, Ethiopia and Senegal
(2024-12)This report provides a descriptive analysis of youth entrepreneurs in agribusiness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on primary data collected in Benin, Ethiopia and Senegal, it offers insights into the socio-demographic ... -
Animal Feed Policies and Feeding Practices in Ethiopia
(2024-10)Feed shortages, both in quantity and quality, are a major factor hindering the sustainable development of the livestock sectors in Ethiopia. This study assesses the availability and quality of animal feed in different ... -
From the herd’s perspective: Rethinking livestock classification systems
(2024-08)The farming systems approach has emerged as unique tool to deal with the enormous diversity of smallholder farming in the tropics. However, the focus was mostly placed on the cropping component of farming systems. In 1996, ... -
Not all is lost: A case study of agrobiodiversity trends in Ghanaian and Burkinabe villages
(2024-10)The conservation of crop and varietal diversity, which is an important component of agrobiodiversity, constitutes an important objective of sustainable agricultural development. Although there is an increasing number of ... -
Aspirations and Livelihood Diversification in Rural Africa
(2024-12-27)Many people in rural Africa still rely on smallholder agriculture as their main source of livelihood. Yet pursuing other economic activities beyond farming to diversify incomes becomes increasingly important. In this paper, ... -
Links between rural electrification and gendered off-farm employment in sub-Saharan Africa
(2024-12-09)We analyze the relationship between household electricity access and off-farm employment of women and men in rural Africa, using primary survey data from Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia. Estimating regression models, ... -
Destination choices during internal temporary migration: Evidence from northern Bangladesh
(2024-12-03)Whilst migration to urban areas is often understood through higher wage opportunities, it is not well understood why many rural poor often prefer rural destinations, particularly during temporary migration. This preference ... -
Natural-maternalismo y filicidio: La construcción de la madre perfecta y la condena de Evangelina Tejera en Aquí no es Miami
(2024-11-29)A través de la ideología natural-maternalista se perpetúan presiones sobre la mujer, por conducto del mito del ‘instinto maternal’, mismo que construye el imaginario de madre perfecta, pura y sacrificada. Por tanto, a ... -
Rice-aquaculture systems and dietary quality in Bangladesh
(2024-11-28)Rice-aquaculture is promoted in many countries as a system that could simultaneously improve land and water productivity and household diets and nutrition. However, studies evaluating the effects of rice-aquaculture ... -
Small-Scale Irrigation in the Sahel: Adoption Trends, Profitability, and Challenges
(2024-11-26)This paper analyzes the current uptake of small-scale irrigation (SSI1), its profitability, and the constraints to its broader adoption in the Sahel using literature and survey data from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and ... -
Altruistic giving and risk taking in human affairs
(2024-11-14)The purpose of this paper is to provide a general proposition of the relationship between altruism and risk taking. As explained in the body of the paper, we diverge from a result reported in Stark et al. (2022) and provide ... -
Social gains or losses?: Evidence from dairy systems under alternative herd health management practices in Kenya
(2024-11-13)Strategies for sustainable intensification of livestock are becoming increasingly important in designing interventions to develop the sector. In dairying systems, herd health management is among such strategies. While ... -
Perspectives on Zapatista women's identities: Situationality, Gender and Decoloniality
(2024-10-30)The aim of my work focuses on the analysis of the identities and resistances that Zapatis-ta women have been thinking and weaving since the emergence of the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional – EZLN (The Zapatista ... -
A theory of migration as a response to occupational stigma
(2009-11)Drawing on the literature of occupational status and social distance, a theory is developed of labor migration that is prompted by a desire to avoid “social humiliation.” A closed-economy general equilibrium model that ... -
Crop biotechnology in developing countries: A conceptual framework for ex ante economic analyses
(1998-11)It is now widely acknowledged that biotechnology will have significant implications for development. While biotechnology’s potential for low income economies is still the subject of controversy, this paper argues that it ... -
Water insecurity and the poor: Issues and research needs
(1998-10)Household water insecurity is a pressing problem in developing countries. Unsustainable water withdrawal is increasing due to population growth, industrialization, urbanization, and increasing agricultural production which ... -
Child labor and the international policy debate: The education/child labor trade-off and the consequences of trade sanctions
(1998-09)This paper provides an overview of the current academic and public debate on child labor. There is growing impetus to impose international minimum labor standards banning child labor. However, this paper argues that while ...
