8 articles found for keyword search: +panel +data
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Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in Thailand
Microfinance programs play a vital role in poverty alleviation in developing countries; however, most microfinance institutions (MFIs) face the challenge of maintaining financial sustainability. While several studies have investigated factors affecting MFI financial sustainability, only a few focus...Volume 19 Issue No. 1 (June 2022) -
Seasonal Migration and Moving Out of Poverty in Rural India: Insights from Statistical Analysis
Rural households in many countries have used temporary or seasonal migration as a strategy to cope with natural shocks such as drought, means of employment and income generation during lean season, and to move out of poverty. This paper studies the linkages between migration, employment in economic...Volume 13 Issue No. 2 (December 2016) -
Yield and Income Effects of Ecologically-based Rodent Management in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam
Regression-based strategies along with propensity score matching (PSM) were used to assess the farm-level economic impact of community action (CA) strategies associated with ecologically based rodent management (EBRM). The paddy yield and real net income of rice farmer beneficiaries of the EBRM...Volume 13 Issue No. 2 (December 2016) -
Poverty, Income Inequality, and Irrigation Development: Longitudinal Evidence from Palawan, Philippines
We measure the impacts of irrigation development on poverty and income inequality in a frontier region of the Philippines. Using household panel data we measure changes in standard poverty measures and income inequality over the period 1995–2002. We make comparisons within the beneficiary...Volume 12 Issue No. 1 (June 2015) -
Food Safety Concerns and other Factors Affecting Iran's Pistachio Exports to EU, Australia, and Japan
In this paper, the impact of food safety concerns on Iran’s pistachio export demand was investigated. Panel data and panel cointegration analyses were used to estimate the export demand function of Iran’s pistachio nuts to the European Union (EU), Japan, and Australia for the period of...Volume 10 Issue No. 2 (December 2013) -
Supply Response and Investment in Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh
The study explored the response of aggregate farm output, input use, and farm investment decisions to output and input prices, wages, technological change, public investments, and climatic factors using district-level panel data of over 39 years from Andhra Pradesh. It confirms the low, short-run...Volume 9 Issue No. 2 (December 2012) -
The Role of Labor Markets and Human Capital in Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Asia and Africa
Using long-term panel data sets of rural households in the Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Tamil Nadu (India), a short-term panel data set in Mozambique, and cross-section data sets in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia, the roles of labor markets in the long-term process of poverty reduction in...Volume 7 Issue No. 1 (June 2010) -
Soil Conservation Decisions and Upland Corn Productivity: A Philippine Case Study
This paper empirically investigates whether farmers who adopt soil conservation measures derive productivity gains. A twelve-year (1994-2006) panel data in Bukidnon, Philippines was used to quantify the indirect relationship between soil conservation technology adoption and upland corn productivity...Volume 6 Issue No. 2 (December 2009)
