IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Experimenting with a green 'Green Revolution'. Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Indonesia' in: Ecological Economics, 2023, 205, 107727

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12948

Gender, Information and the Efficiency of Household Production Decisions: An Experiment in Rural Togo

Marie Christine Apedo-Amah, Habiba Djebbari, Roberta Ziparo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12813

Improving Access to Savings through Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence from African Smallholder Farmers

Catia Batista, Pedro C. Vicente

published in: World Development, 2020, 129, 104905

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12514

The Effects of Access to Credit on Productivity: Separating Technological Changes from Changes in Technical Efficiency

Nusrat Abedin Jimi, Plamen Nikolov, Mohammad Abdul Malek, Subal C. Kumbhakar

published in: Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2019, 52 (1-3), 37-55

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12476

Can Agricultural Extension and Input Support Be Discontinued? Evidence from a Randomized Phaseout in Uganda

Ram Fishman, Stephen C. Smith, Vida Bobic, Munshi Sulaiman

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104 (6), 1273–1288.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10641

How Sustainable Are Benefits from Extension for Smallholder Farmers? Evidence from a Randomized Phase-Out of the BRAC Program in Uganda

Ram Fishman, Stephen C. Smith, Vida Bobic, Munshi Sulaiman

This analysis of midline experimental results was expanded using endline data in IZA DP No. 12476,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10501

Women's Economic Capacity and Children's Human Capital Accumulation

Jacobus de Hoop, Patrick Premand, Furio C. Rosati, Renos Vakis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10377

Small-Scale Farming and Food Security: The Enabling Role of Cash Transfers in South Africa's Former Homelands

Dieter von Fintel, Louw Pienaar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10351

Rainfall Risk and Fertility: Evidence from Farm Settlements during the American Demographic Transition

Michael Grimm

published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21, 593-618.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9971

Coerced Labor in the Cotton Sector: How Global Commodity Prices (Don't) Transmit to the Poor

Alexander M. Danzer, Robert Grundke

published as 'Export price shocks and rural labor markets: The role of labor market distortions' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 145, 102464

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9807

A Comparison of Panel Data Models in Estimating Technical Efficiency

Masoomeh Rashidghalam, Almas Heshmati, Ghader Dashti, Esmail Pishbahar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9521

Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African Farmers

Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9361

Can Crop Purchase Programs Reduce Poverty and Improve Welfare in Rural Communities? Evidence from the Food Reserve Agency in Zambia

Winnie Fung, Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Nicole Mason, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

published in: Agricultural Economics, 2020, 51(4), 489-638

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9357

Income Guarantees and Borrowing in Risky Environments: Evidence from India's Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Clive Bell, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay

published in: Economica, 2020, 87 (347), 763-812

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9206

Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda

Yao Pan, Stephen C. Smith, Munshi Sulaiman

published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, 100 (4), 1012–1031

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8564

Young Entrepreneurs in Rural Africa: Prevalence, Determinants, Productivity

Paula Nagler, Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8525

Do Cows Have Negative Returns? The Evidence Revisited

Esther Gehrke, Michael Grimm

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, 66 (4): 673 - 707.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8524

Labor Productivity in Rural African Enterprises: Empirical Evidence from the LSMS-ISA

Paula Nagler, Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8008

Non-Farm Entrepreneurship in Rural Africa: Patterns and Determinants

Paula Nagler, Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7907

Is Women's Ownership of Land a Panacea in Developing Countries? Evidence from Land-Owning Farm Households in Malawi

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Ralitza Dimova, Ira N. Gang

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2016, 52(2), 242-253

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7511

After the Farm Crisis: Religiosity in the Rural United States

Wafa Hakim Orman

published as 'Religiosity and Financial Crises in the United States' in: Journal of the Scientific Study of Religion, 2019, 58 (1), 20-46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6872

Rural Households in a Changing Climate

Javier E. Baez, Dorothy Kronick, Andrew D. Mason

published in: World Bank Research Observer, 2013, 28 (2), 267–289

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5701

Impact of Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes on Seasonal Labor Markets: Optimum Compensation and Workers' Welfare

Arnab K. Basu

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2013, 11 (1), 1-34,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4373

Producer Protection Legislation and Termination Damages in the Presence of Contracting Frictions

Steven Y. Wu

published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2010, 91 (1), 28 - 41

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3403

Does Off-Farm Labor Relax Farmers’ Credit Constraints? Evidence from Longitudinal Data for Vietnam

Marco Stampini, Benjamin Davis

revised version published in: Agricultural Economics, 2009, 40(2), 177-188

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3391

Geography vs. Institutions at the Village Level

Michael Grimm, Stephan Klasen

published as 'Migration pressure, tenure security and agricultural intensification. Evidence from Indonesia' in: Land Economics, 2015, 91 (3), 411-434.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2319

Analyzing Cost Efficient Production Behavior Under Economies of Scope: A Nonparametric Methodology

Laurens Cherchye, Bram De Rock, Frederic Vermeulen

published in: Operations Research, 2008, 56(1), 204-221

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2258

Pulls, Pushes and Entitlement Failures in Labor Markets: Does the State of Development Matter?

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Ralitza Dimova, Jeffrey B. Nugent

published as 'Off-farm Labour Supply and Labour Markets in Rapidly Changing Circumstances: Bulgaria during Transition' in: Economic Systems, 2011, 35 (3), 378 - 389

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1342

Perspectives on the Early Retirement Decisions of Farming Couples

Minna Väre, Almas Heshmati

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