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Agriculture in Developing Countries: Land Institutions, Market Participation, and Credit

Description:
This dissertation is composed of three chapters on agriculture in developing countries. Each of these three chapters seeks to understand how market institutions shape farmers …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Gafaro Gonzalez, Margarita (creator)
Foster, Andrew (Advisor)
Sautmann, Anja (Reader)
Bjorkergren, Daniel (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Economics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Development economics
Collection:
Economics
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics

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Abstract of ESSAYS IN APPLIED MICROECONOMICS, by AURORA ALEJANDRA RAMÍREZ ÁLVAREZ, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2017 Essays in Applied Microeconomics contains two main chapters written …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Ramírez Álvarez, Aurora Alejandra (creator)
Knight, Brian (Advisor)
Shapiro, Jesse (Reader)
Björkegren, Daniel (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Economics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Mexico
Development economics
Mass media
property rights
perceptions crime
Collection:
Economics
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Essays in Development Economics and Public Program Provision

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This dissertation concentrates on topics in development economics and applied microeconomic theory. I focus on understanding the relationship between credit access and natural resource management, …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Glick, David A (creator)
Foster, Andrew (Advisor)
Chay, Kenneth (Reader)
Turner, Matthew (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Economics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Development economics
Soils, Salts in
Natural resources--Management
health economics
Collection:
Economics
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Essays in Environmental and Development Economics

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This dissertation analyzes how air pollution affects manufacturing productivity in India and the degree to which industries vary in their sensitivity to air pollution. Determining …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Hansen-Lewis, Jamie (creator)
Shapiro, Jesse (Advisor)
Foster, Andrew (Advisor)
Oster, Emily (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Economics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
India
Development economics
Environmental economics
Industrial organization
Collection:
Economics
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Essays on International Trade and Economic Development

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This dissertation contains three essays on international trade and economic development. The first chapter provides evidence that, contrary to the prediction of the workhorse gravity …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Costa Scottini, Lucas (creator)
Eaton, Jonathan (Advisor)
Blaum, Joaquin (Advisor)
Shapiro, Jesse (Advisor)
Brown University. Department of Economics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Development economics
International trade
Collection:
Economics
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Essays on Private Responses to Public Policies in India

Description:
My dissertation aims to increase the understanding of the impact of government programs on household economic outcomes in developing countries. My research uses empirical methods …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Wadhwa, Sagar (creator)
Foster, Andrew (Advisor)
Bjorkegren, Daniel (Reader)
Steinberg, Bryce (Reader)
Thakral, Neil (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Economics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
India
Development economics
Demonetization
Collection:
Economics
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Essays on Semiformal Financial Institutions in Rural India

Description:
In the first chapter of this dissertation, I draw together the literature on credit market failure and political commitment and propose a new channel by …
Year:
2013
Contributor:
Goldston, Jacob (creator)
Munshi, Kaivan (Director)
Levine, Ross (Reader)
Knight, Brian (Reader)
Brown University. Economics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
political economy
ASCA
SHG
Development economics
Economics
Schleswig-Holsteinische Gemeinschaft
India
Collection:
Economics
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Essays on the Economics of Gender and Education

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This dissertation evaluates disparities in economic outcomes by gender and ethnicity, with a focus on the underlying causes and the policies that can be used …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Borker, Girija (creator)
Foster, Andrew (Advisor)
Oster, Emily (Reader)
Turner, Matthew (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Economics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Gender
India
Development economics
Education
Sexual harassment of women
Marriage market
Tribals in India
Collection:
Economics
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Essays on Urban Housing and Water Infrastructure for Economic Development

Description:
Rapid urbanization in developing countries presents new challenges for designing public policy. My dissertation studies how informal institutions in these cities impact the optimal provision …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Violette, William J (creator)
Foster, Andrew (Advisor)
Shapiro, Jesse (Reader)
Bjorkegren, Daniel (Reader)
Turner, Matthew (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Economics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Development economics
Urban economics
Environmental economics
Industrial organization
Collection:
Economics
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Household Decision Making in Zambia: Consumption, Technology Adoption, and Marriage

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This dissertation seeks to understand household behavior in rural Africa. Chapter 1 derives a novel prediction of consumption responses to new information by building on …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Miura, Ken (creator)
Foster, Andrew (Advisor)
Michalopoulos, Stelios (Reader)
Steinberg, Bryce (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Economics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Development economics
Households
Agriculture
Zambia
Collection:
Economics
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Studying the Effect of Formal Rules on Behavior and Social Norms using Lab and Lab-in-the-Field Experiments

Description:
I study the effect of formal rules on individual behavior and social norms using lab-in-the-field and lab experiments. I use dictator games in my experiments …
Year:
2018
Contributor:
Govindan, Pavitra (creator)
Dal Bó, Pedro (Advisor)
Putterman, Louis (Reader)
Foster, Andrew (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Economics (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Social policy
Social norms
India
Development economics
Experimental design
Formal rules
Behavioral change
Behavioral Economics
Caste
Dalits
Law and economics
Cultural norms
Dictator Games
lab-in-the-field experiments
Collection:
Economics
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Wealth, Health, and Child Education in Developing Countries

Description:
Children in developing countries face a myriad of hardships including poverty, household economic shocks, and high disease burden. These adverse conditions curtail children’s human capital …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Reda, Ayalu Aklilu (creator)
Lindstrom, David (Advisor)
Short, Susan (Reader)
White, Michael (Reader)
Jackson, Margot (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Sociology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Social policy
Children's Health
Developing countries
Child health
Development economics
Adolescent
Children
Consumption (Economics)
Education
Multilevel models (Statistics)
Adulthood
Population
Longitudinal studies
Social surveys
Health surveys
Demography
Economic policy
Poverty
Wealth
Parent and child
Income
Households
Collection:
Sociology
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