Browsing CLTS Working papers (HH) by Author "Holden, Stein Terje"
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A land tenure module for LSMS
Holden, Stein Terje; Ali, Daniel; Deininger, Klaus; Hilhorst, Thea (CLTS Working paper;2016:1, Working paper, 2016)This paper proposes to fill the important gap in reliable and nationally representative land tenure data by including a Land Tenure Module (LTM) to be linked to multi-purpose household surveys such as the Living Standard ... -
Activity choice in rural non-farm employment (RNFE) : survival versus accumulative strategy
Bezu, Sosina; Barrett, Christopher B.; Holden, Stein Terje (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 ... -
Adoption of CA technologies among followers of lead farmers : how strong is the influence from lead farmers?
Fisher, Monica; Holden, Stein Terje; Katengeza, Samson P. (CLTS Working paper;2017:7, Working paper, 2017)This study investigates how the Farmer-to-Farmer-Extension (F2FE) system with lead farmers and follower farmers influences adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) technologies in Malawi. Using data from 180 lead farmers ... -
Adoption of drought tolerant maize varieties under rainfall stress in Malawi
Holden, Stein Terje; Lunduka, Rodney W.; Katengeza, Samson P. (CLTS Working paper;2017:4, Working paper, 2017)This paper examines adoption of drought tolerant (DT) maize varieties under rainfall stress in Malawi using a Mundlak-Chamberlain panel Probit model with a Control Function approach. DT maize varieties is a promising ... -
Adoption of soil fertility management technologies in Malawi : impact of drought exposure
Holden, Stein Terje; Fisher, Monica; Katengeza, Samson P. (CLTS Working paper;2017:11, Working paper, 2017)Soil fertility management (SFM) technologies may potentially protect against climate risks, reduce nutrient depletion and enhance food security. In this paper, we study impact of drought exposure on adoption and adoption ... -
Agricultural household models for Malawi : household heterogeneity, market characteristics, agricultural productivity, input subsidies, and price shocks : a baseline report
Holden, Stein Terje (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 ... -
Amazing maize in Malawi : input subsidies, factor productivity and land use intensification
Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working paper;2013:4, Working paper, 2013)The paper uses three years of household farm plot panel data (2006-2009), covering six districts in central and southern Malawi to assess factor productivity and farming system development under the input subsidy program. ... -
Are wives less selfish than their husbands? Evidence from Hawk-Dove game field experiments
Holden, Stein Terje; Bezu, Sosina (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 ... -
Can adoption of improved maize varieties help smallholder farmers adapt to drought? : evidence from Malawi
Holden, Stein Terje; Fischer, Monica (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 ... -
Can area measurement error explain the inverse farm size productivity relationship?
Holden, Stein Terje; Fisher, Monica (CLTS Working paper;2013:12, Working paper, 2013)The existence of an inverse relationship (IR) between farm size and productivity in tropical agriculture remains a debated issue with policy relevance. Poor agricultural statistical data, including data on farm sizes and ... -
Can the land rental market facilitate smallholder commercialization? : evidence from northern Ethiopia
Gebru, Menasbo; Holden, Stein Terje; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;2017:10, Working paper, 2017)The paper utilizes household panel data to investigate whether the land rental market can facilitate improved access to land for land-poor tenant households over time and thereby facilitate expansion of their farming ... -
Caste discrimination, land reforms and land market performance in Nepal
Aryal, Jeetendra P.; Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working Paper;2011:01, Working paper, 2011)The caste system is an intricate part of the institutional structure as well as class formation, political instability and conflicts in Nepal. The most severely discriminated group in the caste system is the Dalits, the ... -
Caste, land and labour market imperfections, and land productivity in rural Nepal
Aryal, Jeetendra P.; Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working paper;2011:6, Working paper, 2011)This paper provides new evidence on the caste-related land productivity differential and its explanations in rural Nepal using household plot panel data. Low-caste households are found to have significantly higher land ... -
Collective versus individual property : tenure security and forest tenure reforms in China
Holden, Stein Terje; Xu, Jintao; Jiang, Xuemei (CLTS Working paper;2011:4, Working paper, 2011)This study assesses the determinants of forest land allocation to households in the forest tenure reforms in China in the period 1980-2005 using data from three provinces in Southern China; Fujian, Jiang Xi and Yunnan. ... -
Disability types and children’s schooling in Africa
Zhang, Huafeng; Holden, Stein Terje (CLTS Working paper;04/22, Working paper, 2022)The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set up by the United Nations include an overarching principle of “leaving no one behind” and aim for, among other goals, equal access to education for children with disabilities. ... -
Does Ethiopia's productive safety net program improve child nutrition?
Debela, Bethelhem Legesse; Shively, Gerald; Holden, Stein Terje (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 ... -
Does land registration and certification reduce land border conflicts?
Holden, Stein Terje; Deininger, Klaus; Ghebru, Hosaena (CLTS Working paper;2011:5, Working paper, 2011)This paper assesses factors related to local land border conflicts and how low cost land registration and certification has affected land conflicts during and after land registration and certification using data from ... -
Economy-wide effects of input subsidies in Malawi : market imperfections and household heterogeneity
Skjeflo, Sofie Waage; Holden, Stein Terje (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 ... -
Eiendomsrettigheter og jordleie i Rissa gjennom 900 år
Holden, Stein Terje (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 ... -
Explaining anomalies in intertemporal choice : a mental zooming theory
Holden, Stein Terje (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 ...