Alex Winter-Nelson
Biographic Data
| ID | 175342 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Winter-Nelson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Winter-Nelson |
| SIGNATURE | WINTER-NELSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
His, Hers, or Ours
This paper studies the effects of a multifaceted asset transfer programme on the decision-making dynamics of smallholder households. Constructing separate indexes of participation in household decision-making for adult females and males, and using difference-in-differences to assess the impact of livestock transfer and training, we find evidence that these interventions increased the share of decisions in which individuals participated, regardles…
Do asset transfers build household resilience
Do different types of assets have differential effects on child education? Evidence from Tanzania
To assess the conventional view that assets uniformly improve childhood development through wealth effects, this paper tests whether different types of assets have different effects on child education. The analysis indicates that household durables and housing quality have the expected positive effects, but agricultural assets have adverse effects on highest grade completed and no effects on exam performance. Extending the standard agricultural-h…
Does 25 cents more per day make a difference? The impact of livestock transfer and development in rural Zambia
Milk in the Data
Social Learning and Farm Technology in Ethiopia
Improved farm technologies in Ethiopia display high levels of promise and low rates of adoption. This article studies the impact of social networks on technology adoption focusing on social learning through networks based on physical proximity and those based on intentional relationships. Impacts by network type, technology, and asset poverty status are explored. Social learning is more evident for households not in persistent poverty, for more c…
Poverty Status and the Impact of Formal Credit on Technology Use and Wellbeing among Ethiopian Smallholders
Consumer acceptance of provitamin A-biofortified maize in Maputo, Mozambique
Household Bargaining Power and Agricultural Supply Response
Institutional Adjustment and Transaction Costs
Migrant Labor and Farm Technical Efficiency in Lesotho
Sustainable Development
Rural taxation in Ethiopia, 1981–1989
Political feasibility of structural adjustment in africa
Discount rates, natural resources, and the measurement of aggregate economic growth in Africa
Natural resources, national income, and economic growth in Africa
Do asset transfers build household resilience
Poverty Status and the Impact of Formal Credit on Technology Use and Wellbeing among Ethiopian Smallholders
Milk in the Data
Household Bargaining Power and Agricultural Supply Response
Consumer acceptance of provitamin A-biofortified maize in Maputo, Mozambique
Institutional Adjustment and Transaction Costs
Migrant Labor and Farm Technical Efficiency in Lesotho
Political feasibility of structural adjustment in africa
Does 25 cents more per day make a difference? The impact of livestock transfer and development in rural Zambia
Sustainable Development
Natural resources, national income, and economic growth in Africa
Natural resources, national income, and economic growth in Africa
Discount rates, natural resources, and the measurement of aggregate economic growth in Africa
Rural taxation in Ethiopia, 1981–1989
Political feasibility of structural adjustment in africa
Sustainable Development
Migrant Labor and Farm Technical Efficiency in Lesotho
Institutional Adjustment and Transaction Costs
Household Bargaining Power and Agricultural Supply Response
Consumer acceptance of provitamin A-biofortified maize in Maputo, Mozambique
Poverty Status and the Impact of Formal Credit on Technology Use and Wellbeing among Ethiopian Smallholders
Social Learning and Farm Technology in Ethiopia
Improved farm technologies in Ethiopia display high levels of promise and low rates of adoption. This article studies the impact of social networks on technology adoption focusing on social learning through networks based on physical proximity and those based on intentional relationships. Impacts by network type, technology, and asset poverty status are explored. Social learning is more evident for households not in persistent poverty, for more c…
Milk in the Data
Does 25 cents more per day make a difference? The impact of livestock transfer and development in rural Zambia
Do different types of assets have differential effects on child education? Evidence from Tanzania
To assess the conventional view that assets uniformly improve childhood development through wealth effects, this paper tests whether different types of assets have different effects on child education. The analysis indicates that household durables and housing quality have the expected positive effects, but agricultural assets have adverse effects on highest grade completed and no effects on exam performance. Extending the standard agricultural-h…
His, Hers, or Ours
This paper studies the effects of a multifaceted asset transfer programme on the decision-making dynamics of smallholder households. Constructing separate indexes of participation in household decision-making for adult females and males, and using difference-in-differences to assess the impact of livestock transfer and training, we find evidence that these interventions increased the share of decisions in which individuals participated, regardles…
Do asset transfers build household resilience
Economics (15 works) · Business (9 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Agriculture (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (6 works) · Agricultural economics (5 works) · Consumption (sociology (5 works) · Development economics (5 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (4 works)