• Four empirical essays on agriculture and human capital in Sub-Saharan Africa 

      Westberg, Nina Bruvik (PhD Thesis;2016:73, Doctoral thesis, 2016)
      The objective of this thesis is to shed light on households' agricultural investments and adaptation to climate risk and shocks, and how politicians and local customs may impact households' behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa. ...
    • Girls versus boys? Factors associated with children's schooling in rural Malawi 

      Westberg, Nina Bruvik (Master thesis, 2012-11-14)
      The decision on whether to send children to school or not is essentially one made by the household. Recent research has increasingly focused on how intra-household bargaining affects the school participation decision, and ...
    • Learning the hard way? : adapting to climate risk in Tanzania 

      Skjeflo, Sofie Waage; Westberg, Nina Bruvik (CLTS Working paper;2014:4, Working paper, 2014)
      We use recent panel data on Tanzanian farm households to investigate how previous exposure to weather shocks affects the impact of a current shock. Specifically, we investigate the impact of droughts on agricultural outcomes ...