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Working Papers
2009
Matching and network effects
Working Papers. Serie AD, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie)
Also in Economics Discussion Papers, University of Essex, Department of Economics (2006)
Testing unilateral and bilateral link formation
PSE Working Papers, PSE (Ecole normale supérieure)
2008
Determinants of choice of migration destination
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
Isolation and subjective welfare: evidence from South Asia
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2009)
2007
Quality control in non-staple food markets: Evidence from India
IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
See also Journal Article in Agricultural Economics (2008)
2006
Child Labor, Urban Proximity and Household Composition
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2004) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2006)
Insecurity and Welfare
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Isolation and Subjective Welfare
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2004)
Matching in Rural Producer Organizations
Working Papers, CERDI
Scientific Networks and Co-authorship
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations
Subjective Welfare, Isolation and Relative Consumption
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2008)
Wage Gaps and Job Sorting in African Manufacturing
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
2005
The Formation of Risk Sharing Networks
Working Papers, DIAL (Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2007)
2004
A Client-Community Assessment of the NGO Sector in Uganda
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
See also Journal Article in The Journal of Development Studies (2006)
Assets at Marriage in Rural Ethiopia
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations
Also in Working Papers Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2000)FCND discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2004) View citations FCND briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2004) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2005)
Contingent Loan Repayment in the Philippines
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
Also in Working Papers, DIAL (Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme) (2002) View citations
See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2007)
Crime and Poverty: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations
Crime, Isolation, and Law Enforcement
Working Papers, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2003) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of African Economies (2003)
Employment Concentration Across US Counties
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2003)
See also Journal Article in Regional Science and Urban Economics (2006)
Ethnicity and Networks in African Trade
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
See also Journal Article in Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy (2003)
Increasing Returns and Market Efficiency in Agricultural Trade
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations
Also in MTID discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2003) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2005)
Land Lease Markets and Agricultural Efficiency: Theory and Evidence from Ethiopia
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
Also in EPTD discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2001) View citations 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) (2002)
Learning to Export: Evidence from Moroccan Manufacturing
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2002) View citations International Trade, EconWPA (2004)
Marriage and Assortative Matching in Rural Ethiopia
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
Public Service Provision, User Fees, and Political Turmoil
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA
See also Journal Article in Journal of African Economies (2007)
Social Capital
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations
Also in Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (2004) View citations NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations
See also Chapter (2005)
Social Capital and Development
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
The Resources and Governance of Non-Governmental Organizations in Uganda
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations
The Transmission of International Commodity Prices to Domestic Producers
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations
Wages and Labor Management in African Manufacturing
Development and Comp Systems, EconWPA View citations
2003
Cities and Specialization: Evidence from South Asia
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations
See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2005)
Empirical studies of social capital: a critical survey
Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems View citations
Inequality and Risk
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations
Also in Working Papers, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2002) View citations
Risk Sharing in Labour Markets
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations
See also Journal Article in World Bank Economic Review (2003)
Spontaneous Market Emergence
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
See also Journal Article in Topics in Theoretical Economics (2002)
THEFT AND RURAL POVERTY: RESULTS OF A NATURAL EXPERIMENT
2003 Annual Meeting, August 16-22, 2003, Durban, South Africa, International Association of Agricultural Economists
What are Falling Transport Costs doing to Spatial Concentration Across US Counties?
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
2002
The spatial division of labor in Nepal
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2000) View citations
See also Journal Article in The Journal of Development Studies (2003)
2001
Agricultural markets in Benin and Malawi: the operation and performance of traders
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
Control and ownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households
FCND briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
Also in FCND discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2001)
See also Journal Article in The Journal of Development Studies (2002)
2000
Credit Constraints in Manufacturing Enterprises in Africa
Working Papers Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of African Economies (2003)
Exports and Firm-Level Efficiency in African Manufacturing
Working Papers Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations
Insurance Market Efficiency and Crop Choices in Pakistan
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
Also in Discussion Paper Series, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University (1998)Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (1997) View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2002)
Returns to Social Network Capital among Traders
Development Working Papers, Centro Studi Luca d\'Agliano, University of Milano
See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2002)
Risk-Sharing Networks in Rural Philippines
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations
Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2003)
Social Roles, Human Capital, and the Intrahousehold Division of Labour: Evidence from Pakistan
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations
See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2003)
The Changing Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity Across U.S. Counties
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations
1999
Constitution, Institutions, and the Political Economy of Farm Policies. What Empirical Content?
Staff General Research Papers, Iowa State University, Department of Economics View citations
Contract Flexibility and Dispute Resolution in African Manufacturing
Working Papers Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations
Inventories and Risk in African Manufacturing
Working Papers Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations
See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2000)
Networks, Communities, and Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Firm Growth and Investment
Working Papers Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations
Property Rights in a Flea Market Economy
Working Papers Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations
Also in MTID discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (1999) View citations
See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2001)
Social roles, human capital, and the intrahousehold division of labor
FCND discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
1998
Contract Flexibility and Conflict Resolution: Evidence from African Manufacturing
Working Papers Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations
Efficiency in intrahousehold resource allocation
FCND discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
Human capital, productivity, and labor allocation in rural Pakistan
FCND discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
Marketing policy reform and competitiveness
MTID discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Rates of Return on Physical and Human Capital in Africa's manufacturing Sector
Working Papers Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations
Relationships and traders in Madagascar
MTID discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations
1994
The challenge of ruling over diversity: an extension of Pinhas Zusman's modeling of social power
CUDARE Working Paper Series, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy
Undated
Drought and Saving in West Africa: Are Livestock a Buffer Stock?
Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (1998)
Ethnicity and Markets: Supplier Manufacturing in African Manufacturing
Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics
Inventories, Liquidity, and Contractual Risk in African Manufacturing
Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
Market Emergence, Trust and Reputation
Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
Precautionary Saving Credit Constraints and Investment: Theory and Evidence from Semi-Arid India
Computing in Economics and Finance 1997, Society for Computational Economics
Precautionary Savings, Credit Constraints, and Irreversible Investment: Evidence from Semi-Arid India
Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics
Sovereign Debt, Structural Adjustment and Conditionality
Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (1996)
Journal Articles
2009
Insecurity and Welfare: Evidence from County Data
The Journal of Development Studies , 2009, 45 , (6), 831-863
Intrahousehold Welfare in Rural Ethiopia
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics , 2009, 71 , (4), 567-599
Isolation and Subjective Welfare: Evidence from South Asia
Economic Development and Cultural Change , 2009, 57 , (4), 641-683
See also Working Paper (2008)
2008
Learning to Export: Evidence from Moroccan Manufacturing†
Journal of African Economies , 2008, 17 , (2), 305-355
Price Transmission and Trader Entry in Domestic Commodity Markets
Economic Development and Cultural Change , 2008, 56 , 729-766 View citations
Quality control in nonstaple food markets: evidence from India
Agricultural Economics , 2008, 38 , (3), 251-266
See also Working Paper (2007)
Subjective welfare, isolation, and relative consumption
Journal of Development Economics , 2008, 86 , (1), 43-60 View citations
See also Working Paper (2006)
2007
Contingent Loan Repayment in the Philippines
Economic Development and Cultural Change , 2007, 55 , 633-667
See also Working Paper (2004)
Public Service Provision, User Fees and Political Turmoil
Journal of African Economies , 2007, 16 , (3), 485-518
See also Working Paper (2004)
Risk Sharing and Network Formation
American Economic Review , 2007, 97 , (2), 75-79 View citations
The formation of risk sharing networks
Journal of Development Economics , 2007, 83 , (2), 326-350 View citations
See also Working Paper (2005)
2006
A client-community assessment of the NGO sector in Uganda
The Journal of Development Studies , 2006, 42 , (4), 611-639 View citations
See also Working Paper (2004)
Child labor, urban proximity, and household composition
Journal of Development Economics , 2006, 79 , (2), 374-397 View citations
See also Working Paper (2006)
Crime, Transitory Poverty, and Isolation: Evidence from Madagascar
Economic Development and Cultural Change , 2006, 54 , (3), 579-603 View citations
Employment concentration across U.S. counties
Regional Science and Urban Economics , 2006, 36 , (4), 482-509 View citations
See also Working Paper (2004)
Land Lease Markets and Agricultural Efficiency in Ethiopia
Journal of African Economies , 2006, 15 , (2), 251-284 View citations
2005
Adjustment Costs and Irreversibility as Determinants of Investment: Evidence from African Manufacturing
Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy , 2005, 4 , (1), 1228-1228 View citations
Assets at marriage in rural Ethiopia
Journal of Development Economics , 2005, 77 , (1), 1-25 View citations
See also Working Paper (2004)
Changes in the spatial concentration of employment across US counties: a sectoral analysis 1972--2000
Journal of Economic Geography , 2005, 5 , (3), 261-284 View citations
Cities and Specialisation: Evidence from South Asia
Economic Journal , 2005, 115 , (503), 477-504 View citations
See also Working Paper (2003)
Increasing returns and market efficiency in agricultural trade
Journal of Development Economics , 2005, 78 , (2), 406-442 View citations
See also Working Paper (2004)
Marriage, Bequest, and Assortative Matching in Rural Ethiopia
Economic Development and Cultural Change , 2005, 53 , (2), 347-80 View citations
Selling at the Farmgate or Traveling to Market
American Journal of Agricultural Economics , 2005, 87 , (3), 717-734 View citations
The governance of non-governmental organizations in Uganda
World Development , 2005, 33 , (4), 657-679 View citations
2004
Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn from Exporting?
The Journal of Development Studies , 2004, 40 , (3), 115-141 View citations
2003
Credit Constraints in Manufacturing Enterprises in Africa
Journal of African Economies , 2003, 12 , (1), 104-125 View citations
See also Working Paper (2000)
Crime, Isolation and Law Enforcement
Journal of African Economies , 2003, 12 , (4), 625-671 View citations
See also Working Paper (2004)
Ethnicity and Networks in African Trade
Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy , 2003, 2 , (1), 1227-1227 View citations
See also Working Paper (2004)
Risk Sharing in Labor Markets
World Bank Economic Review , 2003, 17 , (3), 349-366 View citations
See also Working Paper (2003)
Risk-sharing networks in rural Philippines
Journal of Development Economics , 2003, 71 , (2), 261-287 View citations
See also Working Paper (2000)
Social roles, human capital, and the intrahousehold division of labor: evidence from Pakistan
Oxford Economic Papers , 2003, 55 , (1), 36-80 View citations
See also Working Paper (2000)
The spatial division of labour in Nepal
The Journal of Development Studies , 2003, 39 , (6), 23-66 View citations
See also Working Paper (2002)
2002
Control and ownership of assets within rural Ethiopian households
The Journal of Development Studies , 2002, 38 , (6), 47-82 View citations
See also Working Paper (2001)
Feature: Taking Africa Seriously: Introduction
Journal of African Economies , 2002, 11 , (2), 279-281
Insurance market efficiency and crop choices in Pakistan
Journal of Development Economics , 2002, 67 , (2), 419-453 View citations
See also Working Paper (2000)
Returns to social network capital among traders
Oxford Economic Papers , 2002, 54 , (2), 173-206 View citations
See also Working Paper (2000)
Spontaneous Market Emergence
Topics in Theoretical Economics , 2002, 2 , (1), 1045-1045 View citations
See also Working Paper (2003)
2001
Property Rights in a Flea Market Economy
Economic Development and Cultural Change , 2001, 49 , (2), 229-67 View citations
See also Working Paper (1999)
Social Capital and Agricultural Trade
American Journal of Agricultural Economics , 2001, 83 , (3), 680-85 View citations
2000
Ethnicity and credit in African manufacturing
Journal of Development Economics , 2000, 61 , (1), 205-235 View citations
Inventories and Risk in African Manufacturing
Economic Journal , 2000, 110 , (466), 861-93 View citations
See also Working Paper (1999)
1999
Social Heterogeneity and Wasteful Lobbying
Public Choice , 1999, 98 , (1-2), 5-27 View citations
1998
Drought and saving in West Africa: are livestock a buffer stock?
Journal of Development Economics , 1998, 55 , (2), 273-305 View citations
See also Working Paper
The Tragedy of the Commons, Livestock Cycles and Sustainability
Journal of African Economies , 1998, 7 , (3), 384-423 View citations
1997
Introduction: Markets in sub-saharan Africa
World Development , 1997, 25 , (5), 733-734 View citations
Mobile Capital, Local Externalities, and Industrialization
Journal of Comparative Economics , 1997, 25 , (3), 345-365
Precautionary Saving, Credit Constraints, and Irreversible Investment: Theory and Evidence from Semiarid India
Journal of Business & Economic Statistics , 1997, 15 , (2), 180-94 View citations
The Determinants of Livestock Prices in Niger
Journal of African Economies , 1997, 6 , (2), 255-95 View citations
Trade credit in Zimbabwean manufacturing
World Development , 1997, 25 , (5), 795-815 View citations
1996
Local demand, investment multipliers, and industrialization: Theory and application to the Guatemalan highlands
Journal of Development Economics , 1996, 49 , (1), 61-92 View citations
Sovereign debt, structural adjustment, and conditionality
Journal of Development Economics , 1996, 50 , (2), 313-335 View citations
See also Working Paper
The Spatial Integration of Livestock Markets in Niger
Journal of African Economies , 1996, 5 , (3), 366-405 View citations
The enforcement of commercial contracts in Ghana
World Development , 1996, 24 , (3), 427-448 View citations
1993
Sequential Labor Decisions under Uncertainty: An Estimable Household Model of West-African Farmers
Econometrica , 1993, 61 , (5), 1173-97 View citations
1992
Solidarity Networks in Preindustrial Societies: Rational Peasants with a Moral Economy
Economic Development and Cultural Change , 1992, 41 , (1), 147-74 View citations
1991
Evaluating biological productivity in intercropping systems with production possibility curves
Agricultural Systems , 1991, 36 , (2), 137-157
Peasant Household Behaviour with Missing Markets: Some Paradoxes Explained
Economic Journal , 1991, 101 , (409), 1400-417 View citations
Books
2004
Market Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Theory and Evidence, vol 1
MIT Press Books, The MIT Press
Chapters
2008
Extended Family and Kinship Networks: Economic Insights and Evolutionary Directions
Elsevier View citations
Household Formation and Marriage Markets in Rural Areas
Elsevier
2005
Social Capital
Chapter 26 in Handbook of Economic Growth , 2005, vol. 1, Part B, pp 1639-1699 View citations
See also Working Paper (2004)
Editor
Journal of African Economies
Oxford University Press