Political Violence and Social Networks: Experimental Evidence from a Nigerian Election
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Pedro C. Vicente
Date: January
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Risk and Reciprocity Over the Mobile Phone Network: Evidence from Rwanda
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Joshua Blumenstock and Nathan Eagle
Date: September 2011
Keywords: Risk sharing, Mobile phones, Mobile money, Information and communications technologies, Development, Earthquakes, Rwanda, Africa
Education, Preferences, and Household Welfare
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Forhad Shilpi
Date: July 2011
When is capital enough to get female microenterprises growing? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps, Simon Quinn
David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff
Date: June 2011
Keywords: Microenterprises, Ghana, Conditionality, Asset integration
Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Mans Soderbom
Date: April 2011
Local Financial Development and Firm Performance: Evidence from Morocco
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Matthias Schundeln
Date: January 2011
Keywords: Manufacturing, credit constraint, firm size
Are Gifts and Loans between Households Voluntary?
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Margherita Comola
Date: June 2010
Keywords: Risk sharing, reporting bias, social networks
The formation of community based organizations in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of a quasi-experiment
Author(s): Abigail Barr, Marcel Fafchamps
Date: June 2010
Keywords: Comunity Based Organizations, quasi-experiment, social networks
Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps, Simon Quinn
David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff
Date: June 2010
Keywords: Microenterprises, measurement, profits, panel, survey methods, electronic data collection
Bridging the gender divide: An experimental analysis of group formation in African villages
Author(s):
Abigail Barr, Marcel Fafchamps
Marleen Dekker
Date: August 2009
Taboos, agriculture and poverty
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
David Stifel, Bart Minten
Date: July 2009
Testing Unilateral and Bilateral Link Formation
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Margherita Comola
Date: July 2009
Keywords: Network architecture, Pairwise stability, Risk sharing
Vulnerability, Risk Management, and Agricultural Development
Author(s): Marcel Fafchamps
Date: July 2009
Referral and Job Performance: Evidence from the Ghana Colonial Army
Author(s): Marcel Fafchamps, Alexander Moradi
Date: July 2009
Determinants of the Choice of Migration Destination
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Forhad Shilpi
Date: July 2009
Risk Sharing Relations and Enforcement Mechanisms
Author(s): Abigail Barr, Marleen Dekker, Marcel Fafchamps
Date: April 2008
Subjective well-being, disability and adaptation: A case study from rural Ethiopia
Author(s): Marcel Fafchamps, Bereket Kebede
Date: January 2008
Risk Sharing and Network Formation
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Flore Gubert, DIAL
Date: January 2007
Keywords: Risk-Sharing, Networks, Dyadic Regressions
Human Capital, Exports, and Wages
Author(s): Marcel Fafchamps
Date: March 2007
Keywords: International Trade, Wage Earnings, Manufacturing, Morocco
Subjective Welfare, Isolation, and Relative Consumption
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Forhad Shilpi, The World Bank
Date: May 2006
Spontaneous Markets, Networks, and Social Capital: Lessons from Africa
Author(s): Marcel Fafchamps
Date: June 2006
Scientific Networks and Co-authorship
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Marco J. van der Leij, Tinbergen Institute and Erasmus University,Sanjeev Goyal, University of Essex
Date: February 2006
Keywords: Job Referral, Networks, Assortative Matching, Scientific Collaboration, Academia, Economics
Quality Control in Non-Staple Food Markets: Evidence from India
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps, Ruth Hill
Bart Minten, Cornell University
Date: June 2006
Job Sorting in African Labor Markets
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps, Måns Söderbom
Najy Benhassine, The World Bank
Date: January 2006
Is International Funding Crowding Out Charitable Contributions in African NGOs?
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Trudy Owens, University of Nottingham
Date: February 2006
Intrahousehold Welfare
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Bereket Kebede, University of East Anglia,Agnes Quisumbing, IFPRI
Date: June 2006
Household Formation and Marriage Markets
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Agnes R. Quisumbing, IFPRI
Date: January 2006
The Formation of Risk Sharing Networks
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Flore Gubert, IRD-Paris, DIAL
Date: December 2005
Price Transmission and Trader Entry in Domestic Commodity Markets
Author(s): Marcel Fafchamps, Ruth Hill
Date: December 2005
Wages and Labor Management in African Manufacturing
Author(s): Marcel Fafchamps, Måns Söderbom
Date: February 2004
The Resources and Governance of Non-Governmental Organizations in Uganda
Author(s): Abigail Barr, Marcel Fafchamps, Trudy Owens
Date: February 2004
Social Capital and Development
Author(s): Marcel Fafchamps
Date: December 2004
Keywords: Trust, Leadership, Public Goods, Social Capital
Selling at the Farm-Gate or Travelling to Market
Author(s): Marcel Fafchamps, Ruth Hill
Date: October 2004
Isolation and Subjective Welfare
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Forhad Shilpi, The World Bank
Date: December 2004
Keywords: Geographical Isolation, Subjective Well-Being, Migration
Insecurity and Welfare
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Bart Minten, Cornell University.
Date: October 2004
Firm Productivity, Wages, and Agglomeration Externalities
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Said El Hamine
Date: June 2004
Contingent Loan Repayment in the Philippines
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Flore Gubert, DIAL, Research Unit or IRD
Date: December 2004
Keywords: Debt Repayment, Informal Credit, Risk Sharing, Labor Bonding
Child Labor, Urban Proximity, and Household Composition
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Jackline Wahba, University of Southampton
Date: December 2004
Keywords: Child Labor, Geographical Isolation, Altruism, Education
The transmission of international commodity prices to domestic producers
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps, Ruth Hill
Aliziki Kaudha, Robert Waggwa Nsibirwa
Date: December 2003
Spontaneous Market Emergence
Author(s): Marcel Fafchamps
Date: January 2003
Keywords: market institutions, information sharing, networks, social capital, path dependence
Public Service Provision, User Fees, and Political Turmoil
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Bart Minten
Date: September 2003
Inequality and Risk
Author(s): Marcel Fafchamps
Date: January 2003
Keywords: dynamic inequality, poverty dynamics, risk sharing
Employment Concentration across US Counties
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Klaus Desmet, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR
Date: December 2003
Keywords: Spatial Distribution, Convergence, Sectoral Employment, US Counties
Crime, Isolation, and Law Enforcement
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Christine Moser, Cornell University.
Date: January 2003
Keywords: criminal activity, distance from city, rule of law.
Cities and Specialization: Evidence from South Asia
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Forhad Shilpi,DECRG, The World Bank
Date: January 2003
Keywords: spatial specialization, urbanization, household chores
Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn from Exporting?
Author(s):
Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Francis Teal
Mans Soderbom, Arne Bigsten, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo, & Albert Zeufack
Date: September 2002
Marriage and Assortative Matching in Rural Ethiopia
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Agnes Quisumbing
Date: July 2002
Learning to export: evidence from Moroccan manufacturing
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Said el Hamine, Albert Zeufack
Date: 2002
Increasing Returns and Market Efficiency in Agricultural Trade
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Bart Minton
Date: April 2002
Crime and Poverty: Evidence From a Natural Experiment
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Bart Minten
Date: September 2002
The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Forhad Shilpi, The World Bank
Date: December 2000
Keywords: economic geography, market participation, spatial specialization
The Changing Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity Across U.S. Counties
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Klaus Desmet, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Date: December 2000
Keywords: economic geography, agglomeration, congestion
Social Roles, Human Capital, and the Intrahousehold Division of Labour: Evidence from Pakistan
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Agnes R. Quisumbing, International Food Policy Research Institute, U.S.A.
Date: July 2000
Keywords: economics of the family, social norms, labor
Risk-Sharing Networks in Rural Philippines
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Susan Lund
Date: April 2000
Keywords: risk sharing, informal credit, insurance, gifts, consumption smoothing
Land Lease Markets and Agricultural Efficiency: Theory and Evidence from Ethiopia
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
John Pender
Date: April 2000
Keywords: land lease markets, land tenure, sharecropping, agricultural efficiency
Insurance Market Efficiency and Crop Choices in Pakistan
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Takashi Kurosaki, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Date: July 2000
Keywords: risk, agricultural development, household models, insurance markets, structural estimation
Exports and Firm - level Efficiency in African Manufacturing
Author(s):
Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Francis Teal
Mans Soderbom, Arne Bigsten, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Jean Habarurema, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo, Albert Zeufack
Date: July 2000
Credit Constraints in Manufacturing Enterprises in Africa
Author(s):
Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Måns Söderbom
Arne Bigsten, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Cathy Patillo, Francis Teal, Albert Zeufack
Date: September 2000
Control and Ownership of Assets Within Rural Ethiopian Households
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Agnes R Quisumbing
Date: July 2000
Property rights in a flea market economy
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Bart Minten
Date: November 1999
Networks,communities and markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for firm growth and investment
Author(s): Marcel Fafchamps
Date: December 1999
Inventories and risk in African manufacturing
Author(s):
Marcel Fafchamps
Jan Willem Gunning and Remco Oostendorp
Date: August 1999
Contract flexibility and dispute resolution in African manufacturing
Author(s):
Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Francis Teal
Mans Soderbom,Arne Bigsten,Bernard Gauthier,Jan Willem Gunning,Abena Oduro,Remco Oostendorp,Cathy Pattillo and Albert Zeufack
Date: August 1999
Rates of return on physical and human capital in Africa`s manufacturing sector
Author(s):
Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Francis Teal
Mans Soderbom, Arne Bigsten, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Anders Isaksson, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Cathy Pattillo, Albert Zeufack
Date: May 1998
Contract flexibility and conflict resolution: evidence from African manufacturing
Author(s):
Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Francis Teal
Mans Soderbom, Arne Bigsten, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Abena Oduro, Remco Oostendorp, Cathy Pattillo, Albert Zeufack
Date: September 1998