Development Economics Group
The mission of the Development Economics Group (DEC) is to contribute to an improved understanding of the processes of sustainable development, institutions, conflict and poverty alleviation. To this end, DEC selects teaching material and focuses on research that can shed light on the dynamics of factor productivity and resource use in developing countries.
Agenda
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Assessing Economics and Policies Using the Real Options Methodology - 3 ECTS - Irreversible effects do play an important role in private as well as public decision making. The basis for the Precautionary Principle, an important... -
Esther Gehrke (U California, Berkeley, USA) Technical change and fertility: Evidence from the oil palm boom in Indonesia -
Economics of Farm Households - 1 ECTS -
Critical Gender Studies in the Life Sciences domains -
Ayal Kimhi (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel): Who exits from a reforming sector? The case of dairy farmers in Israel -
XXI Annual BIOECON Conference - Inequality and poverty in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management
The Scientific Partners of BIOECON are pleased to inform you that...
Highlights
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Erwin Bulte gekozen als lid KNAW - De KNAW heeft de Wageningse hoogleraar prof. Erwin Bulte gekozen als lid. Naast hem zijn nog twee Wageningse hoogleraren gekozen: prof. John van der... -
Call for Papers: 2018 Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries - We are pleased to announce that the 2018 Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries (SEEDEC) will be held on 19 and 20 April at the...
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Latest publications
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Persistence of land reallocations in Chinese villages: The role of village democracy and households’ knowledge of policy
Journal of Rural Studies (2019). - ISSN 0743-0167
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Does bundling crop insurance with certified seeds crowd-in investments? Experimental evidence from Kenya
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2019). - ISSN 0167-2681
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The impact of husbands' involvement in goal-setting training on women's empowerment : First evidence from an intervention among female microfinance borrowers in Sri Lanka
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 29 (2019)4. - ISSN 1052-9284 - p. 336 - 351.
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Liquidity constraints, informal institutions, and the adoption of weather insurance: A randomized controlled Trial in Ethiopia
Journal of Development Economics 140 (2019). - ISSN 0304-3878 - p. 269 - 278.
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Parental unemployment and child health in China
Review of Economics of the Household (2019). - ISSN 1569-5239 - 31 p.