
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.
Latest publications
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Influence of poverty concerns on demand for healthier processed foods : A field experiment in Mexico City
Economics and Human Biology 49 (2023). - ISSN 1570-677X -
The role of social capital in adoption of risky versus less risky subsidized input supplies: An empirical study of cocoa farmers in Ghana
Journal of Rural Studies 97 (2023). - ISSN 0743-0167 - p. 140 - 152. -
Changes in women's empowerment in the household, women's diet diversity, and their relationship against the background of COVID-19 in southern Bangladesh
Journal of Asian Economics 84 (2023). - ISSN 1049-0078 -
Improving smallholder farmer's soil nutrient management: the effect of science and technology backyards in the North China plain
China Agricultural Economic Review 15 (2023)1. - ISSN 1756-137X - p. 134 - 158. -
Do smallholder farmers prefer commitment or flexibility in pension savings accounts? A randomised experiment of cocoa farmers in Ghana
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 22 (2023)1. - ISSN 1474-7472 - p. 23 - 37.