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Kate Ambler

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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
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Working papers

  1. Kate Ambler & Susan Godlonton, 2020. "Information Asymmetries and Remittance Recipient Income: A Field Experiment in Malawi," Department of Economics Working Papers 2020-12, Department of Economics, Williams College.
  2. Kate Ambler & Susan Godlonton, 2019. "Windfalls and work requirements: Evidence from a field experiment in Malawi," Department of Economics Working Papers 2019-25, Department of Economics, Williams College.
  3. Kate Ambler & Susan Godlonton & María P. Recalde, 2019. "Follow the leader? A field experiment on social influence," Department of Economics Working Papers 2019-24, Department of Economics, Williams College.
  4. Kate Ambler & Alan de Brauw & Susan Godlonton, 2019. "Lump-sum Transfers for Agriculture and Household Decision Making," Department of Economics Working Papers 2019-19, Department of Economics, Williams College.
  5. Kate Ambler & Alan de Brauw & Susan Godlonton, 2018. "Rural Labor Market Responses to Large Lumpy Cash Transfers: Evidence from Malawi," Department of Economics Working Papers 2018-11, Department of Economics, Williams College.
  6. Ambler, Kate & Doss, Cheryl R. & Kieran, Caitlin & Passarelli, Simone, 2017. "He says, she says: Exploring patterns of spousal agreement in Bangladesh," IFPRI discussion papers 1616, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  7. Ambler, Kate & de Brauw, Alan & Godlonton, Susan, 2017. "Measuring postharvest losses at the farm level in Malawi," IFPRI discussion papers 1632, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  8. Ambler, Kate & De Brauw,Alan, 2017. "The impacts of cash transfers on women?s empowerment : learning from Pakistan?s BISP program," Policy Research Working Paper Series 113161, The World Bank.
  9. Ambler, Kate & de Brauw, Alan & Godlonton, Susan, 2017. "Cash transfers and management advice for agriculture: Evidence from Senegal," IFPRI discussion papers 1659, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  10. Kate Ambler & Alan de Brauw & Susan Godlonton, 2016. "Adapting Fomento to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa," One Pager 325, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
  11. Kate Ambler & Diego Aycinena & Dean Yang, 2014. "Channeling Remittances to Education: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador," NBER Working Papers 20262, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  12. Kate Ambler & Diego Aycinena & Dean Yang, 2014. "Remittance Responses to Temporary Discounts: A Field Experiment among Central American Migrants," NBER Working Papers 20522, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  13. Ambler, Kate, 2013. "Don’t tell on me: Experimental evidence of asymmetric information in transnational households," IFPRI discussion papers 1312, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Articles

  1. Kate Ambler, 2016. "Bargaining with Grandma: The Impact of the South African Pension on Household Decision-Making," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 51(4), pages 900-932.
  2. Kate Ambler & Diego Aycinena & Dean Yang, 2015. "Channeling Remittances to Education: A Field Experiment among Migrants from El Salvador," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 7(2), pages 207-232, April.
  3. Ambler, Kate, 2015. "Don't tell on me: Experimental evidence of asymmetric information in transnational households," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 52-69.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Kate Ambler & Susan Godlonton & María P. Recalde, 2019. "Follow the leader? A field experiment on social influence," Department of Economics Working Papers 2019-24, Department of Economics, Williams College.

    Cited by:

    1. Kate Ambler & Alan de Brauw & Mike Murphy, 2023. "Increasing the adoption of conservation agriculture: A framed field experiment in Northern Ghana," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 54(5), pages 742-756, September.
    2. Ambler, Kate & Jones, Kelly & Recalde, María P., 2024. "Experimental measures of intra-household resource control," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 227(C).

  2. Ambler, Kate & Doss, Cheryl R. & Kieran, Caitlin & Passarelli, Simone, 2017. "He says, she says: Exploring patterns of spousal agreement in Bangladesh," IFPRI discussion papers 1616, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

    Cited by:

    1. Kilic, Talip & Moylan, Heather & Koolwal, Gayatri, 2021. "Getting the (Gender-Disaggregated) Lay of the Land: Impact of Survey Respondent Selection on Measuring Land Ownership and Rights," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315295, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Hillesland, Marya & Slavchevska, Vanya & Henderson, Heath & Okello, Patrick & Oumo, Flavia Naiga, 2020. "Beyond the sex of the holder: understanding agricultural production decisions within household farms in Uganda," 2021 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Austin, Texas 338764, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    3. Panu Poutvaara & Maximilian Schwefer, 2018. "Husbands’ and wives’ diverging perceptions on who decides," ifo Working Paper Series 279, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
    4. Katrina Kosec & Kamiljon Akramov & Bakhrom Mirkasimov & Jie Song & Hongdi Zhao, 2022. "Aspirations and women's empowerment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(1), pages 101-134, January.
    5. Hazel Jean L. Malapit & Esha Sraboni & Agnes R. Quisumbing & Akhter U. Ahmed, 2019. "Intrahousehold empowerment gaps in agriculture and children's well‐being in Bangladesh," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 37(2), pages 176-203, March.
    6. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth & Quisumbing, Agnes & Doss, Cheryl & Theis, Sophie, 2019. "Women's land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: Framework and review of available evidence," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 172(C), pages 72-82.
    7. Annan,Jeannie Ruth & Donald,Aletheia Amalia & Goldstein,Markus P. & Gonzalez Martinez,Paula Lorena & Koolwal,Gayatri B., 2019. "Taking Power : Women's Empowerment and Household Well-Being in Sub-Saharan Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9034, The World Bank.
    8. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. & Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Theis, Sophie & Doss, Cheryl R., 2017. "Women’s land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: A framework and review of available evidence," IFPRI discussion papers 1663, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    9. Ngonidzashe Chirinda & Laura Arenas & Sandra Loaiza & Catalina Trujillo & Maria Katto & Paula Chaparro & Jonathan Nuñez & Jacobo Arango & Deissy Martinez-Baron & Ana María Loboguerrero & Luis A. Becer, 2017. "Novel Technological and Management Options for Accelerating Transformational Changes in Rice and Livestock Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-16, October.
    10. Gundula Fischer & Nicolas Patt & Justus Ochieng & Henry Mvungi, 2020. "Participation in and Gains from Traditional Vegetable Value Chains: a Gendered Analysis of Perceptions of Labour, Income and Expenditure in Producers’ and Traders’ Households," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 32(4), pages 1080-1104, September.
    11. Qanti, Sara Ratna & Peralta, Alexandra & Zeng, Di, 2021. "Social Norms and Perception on Women's Participation in Agricultural Decisions: The Case of West Java, Indonesia," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 314984, International Association of Agricultural Economists.

  3. Ambler, Kate & de Brauw, Alan & Godlonton, Susan, 2017. "Measuring postharvest losses at the farm level in Malawi," IFPRI discussion papers 1632, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

    Cited by:

    1. Burke, Marshall & Bergquist, Lauren Falcao & Miguel, Edward, 2019. "Sell Low and Buy High: Arbitrage and Local Price Effects in Kenyan Markets," Department of Economics, Working Paper Series qt2xh3z1jn, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley.
    2. Kate Ambler & Susan Godlonton & María P. Recalde, 2019. "Follow the leader? A field experiment on social influence," Department of Economics Working Papers 2019-24, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    3. Freudenreich, Hanna & Musshoff, Oliver, 2022. "Experience of losses and aversion to uncertainty - experimental evidence from farmers in Mexico," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
    4. Yan, Bo & Liu, Gaodi & Zhenyu, Zhang & Chang, Yan, 2020. "Optimal financing and operation strategy of fresh agricultural supply chain," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 64(3), July.
    5. Negede, Betelhem M. & Voors, Maarten & De Groote, Hugo & Minten, Bart, 2021. "Maize Price Seasonality in Ethiopia: Does Access to Improved Grain Storage Technology Matter for Farmers’ Welfare?," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315240, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    6. Abdelrahman Ali & Chunping Xia & Moustafa Ismaiel & N’Banan Ouattara & Irfan Mahmood & Dessalegn Anshiso, 2021. "Analysis of determinants to mitigate food losses and waste in the developing countries: empirical evidence from Egypt," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 26(6), pages 1-26, August.
    7. Delavallade,Clara Anne & Godlonton,Susan, 2020. "Locking Crops to Unlock Investment : Experimental Evidence on Warrantage in Burkina Faso," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9248, The World Bank.
    8. Mequanint B. Melesse & Marrit Berg & Christophe Béné & Alan Brauw & Inge D. Brouwer, 2020. "Metrics to analyze and improve diets through food Systems in low and Middle Income Countries," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 12(5), pages 1085-1105, October.
    9. Hasnain Abbas & Lindu Zhao & Xi Gong & Mengyin Jiang & Tahira Faiz, 2024. "Environmental and economic influences of postharvest losses across the fish-food products supply chain in the developing regions," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(11), pages 28335-28366, November.
    10. Luo, Na & Olsen, Tava & Liu, Yanping & Zhang, Abraham, 2022. "Reducing food loss and waste in supply chain operations," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    11. Curzi, Daniele & Nota, Paolo & Di Falco, Salvatore, 2022. "Post-Harvest Losses and Climate Conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa," 96th Annual Conference, April 4-6, 2022, K U Leuven, Belgium 321219, Agricultural Economics Society - AES.
    12. Tabitha Nindi & Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert & Jonathan Bauchet, 2024. "Incentive mechanisms to exploit intraseasonal price arbitrage opportunities for smallholder farmers: Experimental evidence from Malawi," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 106(1), pages 330-353, January.
    13. Daniel Kpienbaareh & Kamaldeen Mohammed & Isaac Luginaah & Jinfei Wang & Rachel Bezner Kerr & Esther Lupafya & Laifolo Dakishoni, 2022. "Estimating Groundnut Yield in Smallholder Agriculture Systems Using PlanetScope Data," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-19, October.
    14. Bo Yan & Gaodi Liu & Zhenyu Zhang & Chang Yan, 2020. "Optimal financing and operation strategy of fresh agricultural supply chain," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 64(3), pages 776-794, July.
    15. Delgado, Luciana & Schuster, Monica & Torero, Maximo, 2021. "Quantity and quality food losses across the value Chain: A Comparative analysis," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    16. Luciana Delgado & Monica Schuster & Maximo Torero, 2021. "On the origins of food loss," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 43(2), pages 750-780, June.

  4. Ambler, Kate & De Brauw,Alan, 2017. "The impacts of cash transfers on women?s empowerment : learning from Pakistan?s BISP program," Policy Research Working Paper Series 113161, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Harris-Fry, Helen & Saville, Naomi M. & Paudel, Puskar & Manandhar, Dharma S. & Cortina-Borja, Mario & Skordis, Jolene, 2022. "Relative power: Explaining the effects of food and cash transfers on allocative behaviour in rural Nepalese households," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
    2. Tehmeena Iqbal & Shujaat Farooq & Ihtsham Ul Haq Padda, 2021. "Can Empowerment be Enhanced by Putting Cash in the Hands of Poor Women? Learning from Pakistan’s BISP Program," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 33(3), pages 760-792, June.
    3. Nawaz, Saima & Iqbal, Nasir, 2021. "How cash transfers program affects environmental poverty among ultra-poor? Insights from the BISP in Pakistan," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 148(PB).
    4. Etienne Lwamba & Shannon Shisler & Will Ridlehoover & Meital Kupfer & Nkululeko Tshabalala & Promise Nduku & Laurenz Langer & Sean Grant & Ada Sonnenfeld & Daniela Anda & John Eyers & Birte Snilstveit, 2022. "Strengthening women's empowerment and gender equality in fragile contexts towards peaceful and inclusive societies: A systematic review and meta‐analysis," Campbell Systematic Reviews, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 18(1), March.
    5. Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa & Iqbal, Nasir & Nawaz, Saima & Yew, Siew Ling, 2021. "Unconditional cash transfers, child labour and education: theory and evidence," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 186(C), pages 437-457.
    6. Barr, Nicholas, 2019. "Gender and family: conceptual overview," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 101237, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    7. Alvi, Muzna & Ward, Patrick & Makhija, Simrin & Spielman, David J., 2023. "Do grassroots interventions relax behavioural constraints and improve adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems?," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 68(01), September.
    8. Muhammad Tariq & Aneesa & Farah Khan, 2019. "The Effects of Social Protection Program on Food Consumption and Poverty in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan," Business & Economic Review, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan, vol. 11(1), pages 55-82, March.
    9. Balasubramanian, Pooja & Ibanez, Marcela & Khan, Sarah & Sahoo, Soham, 2024. "Does women's economic empowerment promote human development in low- and middle-income countries? A meta-analysis," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).
    10. Yashodhan Ghorpade & Patricia Justino, 2019. "Winning or buying hearts and minds?: Cash transfers and political attitudes in Pakistan," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2019-91, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    11. Nawaz, Saima & Iqbal, Nasir, 2020. "The impact of unconditional cash transfer on fuel choices among ultra-poor in Pakistan: Quasi-experimental evidence from the Benazir Income Support Program," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
    12. Simona Helmsmüller & Andreas Landmann, 2022. "Does free hospitalization insurance change health care consumption of the poor? Short-term evidence from Pakistan," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 47(1), pages 238-275, March.
    13. Alan de Brauw & Amber Peterman, 2020. "Can conditional cash transfers improve maternal health care? Evidence from El Salvador's Comunidades Solidarias Rurales program," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(6), pages 700-715, June.

  5. Ambler, Kate & de Brauw, Alan & Godlonton, Susan, 2017. "Cash transfers and management advice for agriculture: Evidence from Senegal," IFPRI discussion papers 1659, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

    Cited by:

    1. David Alfaro‐Serrano & Tanay Balantrapu & Ritam Chaurey & Ana Goicoechea & Eric Verhoogen, 2021. "Interventions to promote technology adoption in firms: A systematic review," Campbell Systematic Reviews, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 17(4), December.
    2. G.T. Abate & Tanguy Bernard & A. de Brauw & N. Minot, 2018. "The impact of the use of new technologies on farmers’ wheat yield in Ethiopia: evidence from a randomized control trial," Post-Print hal-03033647, HAL.
    3. Delavallade,Clara Anne & Godlonton,Susan, 2020. "Locking Crops to Unlock Investment : Experimental Evidence on Warrantage in Burkina Faso," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9248, The World Bank.
    4. Eric V. Edmonds & Caroline B. Theoharides, 2019. "The Short Term Impact of a Productive Asset Transfer in Families with Child Labor: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines," NBER Working Papers 26190, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

  6. Kate Ambler & Diego Aycinena & Dean Yang, 2014. "Channeling Remittances to Education: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador," NBER Working Papers 20262, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Fadi Hassan & Paolo Lucchino, 2016. "Powering education," CEP Discussion Papers dp1438, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    2. De Arcangelis, Giuseppe & Joxhe, Majlinda & McKenzie, David & Tiongson, Erwin & Yang, Dean, 2014. "Directing remittances to education with soft and hard commitments : evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment and new product take-up among Filipino migrants in Rome," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6896, The World Bank.
    3. Dean Yang & David McKenzie, 2016. "Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration," Working Papers id:10999, eSocialSciences.
    4. Toman Barsbai & Vojtěch Bartoš & Victoria Licuanan & Andreas Steinmayr & Erwin Tiongson & Dean Yang, 2022. "Picture This: Social Distance and the Mistreatment of Migrant Workers," Working Papers 2022-17, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck.
    5. Licuanan, Victoria & Omar Mahmoud, Toman & Steinmayr, Andreas, 2012. "The drivers of diaspora donations for development: Evidence from the Philippines," Kiel Working Papers 1807, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    6. Catia Batista & Gaia Narciso, 2014. "Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment," Norface Discussion Paper Series 2014001, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London.
    7. Björn NILSSON, 2019. "Education and migration: insights for policymakers," Working Paper 23ca9c54-061a-4d60-967c-f, Agence française de développement.
    8. Magnan, Nicholas & Hoffmann, Vivian & Opoku, Nelson & Gajate Garrido, Gissele & Kanyam, Daniel Akwasi, 2021. "Information, technology, and market rewards: Incentivizing aflatoxin control in Ghana," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
    9. Parag Mahajan & Dean Yang, 2020. "Taken by Storm: Hurricanes, Migrant Networks, and US Immigration," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 12(2), pages 250-277, April.
    10. Belot, Michele & James, Jonathan, 2013. "Partner Selection into Policy Relevant Field Experiments," SIRE Discussion Papers 2013-112, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE).
    11. Clément de Chaisemartin & Jaime Ramirez-Cuellar, 2024. "At What Level Should One Cluster Standard Errors in Paired and Small-Strata Experiments?," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 16(1), pages 193-212, January.
    12. Ye, Juntao & Cai, Liming & Shi, Xinjie & Cheng, Mingwang, 2024. "Pursuing a brighter future: Impact of the Hukou reform on human capital investment in migrant children in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    13. Rhys Bernard, David & Bryan, Gharad & Chabé-Ferret, Sylvain & De Quidt, Jonathan & Fliegner, Jasmin & Rathelot, Roland, 2024. "How Much Should We Trust Observational Estimates? Accumulating Evidence Using Randomized Controlled Trials with Imperfect Compliance," TSE Working Papers 24-1498, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
    14. Keerti Mallela & Sunny Kumar Singh & Archana Srivastava, 2020. "Estimating Bilateral Remittances in a Macroeconomic Framework: Evidence from top Remittance-Receiving Countries," Studies in Microeconomics, , vol. 8(1), pages 95-118, June.
    15. Shohfi, Thomas D. & White, Roger M., 2022. "Does native country turmoil predict immigrant workers’ honesty in markets?," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 197(C), pages 150-164.
    16. Ambler, Kate, 2015. "Don't tell on me: Experimental evidence of asymmetric information in transnational households," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 52-69.
    17. Clemens, Michael A., 2021. "Violence, development, and migration waves: Evidence from Central American child migrant apprehensions," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
    18. Alvaro Gonzalez & Luc Christiaensen & David Robalino, 2019. "Migration and Jobs," World Bank Publications - Reports 31807, The World Bank Group.
    19. Serap Sagir & Çağaçan Değer & Durdane Sirin Saracoglu, 2023. "The Growth Effects of Alternative Early Childhood Development Investment Policies in the Turkish Economy," ERC Working Papers 2304, ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, revised Nov 2023.
    20. Asatryan, Zareh & Bittschi, Benjamin & Doerrenberg, Philipp, 2017. "Remittances and public finances: Evidence from oil-price shocks," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 122-137.
    21. Ambler, Kate, 2013. "Don’t tell on me: Experimental evidence of asymmetric information in transnational households," IFPRI discussion papers 1312, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    22. Li, Jinkai & Luo, Erga & Cockx, Bart, 2023. "The Long-Term Impact of Parental Migration on the Health of Young Left-behind Children," IZA Discussion Papers 16596, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    23. David McKenzie & Dean Yang, 2022. "Field and Natural Experiments in Migration," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 2226, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
    24. Adelman,Melissa Ann & Szekely,Miguel, 2016. "School dropout in Central America : an overview of trends, causes, consequences, and promising interventions," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7561, The World Bank.
    25. Ur Rehman, Obeid, 2023. "Spousal communication and information sharing: Evidence from migrants and their spouses," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).
    26. Bettin, Giulia & Massidda, Carla & Piras, Romano, 2024. "The intertwined role of social and financial remittances in new firms' creation," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 30(1).
    27. Regan Deonanan & Benjamin Ramkissoon, 2024. "How Do Remittances Affect Child Mortality at Different Levels of Mortality? Estimating Unconditional Quantile Treatment Effects on Three Leading Causes of Child Mortality," SAGE Open, , vol. 14(2), pages 21582440241, June.
    28. Khandker Wahedur Rahman, 2023. "International migration and the religious schooling of children in the home country: evidence from Bangladesh," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 36(3), pages 1963-2005, July.
    29. Ma, Yechi & Chen, Zhiguo & Shinwari, Riazullah & Khan, Zeeshan, 2021. "Financialization, globalization, and Dutch disease: Is Dutch disease exist for resources rich countries?," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    30. Yu Bai & Linxiu Zhang & Chengfang Liu & Yaojiang Shi & Di Mo & Scott Rozelle, 2018. "Effect of Parental Migration on the Academic Performance of Left Behind Children in North Western China," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(7), pages 1154-1170, July.
    31. Kate Ambler & Diego Aycinena & Dean Yang, 2014. "Remittance Responses to Temporary Discounts: A Field Experiment among Central American Migrants," NBER Working Papers 20522, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    32. Gonzalo Cómbita Mora & Óscar Pérez Rodríguez, 2020. "International Remittances and Child Welfare: A Case Study on Cali Colombia," Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Economía, CEDE, vol. 86(3), pages 73-103, November.
    33. Bai, Yu & Yang, Ning & Wang, Lei & Zhang, Siqi, 2022. "The impacts of maternal migration on the cognitive development of preschool-aged children left behind in rural China," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
    34. Giuseppe Arcangelis & Majlinda Joxhe, 2021. "Intra-household allocation with shared expenditure choices: experimental evidence from Filipino migrants," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 1245-1274, December.
    35. Kate Ambler & Susan Godlonton, 2020. "Information Asymmetries and Remittance Recipient Income: A Field Experiment in Malawi," Department of Economics Working Papers 2020-12, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    36. Cabra-Ruiz, Nicolás & Rozo, Sandra V. & Sviatschi, Maria Micaela, 2025. "Forced Displacement, the Perpetuation of Autocratic Leadership, and Development in Origin Countries," IZA Discussion Papers 17671, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    37. De Arcangelis, Giuseppe & Fertig, Alexander & Liang, Yuna & Srouji, Peter & Yang, Dean, 2023. "Measuring remittances," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).

  7. Kate Ambler & Diego Aycinena & Dean Yang, 2014. "Remittance Responses to Temporary Discounts: A Field Experiment among Central American Migrants," NBER Working Papers 20522, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Dean Yang & David McKenzie, 2016. "Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration," Working Papers id:10999, eSocialSciences.
    2. Giulia Bettin & Riccardo Lucchetti, 2016. "Steady streams and sudden bursts: persistence patterns in remittance decisions," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 29(1), pages 263-292, January.
    3. Melissa Siegel, 2017. "Commentaires sur « Des politiques migratoires pour promouvoir le développement »," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 25(1), pages 97-103.
    4. David McKenzie & Dean Yang, 2022. "Field and Natural Experiments in Migration," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 2226, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
    5. Laurent Bossavie & Daniel Garrote Sánchez, 2022. "Safe and Productive Migration from the Kyrgyz Republic," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 38290.
    6. De Arcangelis, Giuseppe & Fertig, Alexander & Liang, Yuna & Srouji, Peter & Yang, Dean, 2023. "Measuring remittances," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).

  8. Ambler, Kate, 2013. "Don’t tell on me: Experimental evidence of asymmetric information in transnational households," IFPRI discussion papers 1312, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

    Cited by:

    1. De Arcangelis, Giuseppe & Joxhe, Majlinda & McKenzie, David & Tiongson, Erwin & Yang, Dean, 2014. "Directing remittances to education with soft and hard commitments : evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment and new product take-up among Filipino migrants in Rome," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6896, The World Bank.
    2. Dean Yang & David McKenzie, 2016. "Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration," Working Papers id:10999, eSocialSciences.
    3. Simone Bertoli & Elsa Gautrain & Elie Murard, 2021. "Left behind, but not alone: Changes in living arrangements and the effects of migration and remittances in Mexico," Working Papers hal-03117677, HAL.
    4. Joachim De Weerdt & Kalle Hirvonen, 2016. "Risk Sharing and Internal Migration," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 65(1), pages 63-86.
    5. Torero, Máximo & Viceisza, Angelino, 2015. "To remit, or not to remit: that is the question. A remittance field experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 221-236.
    6. Catia Batista & Gaia Narciso, 2014. "Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment," Norface Discussion Paper Series 2014001, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London.
    7. Garance Genicot, 2015. "Two-sided Altruism and Signaling," Working Papers id:7045, eSocialSciences.
    8. Kate Ambler & Diego Aycinena & Dean Yang, 2015. "Channeling Remittances to Education: A Field Experiment among Migrants from El Salvador," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 7(2), pages 207-232, April.
    9. Catia Batista & Dan Silverman & Dean Yang, 2013. "Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment," NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series wp1302, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA.
    10. Bertoli, Simone & Murard, Elie, 2017. "Migration and Co-Residence Choices: Evidence from Mexico," IZA Discussion Papers 11172, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    11. Joachim De Weerdt & Garance Genicot & Alice Mesnard, 2014. "Asymmetry of Information within Family Networks," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1433, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
    12. Jean-Marie Baland & Roberta Ziparo, 2017. "Intra-household bargaining in poor countries," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2017-108, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    13. Thomas Joseph & Yaw Nyarko & Shing-Yi Wang, 2018. "Asymmetric Information and Remittances: Evidence from Matched Administrative Data," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 10(2), pages 58-100, April.
    14. Toman Barsbai & Victoria Licuanan & Andreas Steinmayr & Erwin Tiongson & Dean Yang, 2020. "Information and the Acquisition of Social Network Connections," NBER Working Papers 27346, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    15. Maria Porter & Abigail Adams, 2014. "For Love or Reward? Characterising Preferences for Giving to Parents in an Experimental Setting," Economics Series Working Papers 709, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    16. Doi, Yoko & McKenzie, David & Zia, Bilal, 2014. "Who you train matters: Identifying combined effects of financial education on migrant households," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 39-55.

Articles

  1. Kate Ambler, 2016. "Bargaining with Grandma: The Impact of the South African Pension on Household Decision-Making," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 51(4), pages 900-932.

    Cited by:

    1. Kate Ambler & Alan De Brauw, 2017. "The Impacts of Cash Transfers on Women’s Empowerment," World Bank Publications - Reports 26272, The World Bank Group.
    2. Kacker, Kanishka, 2019. "Social transfers and labor supply: Long run rvidence from South Africa," MPRA Paper 99044, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Maria Laura Alzua & Natalia Cantet & Ana C Dammert & Damilola Olajide, 2024. "The Well-being Effects of an Old-Age Pension: Experimental Evidence for Ekiti State in Nigeria," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 33(3), pages 240-270.
    4. Baird,Sarah Jane & Mckenzie,David J. & Ozler,Berk, 2018. "The effects of cash transfers on adult labor market outcomes," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8404, The World Bank.
    5. Agüero,Jorge M. & Fasola,Eniola, 2022. "Distributional Policies and Social Cohesion in a High-Unemployment Setting," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10103, The World Bank.
    6. Cheng, Lingguo & Liu, Hong & Zhang, Ye & Zhao, Zhong, 2016. "The Health Implications of Social Pensions: Evidence from China's New Rural Pension Scheme," IZA Discussion Papers 9621, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    7. Alzua, Maria Laura & Cantet, Maria Natalia & Dammert, Ana & Olajide, Daminola, 2020. "Mental Health Effects of an Old Age Pension: Experimental Evidence for Ekiti State in Nigeria," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304176, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    8. Abel, Martin, 2013. "Unintended labour supply effects of cash transfer programmes: Evidence from South Africa's old age pension," SALDRU Working Papers 114, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
    9. Azam, Jean-Paul & Djemaï, Elodie, 2019. "Matching, cooperation and HIV in the couple," IAST Working Papers 19-96, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST).
    10. Alessandro Tondini & Cally Ardington & Ingrid Woolard, 2017. "Public pensions and elderly informal employment: Evidence from a change in retirement age in South Africa," SALDRU Working Papers 206, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
    11. Manea, Roxana Elena & Piraino, Patrizio & Viarengo, Martina, 2023. "Crime, inequality and subsidized housing: Evidence from South Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 168(C).
    12. van den Bold, Mara & Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Gillespie, Stuart, 2013. "Women’s empowerment and nutrition: An evidence review," IFPRI discussion papers 1294, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    13. Cally Ardington & Boingotlo Gasealahwe, 2012. "Health: Analysis of the NIDS Wave 1 and 2 Datasets," SALDRU Working Papers 80, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town.
    14. Independent Evaluation Group, 2014. "Social Safety Nets and Gender : Learning from Impact Evaluations and World Bank Projects," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 21365.
    15. Kate Ambler & Alan de Brauw & Susan Godlonton, 2019. "Lump-sum Transfers for Agriculture and Household Decision Making," Department of Economics Working Papers 2019-19, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    16. Fernandes, Inês & Schmidt, Tobias, 2021. "Household bargaining, pension contributions and retirement expectations: Evidence from the German Panel on Household Finances," Discussion Papers 44/2021, Deutsche Bundesbank.
    17. Steve Muchiri & Sun‐Ki Choi, 2021. "Evaluating the significance of cash transfers on household consumption," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 33(4), pages 662-673, December.
    18. Ihsaan BASSIER & Joshua BUDLENDER, 2024. "Methods for Credible Evaluation of Programme Stimulus Effects in South Africa," Working Paper 53315978-8164-44f9-8141-5, Agence française de développement.
    19. Chloé van Biljon, 2017. "The effect of old age pensions on child deprivation: revisiting the role of gender," Working Papers 13/2017, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
    20. Ihsaan Bassier & Joshua Budlender, 2024. "Stimulus effects of a large public employment programme," Working Paper a09be470-a23f-4594-b51a-f, Agence française de développement.
    21. Peterman, Amber & Schwab, Benjamin & Roy, Shalini & Hidrobo, Melissa & Gilligan, Daniel O., 2021. "Measuring women’s decisionmaking: Indicator choice and survey design experiments from cash and food transfer evaluations in Ecuador, Uganda and Yemen," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).

  2. Kate Ambler & Diego Aycinena & Dean Yang, 2015. "Channeling Remittances to Education: A Field Experiment among Migrants from El Salvador," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 7(2), pages 207-232, April.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Ambler, Kate, 2015. "Don't tell on me: Experimental evidence of asymmetric information in transnational households," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 52-69.

    Cited by:

    1. Kate Ambler & Susan Godlonton, 2019. "Windfalls and work requirements: Evidence from a field experiment in Malawi," Department of Economics Working Papers 2019-25, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    2. De Arcangelis, Giuseppe & Joxhe, Majlinda & McKenzie, David & Tiongson, Erwin & Yang, Dean, 2014. "Directing remittances to education with soft and hard commitments : evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment and new product take-up among Filipino migrants in Rome," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6896, The World Bank.
    3. Toman Barsbai & Vojtěch Bartoš & Victoria Licuanan & Andreas Steinmayr & Erwin Tiongson & Dean Yang, 2022. "Picture This: Social Distance and the Mistreatment of Migrant Workers," Working Papers 2022-17, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck.
    4. Simone Bertoli & Elsa Gautrain & Elie Murard, 2021. "Left behind, but not alone: Changes in living arrangements and the effects of migration and remittances in Mexico," Working Papers hal-03117677, HAL.
    5. Doepke, Matthias & Tertilt, Michèle, 2016. "Families in Macroeconomics," IZA Discussion Papers 9802, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    6. Joachim De Weerdt & Kalle Hirvonen, 2016. "Risk Sharing and Internal Migration," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 65(1), pages 63-86.
    7. Catia Batista & Gaia Narciso, 2014. "Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment," Norface Discussion Paper Series 2014001, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London.
    8. Maria Porter & Abi Adams, 2016. "For Love or Reward? Characterising Preferences for Giving to Parents in an Experimental Setting," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 126(598), pages 2424-2445, December.
    9. Björn NILSSON, 2019. "Education and migration: insights for policymakers," Working Paper 23ca9c54-061a-4d60-967c-f, Agence française de développement.
    10. Ethan Ligon & Laura Schechter, 2020. "Structural Experimentation to Distinguish between Models of Risk Sharing with Frictions in Rural Paraguay," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 69(1), pages 1-50.
    11. Erminia Florio, 2023. "Information Campaigns and Migration Perceptions," CEIS Research Paper 564, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, revised 31 Jul 2023.
    12. Garance Genicot, 2015. "Two-sided Altruism and Signaling," Working Papers id:7045, eSocialSciences.
    13. Görges, Luise, 2021. "Of housewives and feminists: Gender norms and intra-household division of labour," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    14. Andrew Hertzberg, 2024. "Time‐Consistent Individuals, Time‐Inconsistent Households," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 79(6), pages 3821-3857, December.
    15. Olivier Bargain & Jordan Loper & Roberta Ziparo, 2024. "Women's Empowerment and Husband's Migration: Evidence from Indonesia," Post-Print hal-04785842, HAL.
    16. Catia Batista & Dan Silverman & Dean Yang, 2013. "Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment," NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series wp1302, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA.
    17. Gibson,John & Mckenzie,David J. & Rohorua,Halahingano & Stillman,Steven, 2016. "The long-term impact of international migration on economic decision-making : evidence from a migration lottery and lab-in-the-field experiments," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7848, The World Bank.
    18. Bertoli, Simone & Murard, Elie, 2017. "Migration and Co-Residence Choices: Evidence from Mexico," IZA Discussion Papers 11172, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    19. Joachim De Weerdt & Garance Genicot & Alice Mesnard, 2014. "Asymmetry of Information within Family Networks," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1433, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
    20. Jean-Marie Baland & Roberta Ziparo, 2017. "Intra-household bargaining in poor countries," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2017-108, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    21. Poh Lin Tan & Jeremy Lim-Soh, 2023. "Access to Ovulation Tests and Strategic Timing of Intercourse in a Low Fertility Context," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 42(1), pages 1-23, February.
    22. Hannes Warnecke-Berger, 2022. "The financialization of remittances and the individualization of development: A new power geometry of global development," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 54(4), pages 702-721, June.
    23. Gibson, John & McKenzie, David & Rohorua, Halahingano & Stillman, Steven, 2020. "Reprint of: The long-term impact of international migration on economic decision-making: Evidence from a migration lottery and lab-in-the-field experiments," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
    24. Carolina Alban Conto, 2021. "Does Distance-Driven Information Asymmetry Affect Private Income Transfers? Theory and Evidence From Colombia," Working Papers hal-03192955, HAL.
    25. Ur Rehman, Obeid, 2023. "Spousal communication and information sharing: Evidence from migrants and their spouses," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).
    26. Barsbai, Toman & Licuanan, Victoria & Steinmayr, Andreas & Tiongson, Erwin & Yang, Dean, 2024. "Information and immigrant settlement," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    27. Toman Barsbai & Victoria Licuanan & Andreas Steinmayr & Erwin Tiongson & Dean Yang, 2020. "Information and the Acquisition of Social Network Connections," NBER Working Papers 27346, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    28. Cuadros-Meñaca, Andres, 2020. "Remittances, health insurance, and pension contributions: Evidence from Colombia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).
    29. Murard, Elie, 2016. "Consumption and Leisure: The Welfare Impact of Migration on Family Left Behind," IZA Discussion Papers 10305, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    30. Farah Said, 2016. "Access to Finance and Agency: An Overview of the Constraints to Female-Run Enterprises," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 21(Special E), pages 331-349, September.
    31. Abbink, Klaus & Islam, Asad & Nguyen, Chau, 2020. "Whose voice matters? An experimental examination of gender bias in intra-household decision-making," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 176(C), pages 337-352.
    32. Giuseppe Arcangelis & Majlinda Joxhe, 2021. "Intra-household allocation with shared expenditure choices: experimental evidence from Filipino migrants," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 1245-1274, December.
    33. Ambler, Kate & Godlonton, Susan, 2021. "Earned and unearned income: Experimental evidence on expenditures and labor supply in Malawi," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 187(C), pages 33-44.
    34. Luise Görges, 2021. "Of housewives and feminists: Gender norms and intra-household division of labour," Working Paper Series in Economics 400, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics.
    35. Strupat, Christoph & Klohn, Florian, 2018. "Crowding out of solidarity? Public health insurance versus informal transfer networks in Ghana," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 212-221.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 10 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-DEV: Development (6) 2014-07-05 2014-12-19 2017-05-14 2017-08-27 2019-01-07 2019-10-28. Author is listed
  2. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (6) 2014-07-05 2014-12-19 2017-08-27 2019-12-02 2020-01-06 2021-01-11. Author is listed
  3. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (3) 2017-05-14 2017-08-27 2019-12-02
  4. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (2) 2014-07-05 2014-12-19
  5. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2014-07-05
  6. NEP-EDU: Education (1) 2014-07-05
  7. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2017-05-14
  8. NEP-GEN: Gender (1) 2017-04-16
  9. NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (1) 2017-04-16
  10. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (1) 2019-12-02
  11. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (1) 2019-12-02

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