Thesis
Public interventions and labor allocation
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Rural development programs often focus on increasing agricultural investment. Yet, many farmers can benefit from investing in a different technology: outmigration. I explore how one common class of policies — input subsidy programs (ISPs) — allows households to sort based on the relative returns of these two technologies. First, I exploit area-by-year variations in the roll-out of a large-scale Zambian ISP and use a difference-in-differences strategy. I show that the ISP fost...
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+ Williams, M
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- SSD
- Department:
- Blavatnik School of Government
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- Contributor
+ Ismaila, H
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- Contributor
+ Osofu, A
- Role:
- Contributor
+ Awoonor-Williams, K
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- Contributor
+ Pougué-Biyong, J
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- MPLS
- Department:
- Mathematical Institute
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- Contributor
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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English
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2026-10-29
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- Copyright holder:
- Binta Zahra Diop
- Copyright date:
- 2023
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