Alvin Etang
Biographic Data
| ID | 1632256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alvin Etang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alvin |
| FAMILY NAME | Etang |
| SIGNATURE | ETANG A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Impact of High Inflation on Household Livelihoods in Urban South Sudan
Using panel data, this paper analyzes \n the impact of high inflation on household livelihoods in \n urban South Sudan. Based on a difference-in-difference \n approach, inflation is found to have a strong negative \n impact on urban poverty between 2015 and 2017, mainly driven \n by the increase of non-food prices. Food price inflation had \n a negative and statistically significant impact on girls’ \n primary and secondary school attendance, whi…
Beyond Income Poverty
The proportion of Ugandan households \n living in poverty reduced by more than half between 1993 and \n 2013. Using household survey data, this paper analyzes \n nonmonetary dimensions of poverty in Uganda for levels and \n trends, to explore whether the observed reduction in \n monetary-based poverty are reflected in the nonmonetary \n indicators of poverty. The results show that Uganda's \n progress in reducing poverty is strongly reflected in …
Continued Existence of Cows Disproves Central Tenets of Capitalism
We examine the returns from owning cows and buffaloes in rural India. With labor valued at market wages, households earn large, negative median annual returns from holding cows and buffaloes, at −293% and −65%, respectively. Making the stark assumption of labor valued at zero, median returns are then −7% for cows and +17% for buffaloes (with 51% and 45% of households earning negative returns for cows and buffaloes, respectively). Why do household…
Are Survey Measures of Trust Correlated with Experimental Trust? Evidence from Cameroon
In less developed countries, there is often a low correlation between survey-based measures of interpersonal trust and experimental measures. This has caused doubt about the reliability of trust measures used to explain variations in levels of socio-economic development. Using data from rural Cameroon, we explore whether the correlation between survey and experimental trust depends on social distance, and on whether the survey questions are conte…
Giving to Africa and perceptions of poverty
Continued Existence of Cows Disproves Central Tenets of Capitalism
We examine the returns from owning cows and buffaloes in rural India. With labor valued at market wages, households earn large, negative median annual returns from holding cows and buffaloes, at −293% and −65%, respectively. Making the stark assumption of labor valued at zero, median returns are then −7% for cows and +17% for buffaloes (with 51% and 45% of households earning negative returns for cows and buffaloes, respectively). Why do household…
Giving to Africa and perceptions of poverty
Are Survey Measures of Trust Correlated with Experimental Trust? Evidence from Cameroon
In less developed countries, there is often a low correlation between survey-based measures of interpersonal trust and experimental measures. This has caused doubt about the reliability of trust measures used to explain variations in levels of socio-economic development. Using data from rural Cameroon, we explore whether the correlation between survey and experimental trust depends on social distance, and on whether the survey questions are conte…
Giving to Africa and perceptions of poverty
Beyond Income Poverty
The proportion of Ugandan households \n living in poverty reduced by more than half between 1993 and \n 2013. Using household survey data, this paper analyzes \n nonmonetary dimensions of poverty in Uganda for levels and \n trends, to explore whether the observed reduction in \n monetary-based poverty are reflected in the nonmonetary \n indicators of poverty. The results show that Uganda's \n progress in reducing poverty is strongly reflected in …
Continued Existence of Cows Disproves Central Tenets of Capitalism
We examine the returns from owning cows and buffaloes in rural India. With labor valued at market wages, households earn large, negative median annual returns from holding cows and buffaloes, at −293% and −65%, respectively. Making the stark assumption of labor valued at zero, median returns are then −7% for cows and +17% for buffaloes (with 51% and 45% of households earning negative returns for cows and buffaloes, respectively). Why do household…
Impact of High Inflation on Household Livelihoods in Urban South Sudan
Using panel data, this paper analyzes \n the impact of high inflation on household livelihoods in \n urban South Sudan. Based on a difference-in-difference \n approach, inflation is found to have a strong negative \n impact on urban poverty between 2015 and 2017, mainly driven \n by the increase of non-food prices. Food price inflation had \n a negative and statistically significant impact on girls’ \n primary and secondary school attendance, whi…
Economics (4 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (3 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (2 works) · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (2 works) · Poverty (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Biology (1 works)