Essays about: "Household surveys"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 44 essays containing the words Household surveys.

  1. 31. Persistent High Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Gerolf Aurig; [2013]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine the link between socio-economic factors and persistent high fertility in Niger. A national comparison with Senegal – an early fertility transition country – serves as reference point to understand the phenomenon on the basis of associated fertility patterns and drivers. READ MORE

  3. 32. Water, Smallholders and Food Security : an econometric assessment of the effect of time spent on collecting water on households’ economy and food security in rural Ethiopia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Abenezer Zeleke Aklilu; [2013]
    Keywords : Water; Small scale farming; Agricultural household model; Ethiopian rural household survey; Labor allocation;

    Abstract : Due to a lack of basic infrastructure, it is common in least developed countries that households spend a considerable share of the hours that they have available per day for production activities on fetching water. This study analyzes the economic impact of time spent by Ethiopian rural farm households on fetching water. READ MORE

  4. 33. Remittances and the educational attainment of children in the Philippines

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Miguel Roberto Vivar Borromeo; [2012]
    Keywords : educational attainment; instrumental variables; ordered probit; Philippines; remittances; Southeast Asia;

    Abstract : This paper examines the determinants, primarily the receipt of remittances, of educational attainment of Filipino children using merged datasets from the 2003 Labor Force and Family Income and Expenditures Surveys. The determinants of the highest grade completed of children aged 13 to 22, 17 to 22, and 21 to 22 years are studied using IV-ordered probit models. READ MORE

  5. 34. Remittances and development: the case of Algeria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Amelie Johansson; [2012]
    Keywords : Algeria; North Africa; migration; remittances; development; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the characteristics of remittances and remittance behavior to Algeria as well as the role of remittances in local and national level development in Algeria using two different analytical-theoretical frameworks: a developmentalist framework based in neoliberal theory, and a more critical framework built on de Haas (2010). A number of case studies and micro-level surveys indicate that remittances contribute to reducing poverty, improving livelihoods and encouraging community development projects in Algeria. READ MORE

  6. 35. Access to Rural Credit and Its Effects on Income Equality: Study about rural households in Vietnam

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Davíð Ellertsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Vietnam; household survey; rural credit; income inequality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis uses Vietnamese household’s surveys from 2006 and 2008 to assess income inequality in Vietnam and households access to credit in order to boost their income. Three econometric models are introduced to explain which factors affect income, household’s value and loan value, all important factors in order to obtain loans in theory. READ MORE