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Joint land certification and intra-household decision-making : towards empowerment of wives?
(CLTS Working paper;2013:14, Working paper, 2013)We have used gender-disaggregated household panel data from 2007 and 2012 in combination with dictator games and hawk-dove games to assess the effects of joint land certification of husbands and wives on wives’ involvement ... -
Input subsidies and demand for improved maize : relative prices and household heterogeneity matter!
(CLTS Working paper;2013:6, Working paper, 2013)This study uses simple non-separable farm household models calibrated to household, market, farming and policy context conditions in Central and Southern Malawi. The models are used to simulate how household characteristics, ... -
Generosity and social distance in dictator game field experiments with and without a face
(CLTS Working paper;2013:1, Working paper, 2013)Field experiments combining dictator games with stated preference questions are used to elicit within subject and between subject sharing behavior with known family members and anonymous villager. A simple theoretical model ... -
The roles of land tenure reforms and land markets in the context of population growth and land use intensification in Africa
(CLTS Working paper;2013:15, Working paper, 2013)This article provides a review of the past and potential future roles of land tenure reforms and land markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as responses to population growth in the process of land use intensification and ... -
Links between tenure security and food security : evidence from Ethiopia
(CLTS Working paper;2013:2, Working paper, 2013)The study uses five rounds of household panel data from Tigray, Ethiopia, collected in the period 1998–2010 to assess the impacts of a land registration and certification program that aimed to strengthen tenure security ... -
Unbundling land administrative reform : demand for second stage land certification in Ethiopia
(CLTS Working paper;2013:3, Working paper, 2013)Ethiopia has implemented one of the largest, fastest and cheapest land registration and certification reforms in Africa. While there have been evidences of positive impacts of this land reform in terms of increased ... -
Economy-wide effects of input subsidies in Malawi : market imperfections and household heterogeneity
(CLTS Working paper;2014:7, Working paper, 2014)The potential benefits of providing subsidized inputs to farm-households in developing countries may reach well beyond the targeted households. More specifically, increased food productionand demand for rural labor may benefit ... -
How does Ethiopia’s productive safety net program affect livestock accumulation and children’s education?
(CLTS Working paper;2014:8, Working paper, 2014)We use panel data from Northern Ethiopia to investigate the welfare impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program. We assess whether the program raised livestock asset levels and children’s education among participant ... -
Tools, fertilizer or cash? : exchange asymmetries in productive assets
(CLTS Working paper;2014:13, Working paper, 2014)We used a field experiment to investigate exchange asymmetries in productive assets among poor rural respondents in Ethiopia. Farmers were randomly allocated two types of productive assets or cash, with a choice to keep ... -
Agricultural household models for Malawi : household heterogeneity, market characteristics, agricultural productivity, input subsidies, and price shocks : a baseline report
(CLTS Working paper;2014:5, Working paper, 2014)This report documents agricultural household models developed for agricultural policy analyses related to the assessment of impacts of agricultural input subsidies and maize technology choices in Malawi. The models have ... -
Are wives less selfish than their husbands? Evidence from Hawk-Dove game field experiments
(CLTS Working paper;2014:3, Working paper, 2014)Lab-in-the-field Hawk-Dove game experiments were played by spouses in a rural sample of households in Southern Ethiopia where women/wives traditionally have a weak position. Randomized treatments included a 3x3 design with ... -
Joint land certification, gendered preferences, and land-related decisions : are wives getting more involved?
(CLTS Working paper;2014:6, Working paper, 2014)We have investigated whether joint land certification in Southern Ethiopia has contributed to a strengthening of the perceived land rights of women and an increase in their intra-household involvement in land-related ... -
Risky choices of poor people : comparing risk preference elicitation approaches in field experiments
(CLTS Working paper;2014:10, Working paper, 2014)This paper studies the risk preferences of poor rural households in Malawi and compares the Holt and Laury (2002) (HL) multiple price list approach with hypothetical real-world framing and monetary incentive-compatible ... -
Eiendomsrettigheter og jordleie i Rissa gjennom 900 år
(CLTS Working paper;2014:9, Working paper, 2014)Denne artikkelen bygger på lokale bygdebøker fra Rissa kommune i Sør-Trøndelag. De gir en mer eller mindre detaljert bygdehistorie som går 900 år tilbake. Artikkelen fokuserer på eiendomsrettsstrukturen og jordleie innen ... -
Land valuation and perceptions of land sales prohibition in Ethiopia
(CLTS Working paper;2014:12, Working paper, 2014)This study investigates attitudes towards legalizing land sales and Willingness to Accept (WTA) sales prices and compensation prices for land among smallholder households in four different areas in the Oromia and SNNP ... -
Learning the hard way? : adapting to climate risk in Tanzania
(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 ... -
Does Ethiopia's productive safety net program improve child nutrition?
(CLTS Working paper;2014:1, Working paper, 2014)We study the link between Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) and short-run nutrition outcomes among children age 5 years and younger. We use 2006 and 2010 survey data from Northern Ethiopia to estimate parameters ... -
Explaining anomalies in intertemporal choice : a mental zooming theory
(CLTS Working paper;2014:2, Working paper, 2014)I present a theory that can explain hyperbolic discounting and magnitude effects in intertemporal choice. This approach builds on theories of narrow framing and reference dependence and expands these theories in a novel ... -
Activity choice in rural non-farm employment (RNFE) : survival versus accumulative strategy
(CLTS Working paper;2014:11, Working paper, 2014)This paper examines the nonfarm employment choice of individuals using panel data from Ethiopia that covers the period 1994-2004. Non-farm activities that require more resources in the form of skill or capital yield higher ... -
Can adoption of improved maize varieties help smallholder farmers adapt to drought? : evidence from Malawi
(CLTS Working paper;2015:1, Working paper, 2015)This study used a three-year panel dataset for 350 Malawian farm households to examine the potential for widespread adoption of drought tolerant (DT) maize varieties, a technology that holds considerable promise for ...