Zentrale wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen: Recent submissions
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Risk-laden migration as a response to relative deprivation: A hypothesis
(2022-12)Received migration research has it that higher relative deprivation strengthens the incentive for people to migrate, and that migration is often a risky enterprise. Relative deprivation has been seen as a push factor in ... -
Agglomeration, pollution, and migration: A substantial link, and policy design
(2022-12)We study a developing countries setting in which agglomeration efficiency of urban production attracts rural-to-urban migration, whereas urban pollution deters rural-to-urban migration. By means of a general equilibrium ... -
Carbon Farming Training and Welfare: Evidence from Northern Ghana
(2022-09)Carbon farming, particularly soil carbon climate strategies, has emerged as a popular tool in addressing climate change and variability in worldwide agriculture. Yet, there is a paucity of evidence on its application, and ... -
Value chain transformations in the transition to a sustainable bioeconomy
(2022-08)The adoption of new bio-based technologies that reduce our reliance on fossil fuels is presented as a path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while creating new business opportunities. Such a transition towards a bio-based ... -
Can the evolution of joint savings agreements counter the effect of higher costs of migration on its intensity?
(2022-06)In this paper we consider a population of would-be migrants in a developing country. To begin with, this population is divided into two sets: those who save by themselves to pay for the cost of their migration, and those ... -
On the optimal size of a joint savings association
(2022-05)We develop a formula for the optimal size of a joint savings association between individuals who share the same financial goal and who can save towards that goal at the same rate. Our motivating example and the core of our ... -
The Impact of Social Assistance Programmes in a Pandemic: Evidence from Kenya
(2022-05)This paper examines whether social protection – in the form of existing social assistance programmes - affects measures of household well-being such as poverty, food security and costly risk-coping behaviour during the ... -
Why reducing relative deprivation but not reducing income inequality might bring down COVID-19 infections
(2022-01)We examine an assumed link between reducing inequality in income distribution, namely reducing the Gini coefficient on one hand, and improving public health in general and lowering the incidence and severity of COVID-19 ... -
The Changing Drivers of Food Inflation – Macroeconomics, Inflation, and War
(2024-02)The inflation surge in recent years is having profound social, economic, and political consequences. In particular, food price increases strongly affect low-income segments of the population. What makes this period so ... -
A note on Sen’s representation of the Gini coefficient: Revision and repercussions
(2024-02)Sen (1973 and 1997) presents the Gini coefficient of income inequality in a population as follows. “In any pair-wise comparison the man with the lower income can be thought to be suffering from some depression on finding ... -
Maternal employment in high-value agriculture and child nutrition: Evidence from the Ethiopian cut-flower industry
(2023-12)In many countries of the Global South, agri-food supply chains are transforming rapidly. One important feature of this transformation is growth in certain high-value agricultural subsectors, such as horticulture and ... -
Measuring income inequality in social networks
(2023-10)We present a new index for measuring income inequality in networks. The index is based on income comparisons made by the members of a network who are linked with each other by direct social connections. To model the ... -
Drought Shocks and Labor Reallocation in Rural Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia
(2023-10)We study how rural households in Ethiopia adapt to droughts through labor reallocation. By using three waves of panel data and exploiting spatial-temporal variations in drought exposure, we find that households reduce ... -
Can altruism lead to a willingness to take risks?
(2023-10)I study attitudes towards risk taking in cases where a person relates to others positively, namely altruistically. This study is needed because it is unclear how altruism influences the inclination of an altruistic person ... -
Farmer-friendly delivery of veterinary services: Experimental insights from the Kenyan dairy sector
(2023-09)Poor health conditions of livestock cause sizeable losses for many farmers in the Global South. Veterinary services, including vaccinations, could help but often fail to reach farmers under typical smallholder conditions. ... -
Impacts of supermarkets on child nutrition in China
(2023-06)In many developing countries, food environments are changing rapidly. One emblematic trend is the proliferation of supermarkets and other modern retailers. While changing food environments likely influence the types of ... -
Why do rural people temporarily migrate to other rural areas?: Insights from northern Bangladesh
(2023-06)Migration from rural to urban areas is common in many low- and middle-income countries. However, temporary migration from rural to other rural areas also occurs and is not well understood. We explore what drives rural ... -
E-commerce improves dietary quality of rural households in China
(2023-06)E-commerce is gaining importance in the food sector of many countries, and its potential influence on people’s access to food and dietary choices is yet to be thoroughly investigated. In this study, we analyze data from a ... -
On a tendency in health economics to dwell on income inequality and underestimate social stress
(2023-04)Social stress can cause physical and mental harm. It is therefore not surprising that public health policy makers have sought to identify and implement policies aimed at tackling this social ill. A frequently prescribed ... -
Agricultural commodity prices, governance, and land supply in the Tropics
(2023-04)Sustainable use of land resources is at the core of the bioeconomy, and it is of central importance for development in the coming decades. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals reflect this aspect of development ...
