Xavier Vollenweider
Biographic Data
| ID | 6448136 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xavier Vollenweider |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xavier |
| FAMILY NAME | Vollenweider |
| SIGNATURE | VOLLENWEIDER X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Flowminder Foundation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Low-Quality Seeds, Labor Supply, and Economic Returns: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
Low productivity in agriculture is a major cause of poverty and food insecurity in Africa. One explanation for low productivity is the widespread presence of low-quality inputs on local markets (“lemon technologies”), which causes uncertainty among farmers and erodes incentives for adoption. We report the results from a field experiment in Tanzania to study the impact of improved maize seeds in a context where we exogenously vary seed quality and…
Ties that bind: Network redistributive pressure and economic decisions in village economies
Ties that bind: Network redistributive pressure and economic decisions in village economies
Low-Quality Seeds, Labor Supply, and Economic Returns: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
Low productivity in agriculture is a major cause of poverty and food insecurity in Africa. One explanation for low productivity is the widespread presence of low-quality inputs on local markets (“lemon technologies”), which causes uncertainty among farmers and erodes incentives for adoption. We report the results from a field experiment in Tanzania to study the impact of improved maize seeds in a context where we exogenously vary seed quality and…
Agricultural Innovations and Practices (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (2 works) · Socioeconomics (2 works) · Tanzania (2 works) · Agricultural economics (1 works) · Agriculture (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Context (archaeology) (1 works)