Akito Kamei
Biographic Data
| ID | 4641041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akito Kamei |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akito |
| FAMILY NAME | Kamei |
| SIGNATURE | KAMEI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3327-9231 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Son Preference and Its Impact on Family Size and Domestic Violence Against Mothers in South Asia
Factors associated with knowledge and use of home pregnancy test kits in Uganda
Early detection of pregnancy status may help women initiate earlier antenatal care and healthy pregnancy behaviors, which could lead to healthier mothers and infants. Pregnancy tests are inexpensive and easy to use; meanwhile, little attention has been given to understanding women’s knowledge and use of home pregnancy tests, especially in developing countries. We analyze cross-sectional data collected from 1,008 women ages 18–35, living in Northe…
Urban Agglomerations and Wage and Self-employment Jobs in Ethiopia
Agglomeration effects on the workers’ and firms’ productivity in developed countries are widely confirmed by previous studies, while empirical evidence for developing countries is still limited. This paper sheds light on another urban productivity factor that is particularly important for developing countries: self-employment and wage jobs. The transition from the economy dominated by the former to the one by the latter is a key to economic devel…
Factors associated with harvest and postharvest loss among soybean farmers in Western Paraná State, Brazil
The United Nations included reducing harvest and postharvest losses as a Sustainable Millennium Development Goal in 2015, leading to increased research and policymaker interest in reducing losses to insure food security. This article analyzes the factors associated with self-reported harvest loss among soybean farmers in Paraná, Brazil, using a survey of 243 farmers. The principal–agent problem is the most important contributor to harvest and pos…
Potential effects of Covid-19 school closures on foundational skills and Country responses for mitigating learning loss
This article investigates to what extent disrupted schooling and dropout affects children's acquisition of foundational skills prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using household survey data from thirteen low- and lower-middle-income countries, we find that missing or dropping out of school is associated with lower reading and numeracy outcomes. Drawing on global surveys conducted during the pandemic, we find that countries' remote learnin…
Gender, education, and farm succession in Western Paraná State, Brazil
Urban Agglomerations and Employment Transitions in Ethiopia
Agglomeration boosts economic growth. A vast literature has empirically assessed the effects of agglomeration by estimating the city population elasticity on wages. This conventional approach is not necessarily suitable for analyzing urbanization at the early stage in developing countries, where a majority of urban workers engage in self-employment and/or informal jobs. Focusing on one of the poorest and largest among those countries, this paper …
Potential effects of Covid-19 school closures on foundational skills and Country responses for mitigating learning loss
This article investigates to what extent disrupted schooling and dropout affects children's acquisition of foundational skills prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using household survey data from thirteen low- and lower-middle-income countries, we find that missing or dropping out of school is associated with lower reading and numeracy outcomes. Drawing on global surveys conducted during the pandemic, we find that countries' remote learnin…
Factors associated with harvest and postharvest loss among soybean farmers in Western Paraná State, Brazil
The United Nations included reducing harvest and postharvest losses as a Sustainable Millennium Development Goal in 2015, leading to increased research and policymaker interest in reducing losses to insure food security. This article analyzes the factors associated with self-reported harvest loss among soybean farmers in Paraná, Brazil, using a survey of 243 farmers. The principal–agent problem is the most important contributor to harvest and pos…
Gender, education, and farm succession in Western Paraná State, Brazil
Urban Agglomerations and Employment Transitions in Ethiopia
Agglomeration boosts economic growth. A vast literature has empirically assessed the effects of agglomeration by estimating the city population elasticity on wages. This conventional approach is not necessarily suitable for analyzing urbanization at the early stage in developing countries, where a majority of urban workers engage in self-employment and/or informal jobs. Focusing on one of the poorest and largest among those countries, this paper …
Potential effects of Covid-19 school closures on foundational skills and Country responses for mitigating learning loss
This article investigates to what extent disrupted schooling and dropout affects children's acquisition of foundational skills prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using household survey data from thirteen low- and lower-middle-income countries, we find that missing or dropping out of school is associated with lower reading and numeracy outcomes. Drawing on global surveys conducted during the pandemic, we find that countries' remote learnin…
Gender, education, and farm succession in Western Paraná State, Brazil
Urban Agglomerations and Wage and Self-employment Jobs in Ethiopia
Agglomeration effects on the workers’ and firms’ productivity in developed countries are widely confirmed by previous studies, while empirical evidence for developing countries is still limited. This paper sheds light on another urban productivity factor that is particularly important for developing countries: self-employment and wage jobs. The transition from the economy dominated by the former to the one by the latter is a key to economic devel…
Factors associated with harvest and postharvest loss among soybean farmers in Western Paraná State, Brazil
The United Nations included reducing harvest and postharvest losses as a Sustainable Millennium Development Goal in 2015, leading to increased research and policymaker interest in reducing losses to insure food security. This article analyzes the factors associated with self-reported harvest loss among soybean farmers in Paraná, Brazil, using a survey of 243 farmers. The principal–agent problem is the most important contributor to harvest and pos…
Factors associated with knowledge and use of home pregnancy test kits in Uganda
Early detection of pregnancy status may help women initiate earlier antenatal care and healthy pregnancy behaviors, which could lead to healthier mothers and infants. Pregnancy tests are inexpensive and easy to use; meanwhile, little attention has been given to understanding women’s knowledge and use of home pregnancy tests, especially in developing countries. We analyze cross-sectional data collected from 1,008 women ages 18–35, living in Northe…
Son Preference and Its Impact on Family Size and Domestic Violence Against Mothers in South Asia
Geography (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works)