Development micro

Using a rich dataset from West Africa, we examine the household characteristics associated with membership in community-based …

This paper tests the generalized Trivers Willard hypothesis in the spirit of Kanazawa (2005), which predicts that parents with …

Using unique village census data collected in 2003 and 2008 in Senegal, we assess the impact of a major World Bank-funded Community …

We assess the impact on teenage childbearing as well as student knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of a typical HIV/AIDS teacher …

In this paper, we present a rent-seeking model of conflict, which highlights the role of ideology in determining whether the government …

[fre] Dans cet article, nous étudions les rendements salariaux au capital santé, mesuré par l’indice de masse corporelle, et à la …

We formalize the link between optimal cost-sharing contracts and the production technology in the presence of moral hazard by appealing …

When market structure is complete, factor demands by households will be independent of their characteristics, and households will take …

Community Driven Development (CDD) programs are an extremely important component of the World Bank’s portfolio in the developing world, …

African politics are often said to be dominated by ethnic divides, with the ensuing policies implemented by leaders being based almost …