Randomization for Causality, Ethnography for Mechanisms: Illiquid Savings for Liquor in an Autarkic Society
In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16810
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In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16810
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In: Journal of development economics, Band 85, Heft 1-2, S. 105-128
ISSN: 0304-3878
World Affairs Online
In: Economics of education review, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 45-53
ISSN: 0272-7757
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 127, S. 1-10
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In: Journal of development effectiveness, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 276-291
ISSN: 1943-9407
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 105, S. 1-12
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 99, S. 498-517
In: The journal of development studies, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 288-301
ISSN: 1743-9140
We used survey and ethnographic data to study savings in a highly autarkic society of native Amazonians in Bolivia (Tsimane'). We equated savings with the amount of maize and rice in storage, area planted with plantains and manioc, and number of edible domesticated animals owned by a household or an adult. We found no large inter-annual change in savings possibly due to low income, impulsivity and a bundle of institutions and norms, such as borrowing, theft and reciprocity norms. The bundle attenuates the need for household formal savings at the periphery of markets. Adapted from the source document.
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 288-301
ISSN: 0022-0388
World Affairs Online
In: The journal of development studies, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 288-301
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 217-232
ISSN: 0022-0388
World Affairs Online
In: Annual review of anthropology, Band 34, Heft 1, S. 121-138
ISSN: 1545-4290
Assessing the effects of markets on the well-being of indigenous peoples and their conservation of natural resources matters to identify public policies to improve well-being and enhance conservation and to test hypotheses about sociocultural change. We review studies about how market economies affect the subsistence, health, nutritional status, social capital, and traditional ecological knowledge of indigenous peoples and their use of renewable natural resources. Market exposure produces mixed effects on well-being and conservation. Unclear effects arise from the small sample size of observations; reliance on cross-sectional data or short panels; lack of agreement on the measure of key variables, such as integration to the market or folk knowledge, or whether to rely on perceived or objective indicators of health; and endogeneity biases. Rigorous empirical studies linking market economies with the well-being of indigenous peoples or their use of renewable natural resources have yet to take off.
In: Economics of education review, Band 31, Heft 6, S. 1017-1027
ISSN: 0272-7757
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 217-232
ISSN: 0022-0388
In: The journal of development studies, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 217-232
ISSN: 1743-9140