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Gender differentiation in risk-taking behavior: On the relative risk aversion of single men and single women
(2015-11)We relate an observed difference between single men (SM) and single women (SW) in attitudes towards risk to the higher value assigned to social status by SM than by SW. In the marriage market, low status carries a harsher ... -
The role of livestock portfolios and group-based approaches for building resilience in the face of accelerating climate change: An asset-based panel data analysis from rural Kenya
(2015-10)This study examines the impact of multiple shocks on assets by employing two waves of a panel data set of 360 rural households in three agro-ecological zones in Kenya. To control for unobserved heterogeneity, a ‘within’ ... -
Small farms: Changing structures and roles in economic development
(2015-10)Small farms are the largest employment and small business group among the poor. Their businesses use mostly labor and local resources and face local constraints, but at the same time, they are affected by increasingly ... -
Decentralized energy in water-energy-food security nexus in developing countries: Case studies on successes and failures
(2015-08)Access to modern energy is vital for sustainable development. In rural areas, decentralized energy solutions may play a significant role in reducing poverty, supporting community institutions and facilitating the generation ... -
How inheriting affects bequest plans
(2015-11)We present and test the idea that bequest planning is linked with the experience of inheriting. We consider “a family tradition of bequeathing” as a channel through which the intention to bequeath is moulded by and is ... -
Energy security, uncertainty, and energy resource use option in Ethiopia: A sector modelling approach
(2015-07)Ethiopia’s energy sector faces critical challenges to meeting steadily increasing demand given limited infrastructure, heavy reliance on hydroelectric power, and underdevelopment of alternative energy resources. The main ... -
Engineering an incentive to search for work: A comparison groups approach
(2015-05)Social comparisons are important in the employment sphere. A “culture of unemployment” may evolve and prevail because it is optimal for an individual to remain unemployed when other unemployed individuals constitute his ... -
A bitter choice turned sweet: How acknowledging individuals’ concern at having a low relative income serves to align utilitarianism and egalitarianism
(2015-03)When individuals’ utility is a convex combination of their income and their concern at having a low relative income (the weights attached to income and to the concern at having a low relative income sum up to one), the ... -
Modelling Indian wheat and rice sector policies
(2015-03)This paper serves to disentangle the complex system of Indian food policies related to wheat and rice procurement, storage, distribution and trade. Using nationally aggregated time series data, these policies are econometrically ... -
The impact of the assimilation of migrants on the well-being of native inhabitants: A theory
(2015-01)We present a theory that systematically and causally links the well-being of native inhabitants with variation in the extent of the assimilation of migrants. Recent empirical findings are yielded as predictions of the theory. -
Evaluating the impacts of traditional biomass energy use on agricultural production in Sichuan, China
(2016-12)As crop straw and firewood are generated as by-products of food production systems, they are perceived to be sustainable energy sources that do not threaten food security by Chinese government for a long time. However, the ... -
Social interactions and aspirations formation in rural Ethiopia
(2016-12)The recent literature postulates that aspirations are one of the key determinants of economic decision making, and that aspirations are formed socially through observations and by learning from ‘relevant others’ (or the ... -
Consensus income distribution
(2016-11)In determining the optimal redistribution of a given population’s income, we ask which factor is more important: the social planner’s aversion to inequality, embedded in an isoelastic social welfare function indexed by a ... -
Demographic dynamics and long-run development: Insights for the secular stagnation debate
(2016-09)This paper takes a global, long-run perspective on the recent debate about secular stagnation, which has so far mainly focused on the short term. The analysis is motivated by observing the interplay between the economic ... -
Assessing nexus effects of energy use in rural areas: the case of an inter- and intra-household model for Uttar Pradesh, India
(2016-09)The focus of our analysis is on nexus issues among energy use, incomes, employment, investment decisions, and agricultural production for meeting food and feed demands, as well as health-related effects on rural households. ... -
Will a government find it financially easier to neutralize a looming protest if more groups are involved?
(2016-08)We study a policy response to an increase in post-merger social stress. If a merger of groups of people is viewed as a revision of their social space, then the merger alters people’s comparators and increases social stress: ... -
Arsenic contamination of drinking water and mental health
(2016-07)This paper investigates the effect of drinking arsenic contaminated water on mental health. Drinking water with an unsafe arsenic level for a prolonged period can lead to arsenicosis and associated illness. Based on rich ... -
The impact of drinking water quality and sanitation on child health: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
(2016-07)This paper examines the impact of drinking water quality and sanitation behavior on child health in rural districts of Ethiopia. Using primary household survey data and microbiological water test for <em>Escherichia ... -
Determinants of household drinking water quality in rural Ethiopia
(2016-07)Safe and adequate water supply is a vital element to preserve human health; however, access to clean water is limited in many developing countries. Furthermore, improved water sources are often contaminated with fecal ... -
Impact of different irrigation systems on water quality in peri-urban areas of Gujarat, India
(2016-07)The ever-growing population of India, along with the increasing competition for water for productive uses in different sectors – especially irrigated agriculture and related local water systems and drainage – poses a ...
