Search for dissertations about: "household diversification"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words household diversification.

2. 1. Essays on Development: Household Income, Education, and Female Political Participation and Representation

   Author : Måns Nerman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Africa; Afrobarometer; gender gap; gender quotas; income diversification; household behaviour; Latin America; primary education; political participation; shadow wages; Tanzania; women in parliament;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of four self-contained papers. Paper 1: The Push Towards UPE and the Determinants of the Demand for Education in Tanzania. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Economic Behaviour: HIV/AIDS, Schooling, and Inequality

   Author : Annika Lindskog; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Africa; Malawi; Ethiopia; HIV AIDS; Inequality; Fertility; Mortality; Education; Within-household spillovers; Credit constraints; Diversification; Uncertainty; Redistribution; Fairness;

   Abstract : Paper 1: Economic Inequality and HIV in Malawi To analyze if the spread of HIV is related to economic inequality we estimate multilevel models of the individual probability of HIV infection among young Malawian women. We find a positive association between HIV infection and inequality at both the neighbourhood and district levels, but no effect of individual poverty. READ MORE

5. 3. Survival Options, Processes of Change and Structural Transformation : Livelihood diversification among smallholder households in rural Sub-Saharan Africa

   Author : Sarah Harriet Alobo Loison; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; household economics; livelihood diversification; development; structural transformation;

   Abstract : The overall objective of this thesis is to understand the role of diversification at household level, its patterns, determinants and effects on rural smallholder farmers in SSA, as well as its implications for the process of structural transformation in SSA. In the thesis, I use a mixed methodology and combine different types of data on rural smallholders in SSA to answer the objectives a review of previous literature, empirical data from quantitative surveys and qualitative fieldwork. READ MORE

6. 4. Statistical aspects of modeling panel data originating from smallholder household surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa and Vietnam

   Author : Sultana Nasrin; Statistiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; power of test; endogeneity; multivariate; longitudinal data; diversification;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on multivariate multilevel modeling of panel data originated from smallholder farm surveys in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries and Vietnam to investigate driving forces in maize and rice production in SSA and diversification of farms in the rice sector in Vietnam. We also present and evaluate different tests for endogeneity in explanatory binary variables in multivariate linear regression models. READ MORE

7. 5. Integrated Agriculture and Aquaculture Systems (IAA) for Enhanced Food Production and Income Diversification in Tanzania

   Author : Deogratias Mulokozi; Håkan Berg; Ian Bryceson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Smallholder farmers; Oreochromis niloticus; Amaranthus hybridus; food production; household income diversification; water use efficiency; farm net income; Physical Geography; naturgeografi;

   Abstract : Aquaculture production in Tanzania has increased in recent years, responding to an increased demand for fish, partly because of an increasing population and declining catches of wild fish. However, the current aquaculture production is still low, dominated by small scale farming systems, that are struggling with a number of challenges such as lack of improved fish breeds, feeds, technical skills and low adoption rates. READ MORE