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The study considers the inclusion of dummy explanatory variables (in regression estimation) in both cross –section and time series data. In survey data, a continuous variable may be categorized into a…
18 December 2013 | Peer Reviewed | TanzaniaPro-environmental behavior is the willingness to cooperate and contribute to environmental public goods. A good understanding of why individuals undertake pro-environmental actions is important in…
5 December 2013 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaLevels of trust are measured by asking standard survey questions on trust and by observing the behaviour in a trust game using a random sample in rural Bangladesh. Follow-up questions and correlations…
24 November 2013 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenThis paper examines the adverse effect of natural resources scarcity on children's schooling and the possible gender bias of resource collection work against girls' schooling. It uses cross-sectional…
23 October 2013 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaIncentives conditioned on socially desired acts such as donating blood, departing conflict or mitigating climate change have increased in popularity. Many incentives are targeted, excluding some of…
20 October 2013 | Other Publications | Central America, SwedenA critical issue in the design of incentive mechanisms is the choice of whom to target. For forests, the leading schemes: [i] target locations with high ecosystem-service density; [ii] target…
20 October 2013 | Other Publications | Central AmericaThis is a PhD dissertation by Haileselassie Medhin and containing seven self-contained papers: Paper 1: Thanks but No Thanks: A New Policy to Reduce Land Conflict Paper 2: Experimentation and Social…
13 October 2013 | Thesis PHD | Sweden, EthiopiaWe use a natural field experiment to investigate the hypothesis that generosity is partly involuntary, by examining whether individuals tend to avoid opportunities to act generously. In Sweden, new…
15 September 2013 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenWe study household decision making in a high-stakes experiment with a random sample of households in rural China. Spouses have to choose between risky lotteries, first separately and then jointly. We…
13 September 2013 | Peer Reviewed | China, SwedenThis is a PhD dissertation by Anna Norden contains five papers: Paper 1: Incentives, Impacts, and Behavioural Issues in the Context of Payment for Ecosystem Services Programmes: Lessons for REDD+…
3 September 2013 | Thesis PHD | Central America