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The Effect of Land Scarcity on Farm Structure: Empirical Evidence from Mali [PDF]
We analyze the individualization of farm units in Mali in the sense of a transformation of purely collective farms into mixed units in which private plots coexist with collective fields.
Catherine Guirkinger +1 more
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Daily Collectors, Public Good Provision and Private Consumption: Theory and Evidence from Urban Benin [PDF]
Daily collectors operate worldwide; they charge a fee in exchange for the collection of their client's deposits. The clients recover their savings after one month.
Vincent Somville
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Does Aid Induce Brain Drain? The Effect of Foreign Aid on Migration Selection [PDF]
Recent evidence suggests that aid induces migration. However, total migration is quite general from a policy perspective since what explains the welfare consequences of migration is the extent of emigration selection. In this paper we ask whether skilled
Darwin Ugarte, Vincenzo Verardi
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Robinson's Squareroot-of-n-consistent Semiparametric Regression Estimator in Stata [PDF]
This paper describes Robinson's (1988) double residual semiparametric regression estimator and Hardle and Mammen's (1993) specification test implementation in Stata.
Nicolas Debarsy, Vincenzo Verardi
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Classical Horizontal Inequity and Reranking: an Integrated Approach [PDF]
The last 20 years have seen a significant evolution in the literature on horizontal inequity (HI) and have led to two major and "rival" methodological strands, namely, classical HI and reranking.
Araar, Abdelkrim +2 more
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Inertia in the North American Electricity Industry: Can the Kyoto Protocol Objectives Be Realistically Met? [PDF]
If they are to be attained, the objectives set in the Kyoto Protocol will impose fundamental changes on the structure of North America's economy. This text highlights the extent of the Kyoto challenge by clearly describing the historical inertia in terms
Doucet, Joseph A. +2 more
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Governance and Development [PDF]
In this paper we discuss whether or not `governance' is an important source of variation in development experiences. We draw four main conclusions. First, governance is best thought of a sub-set of `institutions' and as such emphasis on governance is ...
James A. Robinson +2 more
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Transformation of the Family under Rising Land Pressure: A Theoretical Essay [PDF]
If we understand well the individualization of land tenure rules under conditions of growing land scarcity and increased market integration, much less is known about the mode of evolution of the farm-cum-family units possessing the land.
Catherine Guirkinger +1 more
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Beyond Divide-and-Rule: Sparking Civil War to Hold on Power [PDF]
We propose a model where an autocrat rules over an ethnically divided society. The dictator carefully selects the tax rate over the subjects' production and the nation's natural resources to maximize his rent under the threat of a revolution.
Giacomo De Luca, Petros Sekeris
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