Blar i CLTS Working papers (HH) på forfatter "Tilahun, Mesfin"
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Is diminishing impatience in time-dated risky prospects explained by probability weighting?
Holden, Stein T.; Tilahun, Mesfin; Sommervoll, Dag Einar (CLTS Working paper;03/22, Working paper, 2022)We use a field experiment and a within-subject design based on multiple Choice Lists (CLs) that integrate time and risk. Diminishing impatience with extended time horizons is studied by varying time horizons from one week ... -
Knowledge, beliefs, perceptions, and behavior related to the corona (COVID-19) pandemic among university students in Malawi
Holden, Stein T.; Katengeza, Samson; Tione, Sarah; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;07/22, Working paper, 2022-06)This study is based on a survey of 764 students at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), Lilongwe, Malawi. It aims to provide evidence on the extent of exposure to the pandemic among ... -
Land distribution in Northern Ethiopia from 1998 to 2016 : gender-disaggregated, spatial and intertemporal variation
Holden, Stein Terje; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;2017:3, Working paper, 2017)This study utilizes land registry data from the First and Second Stage Land Registration Reforms that took place in 1998 and 2016 in sampled districts and communities in Tigray region of Ethiopia. Tigray was the first ... -
Land rental as a complementary income source for land-poor youth
Holden, Stein T.; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;6/18, Working paper, 2018)Continued high population growth in already densely populated rural areas in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa makes it harder for youth to choose agriculture as their main source of income. We investigate whether near landless ... -
Magnitude Effects and Utility Curvature in Inter-temporal Choice
Holden, Stein T.; Tilahun, Mesfin; Sommervoll, Dag Einar (CLTS Working paper;08/20, Working paper, 2020)The appropriate way to empirically estimate time-dated utility and time preferences based on experimental data has been subject to controversy. Our study assesses whether within-subject magnitude treatments are more ... -
Mental Zooming as Variable Asset Integration in Inter-temporal Choice
Holden, Stein T.; Sommervoll, Dag Einar; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;07/20, Working paper, 2020)Our time preferences deviate systematically from that of Homo economicus. They seem to be driven by a form of mental zooming, where higher and more distant payouts induce a more holistic perspective in contrast to smaller ... -
Numeracy Skills, Decision Errors, and Risk Preference Estimation
Holden, Stein T.; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;05/23, Working paper, 2023-09)Basic numeracy skills are obviously important for rational decisionmaking when agents are facing choices between risky prospects. Poor and vulnerable people with limited education and numeracy skills live in risky environments ... -
The Predictive Power of Luck: Luck and Risk-Taking in a Repeated Risky Investment Game
Holden, Stein T.; Tione, Sarah; Katengeza, Samson; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;09/22, Working paper, 2022-10)Can luck predict risk-taking behavior in games of chance? Economists have not widely studied this issue although overconfidence, optimism-, and pessimism bias have received substantial attention in recent years. In this ... -
Religion, beliefs, trust, and COVID vaccination behavior among rural people in Malawi
Holden, Stein T.; Tione, Sarah; Tilahun, Mesfin; Katengeza, Samson (CLTS Working paper;04/23, Working paper, 2023-01)This study investigates the religious and other beliefs related to the corona/COVID-19 pandemic and how they are related to covid risk perceptions, trust in COVID vaccines, and how these are affected by the religious ... -
Religion, perceptions, and behavior during the corona/COVID- 19 pandemic among university students in Malawi
Holden, Stein T.; Katengeza, Samson; Tione, Sarah; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;08/22, Working paper, 2022-06)This study investigates the covid risk perceptions, information updating behavior related to the pandemic, use of protective measures, especially facemasks, and the demand for vaccines among university students in Malawi. ... -
Shocks and Stability of Risk Preferences
Holden, Stein T.; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;05/21, Working paper, 2021)While economists in the past tended to assume that individual preferences, including risk preferences, are stable over time, a recent literature has developed that indicate that risk preferences respond to shocks. This ... -
The importance of Ostrom's design principles : youth group performance in Northern Ethiopia
Holden, Stein Terje; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;2017:2, Working paper, 2017)Youth unemployment and migration are growing challenges that need more political attention in many countries, particularly countries with rapid population growth and economic transformation. Proactively mobilizing the youth ... -
Youth as environmental custodians : a potential tragedy or a sustainable business and livelihood model?
Holden, Stein Terje; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;2016:6, Working paper, 2016)Youth unemployment and migration is a growing challenge that needs more political attention in many countries in the world, particularly countries with rapid population growth and economic transformation. Proactively ... -
Youth business groups and leadership : group leader and member survey statistics
Holden, Stein T.; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;5/19, Working paper, 2019)This working paper is an output from the research project “Youth Business Groups for Sustainable Development: Lessons from the Ethiopian Model” that is funded by Research Council of Norway under the NORGLOBAL2 research ...