Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF): Recent submissions
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Income redistribution going awry: The reversal power of the concern for relative deprivation
(2012-12)We demonstrate that a rank-preserving transfer from a richer individual to a poorer individual can exacerbate income inequality (when inequality is measured by the Gini coefficient). This happens when individuals’ preferences ... -
Intersectoral health action in Tanzania: Determinants and policy implications
(2012-12)The tremendous human resource and economic burden of HIV/AIDS, malaria and diarrhoeal diseases is well acknowledged in many developing countries. Most of these diseases have multifaceted causes such as malnutrition, the ... -
Effects of weather shocks on agricultural commodity prices in Central Asia
(2012-11)Higher weather volatility may be reflected in higher incidences of weather shocks. Weather shocks could potentially affect the supply of agricultural commodities and their prices. In this study, the effects of weather ... -
Do family ties with those left behind intensify or weaken migrants’ assimilation?
(2012-09)Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to his family back home assimilates more the more altruistic he is, and also more than a non-remitting migrant. -
The role of scarcity in global virtual water flows
(2012-09)Recent analyses of the evolution and structure of trade in virtual water revealed that the number of trade connections and volume of virtual water trade have more than doubled over the past two decades, and that developed ... -
Migration networks as a response to financial constraints: Onset and endogenous dynamics
(2012-08)A migration network is modeled as a mutually beneficial cooperative agreement between financially-constrained individuals who seek to finance and expedite their migration. The cooperation agreement creates a network: ... -
The role of virtual water for sustainable economic restructuring: evidence from Uzbekistan, Central Asia
(2012-06)Increases in water demand due to population growth, industrial development and urbanization necessitate economically efficient use of water resources worldwide. This is particularly true in the dryland zones of the world ... -
Price volatility, speculation and excessive speculation in commodity markets: sheep or shepherd behaviour?
(2012-05)The present study aims to investigate the dynamics of primary commodity prices and the role of speculation over time. In particular the relationship between speculation and price volatility on the one side, and the linkage ... -
Infrastructure in developing countries: An overview of some economic issues
(2012-04)This paper surveys the main issues and controversies in the economic literature on infrastructure in developing countries. Section I reviews the evidence on the role of infrastructure in promoting economic growth. It is ... -
A back-door brain drain
(2012-04)In this paper we study the impact of the international migration of unskilled workers on skill formation and the average skill level in the home country. We analyze what appears to be the least threatening scenario from ... -
Policy responses to a dark side of the integration of regions and nations
(2012-03)In this paper I study policy responses to an increase in post-merger distress. I consider the integration of regions and nations as a merger of populations which I view as a revision of social space, and I identify the ... -
Integration, social distress, and policy formation
(2012-01)I study the integration of regions in the form of a merger of populations, which I interpret as a revision of people’s social space and their comparison set; I illustrate the way in which a merger can aggravate social ... -
Global food price volatility and spikes: An overview of costs, causes, and solutions
(2012)Since the 2007–08 food crisis, many thoughtful analyses have addressed the causes and impacts of high and volatile international food prices and proposed solutions to the crisis. These studies have covered global as well ... -
Economics of land degradation initiative: Methods and approach for global and national assessments
(2013-10)Healthy land ecosystems are essential to sustainable development, including food security and improved livelihoods. Yet, their key services have usually been taken for granted and their true value underrated, leading to ... -
Integration as a catalyst for assimilation
(2013-08)We draw a distinction between the social integration and economic assimilation of migrants, and study an interaction between the two. We define social integration as blending into the host country’s society, and economic ... -
Migration and dynamics: How a leakage of human capital lubricates the engine of economic growth
(2013-07)This paper studies the growth dynamics of a developing country under migration. Assuming that human capital formation is subject to a strong enough, positive intertemporal externality, the prospect of migration will increase ... -
Ethnicity, marriage and family income
(2013-07)This study adds a microeconomic perspective to the discussion on ethnic diversity and economic performance in developing countries by investigating the motivation for intra-ethnicity marriage in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. ... -
Stressful integration
(2013-05)This paper considers the integration of economies as a merger of populations. The premise is that the merger of groups of people alters their social landscape and their comparators. The paper identifies the effect of the ... -
Futures commodities prices and media coverage
(2013-05)In this paper we examine the effects of media coverage of commodity prices increases and decreases on the price of the commodity and how media coverage in other commodities affects prices. We provide evidence of the ... -
How market-based water allocation can improve water use efficiency in the Aral Sea basin?
(2013-05)Increasing water demand due to population growth, irrigation expansion, industrial development, and the need for ecosystem improvements under mounting investment costs for developing new water sources calls for the efficient, ...
