Informational Barriers to Credit for Migrants: Evidence from Guatemala
In: Economic Development and Cultural Change, Band 60, Heft 3, S. 535-570
ISSN: 1539-2988
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In: Economic Development and Cultural Change, Band 60, Heft 3, S. 535-570
ISSN: 1539-2988
In: Middle East review of international affairs. Journal, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 42-52
ISSN: 1565-8996
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In: The journal of human resources, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 516-547
ISSN: 1548-8004
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 56, S. 139-152
In: UNSW Australian School of Business Research Paper No. 2014-22
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In: Journal of development effectiveness, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 103-130
ISSN: 1943-9407
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In: Yale University Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper No. 1030
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In: Journal of institutional economics, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 281-304
ISSN: 1744-1382
Abstract:Skepticism prevails among a substantial number of economists over a possible connection between civil liberties and the level of economic activity. Until now, empirical research on economic growth has found mixed evidence on the influence of civil liberties. Disaggregation of the Freedom House Civil Liberties Index allows a fresh empirical look at the effect of human rights on long-term growth or economic development. Our results show that one of the four subcategories of the index outperforms all available indicators of property rights institutions in explaining long-term economic growth. This subcategory, Personal Autonomy and Individual Rights, captures the level of second generation human rights that affect the mobility of individuals with respect to housing, employment and university education, as well as the level of protection of property rights. This result is robust with respect to reverse causation, important omitted variables such as geography and human capital, as well as to a variety of sensitivity tests. We also discuss in our conceptual framework how civil liberties work as an indicator of the prevalence of the rule of law and how the latter affects growth or development as an essential public input.
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 160, S. 1-19
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In: Journal of development economics, Band 127, S. 234-249
ISSN: 0304-3878
In: Journal of development economics, Band 127, S. 234-249
ISSN: 0304-3878
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In: American economic review, Band 111, Heft 6, S. 1918-1943
ISSN: 1944-7981
Can targeting information to network-central farmers induce more adoption of a new agricultural technology? By combining social network data and a field experiment in 200 villages in Malawi, we find that targeting central farmers is important to spur the diffusion process. We also provide evidence of one explanation for why centrality matters: a diffusion process governed by complex contagion. Our results are consistent with a model in which many farmers need to learn from multiple people before they adopt themselves. This means that without proper targeting of information, the diffusion process can stall and technology adoption remains perpetually low. (JEL O13, O18, O33, Q12, Q16)