Climatic variability has been acquiring an extensive consideration due to its widespread
ability to impact food production and livelihoods. Climate change has the potential to …

Workers who are worried about their personal finances may find it hard to focus at work. If
so, reducing financial concerns could increase productivity. We test this hypothesis in a …

Can microcredit help unlock a poverty trap for some people by putting their businesses on a
different trajectory? Could the small microcredit treatment effects often found for the average …

In October 2010, the state government of Andhra Pradesh, India, issued an emergency
ordinance, bringing microfinance activities in the state to a complete halt and causing a …

This paper develops a new approach to test for downward wage rigidity by examining
transitory shocks to labor demand (ie, rainfall) across 600 Indian districts. Nominal wages …

Poverty alleviation has been one of the most important issues in human society, especially
in rural areas. As a critical solution to settle rural poverty, entrepreneurship increases rural …

Local food prices are key indicators of food security and market conditions. Yet price data
are often not available, particularly for rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. We compiled data …

We study the psychological costs of financial constraints and their economic consequences.
Using a representative survey of US households, we document the prevalence of financial …

We measure the impact of increasing integration between rural villages and outside labor
markets. Seasonal flash floods cause exogenous and unpredictable loss of market access …

Land market incompleteness is argued to have pervasive effects in Sub-Saharan Africa,
including on agricultural efficiency, equity, and structural transformation. Yet experimental …