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 …
This dissertation examines some of the distinctive features of business taxation in middle-income countries. Chapter 1 studies the role of firms acting as tax collectors …
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 …
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, …
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 …
This dissertation contains three chapters. In the first chapter, I study the effect of a seven-minute face-to-face conversation on trust and other-regarding preferences. I find …
Private firms are vital in lifting millions of individuals in developing countries out of poverty. Yet, relative to their advanced economies counterparts, private firms in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
This dissertation explores the institutional and cultural origins of economic development in the long run and seeks to answer some of the important questions of …
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 …
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 …
This dissertation examines how environment and history shape the contemporary economic preference and behavior of people across the Globe. Chapter 1 explores the origins of …
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 …
This dissertation focuses on topics related to human capital investment and how individual decisions affect their welfare. Chapter 1 conducts an experiment to improve high-school …
This dissertation presents three applied microeconomics papers on topics relevant to development. In Chapter 1, I study the historical 1917 Halifax Explosion and reconstruction to …
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 …
