Blar i School of Economics and Business (HH) på forfatter "Angelsen, Arild"
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Access to productive assets and impact on household welfare in rural Uganda
Tatwangire, Alex (PhD Thesis;2011:27, Doctoral thesis, 2011)This thesis assesses the impact of access to productive assets on the welfare of rural farm households in Uganda. It consists of an introduction paper and five other independent papers. Paper I provides robust empirical ... -
Assessment of the impact of labour out migration on household agricultural production and income distribution : a case study of Mardi watershed in western hills of Nepal
Sesabo, Jennifer Kasanda (Master thesis, 2001)The migration of labour out of agriculture can have a profound effect on agricultural production, consumption and income distribution in rural areas of third world countries. This study examines the effect of labour-out-migration ... -
Conservation agriculture, livelihoods and deforestation in Zambia
Ngoma, Hambulo (PhD Thesis;2016:102, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Conservation agriculture (CA) practices such as minimum tillage have been promoted for about two decades as a way to conserve soils and increase agricultural productivity and farm incomes in sub-Saharan Africa, including ... -
Drivers of deforestation and incentives for REDD+
Naime Sánchez Henkel, Julia del Carmen (PhD Thesis;2022:4, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Tropical deforestation is a global environmental and development problem. Identifying policies that effectively reduce deforestation while improving rural livelihoods is essential to meet our climate and sustainable ... -
Food vs. non-food crops : changes in areas and yields 1992 to 2016
Reinertsen, Henrik Liadal (Master thesis, 2018)Changing demand for different agricultural products causes shifts in land use. Until recently, food production was the main agricultural practice for most countries. Today, producing nonfood crops, exclusively is on the ... -
Forests and livelihoods in Malawi : looking beyond aggregate income shares
Chilongo, Thabbie Maxwell Saukira (PhD Thesis;2014:51, Doctoral thesis, 2014)This thesis assesses the role and determinants of forest products on livelihoods of rural households surrounding Chimaliro and Liwonde forest reserves in Malawi. The task is achieved in four independent but thematically-related ... -
In matters of taste, there can be no disputes : an empirical study of endogenous preferences
Jonsson, Pia Jihan (Master thesis, 2020)A fundamental assumption in traditional economic theory is exogeneity of preferences. Economists view preferences as innate characteristics that are stable with regards to time and space. This thesis questions this assumption ... -
Incentivized forest conservation : spatial econometric and experimental evidence
Hailu, Amare Teklay (PhD Thesis;2018:21, Doctoral thesis, 2018)A key element in the implementation of an effective result-based mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) is the reference level (RL). Setting RLs requires modeling and predicting ... -
Is Europe moving in the right direction? : a statistical analysis of right-wing populism
Godal, Eirik Skoglund (Master thesis, 2020)Right-wing populism has emerged as a major political force in Europe over the last 10 to 15 years and changed the political balance in several countries. Many researchers and studies have attempted to explain this phenomenon ... -
Kan flyreisende dultes ut av køen? : telefon vs. selvbetjening : en eksperimentell studie av Norwegians telefonkunder
Thorsen, Hanna Elisabeth (Master thesis, 2018)Vi ser på tre tiltak for å dulte innringere til Norwegian Air Shuttle å foretrekke selvbetjening, heller enn å ringe til kundeservice for bestilling eller endring av billett. Tiltakene er prisinformasjon, tilrettelegging ... -
Landholding, forest extraction and poverty in Uganda
Ainembabazi, John Herbert (PhD Thesis;2012:53, Doctoral thesis, 2012)Motivated by a large body of literature that suggests land is a key determinant of livelihood strategies for farm households in developing countries, this thesis offers insights on how the mode of land acquisition at the ... -
Pathways to development
Bachke, Maren Elise (PhD Thesis;2014:73, Doctoral thesis, 2014)This thesis consists of four articles and an introduction. It contributes to the debate on development, development aid and poverty reduction, and identifies possible pathways to development. In particular, I study financing ... -
Persistent miscoordination : an economics of Amazon fires
Cammelli, Federico (PhD Thesis;2018:16, Doctoral thesis, 2018)This thesis analyzes micro-level causes of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon, and the impact of policies and droughts on smallholders’ decisions to use and control fires. Fires in the Brazilian Amazon are an important ... -
Policy shifts and stock market : lessons from the US and China
Datsenko, Ruslana (Master thesis, 2017)Governments set legal framework and economic policies, which influence the economic-institutional environment in which financial actors operate. They levy taxes, provide subsidies and investments, enforce laws and punish ... -
Poverty, resource use and intensification strategies of smallholders under population pressure in southern Ethiopia
Engeda, Worku Tessema (PhD Thesis;2007:37, Doctoral thesis, 2007)The dissertation investigates resource use and intensification strategies of smallholders facing poverty and population pressure. It comprises an introduction and four independent papers. Based on data collected from a ... -
Seed security in the presence of climate shocks and socioeconomic inequality in Africa
Makate, Clifton (PhD Thesis;2022:65, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Access to diverse and well-adapted seeds is vital in helping farmers raise crop yields, agricultural incomes, and food security, reducing poverty and inequalities, and improving human well-being. The realization of benefits ... -
Tenure, forest use and policies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+)
Dokken, Therese (PhD Thesis;2014:57, Doctoral thesis, 2014)The objectives of the thesis is to improve our understanding of what determine differences in access to and use of land and forest resources across households, introduce new methods to analyze this, and identify policy ... -
The economics of childhood : are childhood and upbringing conditions related to high school performance? : evidence from a Norwegian high school
Goldschmidt Giuliani, David Fabrizzio (Master thesis, 2018)The effects of cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills and family/upbringing related variables on high-school performance are tested. The study is based on a sample of 154 students from a Norwegian high-school. -
Utdannes økonomene for det 21. århundrets utfordringer? : en analytisk utredning av bachelorutdanningene i samfunnsøkonomi i Norge
Lindman, Liv Anna (Master thesis, 2018)Denne oppgavens formål er å drøfte og utrede hvorvidt økonomistudentene i dag utdannes slik at de har forutsetninger for å analysere og løse de utfordingene som ligger foran oss i det 21. århundret. Metoden som er brukt ... -
When tourist flows cause flooding : the economics of overcrowding
Aanensen, Miriam Malen (Master thesis, 2017)Today, people are travelling more than ever, and an increased amount of this travelling occurs in natural environments. There exists a fundamental relationship between the environment and tourism, as the environment is a ...