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Intra-household bargaining in poor countriesThis paper is intended to bridge the theoretical literature describing efficient intra-household behaviour and the development literature that collects empirical regularities pointing toward the existence of strategic decision-making among spouses...
Households Efficiency DevelopmentAbout
Presentation - AL9The title of the lecture is ‘The World is not Flat: Inequality and Injustice in our Global Economy’. The reference to ‘flatness’ alludes to the more level playing field due to globalization that has enabled China, India, and...
Inequality Justice GlobalizationWorking Paper
The power to choose: Gender balance of power and intra-household educational spending in IndiaWe assess the effect of female bargaining power on the share of educational expenditures in the household budget in India...
Collective bargaining Education Feminist economicsWorking Paper
Coffee price volatility and intra-household labour supply: Evidence from Viet NamVolatility in commodity markets poses an acute risk to farmers in developing countries who rely on cash crop agriculture...
Households Income Labor supplyVideo
Special Session on South Africa 2Conference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 3.2
Health Poverty Economic surveysVideo
The Poorest and Most ExcludedConference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 1.3
Poverty Children HouseholdsVideo
Social ProtectionConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 6.2
Households Natural disasters CreditVideo
Sustainable EnergyConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 3.2
Climate change Households Energy infrastructureWorking Paper
Gender-based violence and gender bias in schooling decision: Evidence from sub-Saharan AfricaThis paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children live in, on school attendance, school achievement, as well as boys’ and girls’ dropouts...
Education Families HouseholdsWorking Paper
Income and price elasticities of demand in South Africa: An application of the linear expenditure systemThis paper investigates the expenditure patterns of South African households using detailed cross-sectional expenditure and price data...
Aeronautics, Commercial Consumption (Economics) Food supplyWorking Paper
Ethnic disadvantage in Vietnam: Evidence using panel dataThis study investigates the ethnic disadvantage in rural Vietnam, focusing on the magnitude of the majority–minority gap and the constraints on ethnic minority households that contribute to the gap...
Equality and inequality Ethnic relations HouseholdsWorking Paper
Commercialization in agriculture in rural Viet Nam, 2006-14The vast majority of households in rural Viet Nam undertake agricultural activities and for many this is their main livelihood. Moreover, this agriculture has become increasingly commercialized over time...
Agricultural credit Agriculture AquacultureWorking Paper
Labour and migration in rural VietnamThis paper provides an overview of the characteristics of migrant households and analyses the effects of migration in Vietnam, on the basis of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey conducted in 2012 and 2014...
Emigrant remittances Households Labor mobilityJournal Article
Modeling Fuel Choice among Households in Northern CameroonPart of Journal Special Issue Economics of climate change impacts on developing countries
Households Renewable energy sources Technological innovationsWorking Paper
Comparing the development of agricultural technology and information technology in rural VietnamThis paper presents a descriptive analysis on the ownership of different types of technology—both agricultural machinery and information technology—within households in rural areas of Vietnam...
Agriculture Households Information technologyWorking Paper
Land issues in Vietnam 2006–14: Markets, property rights, and investmentThis paper uses five waves of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) to analyse land issues in Viet Nam from a number of different angles...
Household survey Households Land tenure