IZA Discussion Papers

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. 10640

Forced off Farm? Labor Allocation Response to Land Requisition in Rural China

Shuang Ma, Ren Mu

published in: World Development, 2020, 132, 104980.

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. 10376

Is the Allocation of Time Gender Sensitive to Food Price Changes? An Investigation of Hours of Work in Uganda

Daniela Campus, Gianna Claudia Giannelli

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. 9439

Hurricane Watch: Battening Down the Effects of the Storm on Local Crop Production

Nekeisha Spencer, Solomon Polachek

published in: Ecological Economics, 2015, 120, 234-240.

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. 9207

Building Trust in Rural Producer Organizations in Senegal: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Tanguy Bernard, Markus Frölich, Andreas Landmann, Pia Naima Unte, Angelino Viceisza, Fleur Wouterse

published in: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2021, 50 (3), 465 - 484

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. 8967

Economic Development, Novelty Consumption, and Body Weight: Evidence from the East German Transition to Capitalism

Davide Dragone, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

published as 'Non-Separable Time Preferences, Novelty Consumption, and Body Weight: Theory and Evidence from the East German Transition to Capitalism' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 51, 41-65.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8630

Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision: Evidence from China

John T. Giles, Ren Mu

published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017, 100 (2), 521-544

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