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The Persistence of Subjective Poverty in Urban Ethiopia
(2012-12)
Using panel data spanning 15 years, this paper investigates the persistence and correlates of subjective and consumption poverty in urban Ethiopia. Despite the decline in consumption poverty in recent years, which has been ...
Framing and Minimum Levels in Public Good Provision
(2016-04)
Using a laboratory experiment in the field, we examine how the choice architecture of framing a social dilemma – give to or take from a public good – interacts with a policy intervention that enforces a minimum contribution ...
Organic Farming Technologies and Agricultural Productivity: The case of Semi-Arid Ethiopia
(2008-12-16)
Organic farming practices, in as far as they rely on local or farm renewable resources, present desirable options for enhancing agricultural productivity for resource-constrained farmers in developing countries. In this ...
Soil Conservation and Small-Scale Food Production in Highland Ethiopia A Stochastic Metafrontier Approach
(2009-11-30)
This study adopts the stochastic metafrontier approach to investigate the role of soil conservation
in small-scale highland agriculture in Ethiopia. Plot-level stochastic frontiers and metafrontier
technology-gap ratios ...
Inflation Dynamics and Food Prices in Ethiopia
(2010-11)
During the global food crisis, Ethiopia experienced an unprecedented increase in inflation, among the highest in Africa. Using monthly data over the past decade, we estimate models of inflation to identify the importance ...
Risk Implications of Farm Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands
(2009-11-30)
In countries where insurance and credit markets are thin or missing, production and consumption risks
play a critical role in the choice and use of production inputs and adoption of new farm technologies. In this
paper, ...
Essays on Poverty, Risk and Consumption Dynamics in Ethiopia
(2006)
Paper 1. This paper analysed the state of poverty and income distribution in rural and urban Ethiopia during 1994-2000. Poverty declined from 1994 to 1997, and then increased to 2000. This finding is consistent with major ...
Determinants of Adoption and Impacts of Sustainable Land Management and Climate Smart Agricultural Practices (SLM-CSA) :Panel Data Evidence from the Ethiopian Highlands
(2017-08)
This paper analyzes the factors affecting adoption of sustainable land management and climate smart agricultural (SLM-CSA) practices (in particular tree planting, soil conservation and intercropping) and the effects of ...
The Effect of Older Siblings’ Literacy on School Entry and Primary School Progress in the Ethiopian Highlands
(2011-03)
The effects of older sisters’ and brothers’ literacy on the annual school entry and primary school grade progress probabilities of boys and girls are estimated using within-household variation. Older siblings’ literacy has ...
Does a Diversification Motive Influence Children’s School Entry in the Ethiopian Highlands?
(2011-03)
Household-level diversification of human capital investments is investigated. A simple model is developed, followed by an empirical analysis using 2000-2007 data from the rural Amhara region of Ethiopia. Diversification ...