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1“...The 'resource curse' hypothesis claims that abundance in natural resources, particularly oil, encourages especially civil war. Natural resources provide both...”
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2“...Abstract This article analyses the determinants of growing demand for agricultural land in developing countries. We propose some determinants that are specific...”
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3“...We study the determinants of households' choices of lighting fuels in Kenya including the option of using solar home systems (SHS). Our goal is to add new...”
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4“...The informal sector is typically characterized as being very heterogeneous and possibly composed of two clearly distinct segments, sometimes called the lower...”
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5Millennium Development Goal Achievements and Policies in Education and Health: What Has Been Learnt?by Lay, Jann Published in Development policy review (01.01.2012)“...This article reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of key policy instruments for MDG (Millennium Development Goals) achievement, focusing on the role of...”
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6by Anseeuw, Ward Lay, Jann Messerli, Peter Giger, Markus Taylor, Michael Published in The Journal of peasant studies (01.05.2013)“...The Beta version of the Land Matrix (Land Matrix 2012 ) was launched in April 2012 as a tool to promote public participation in building a constantly evolving...”
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7by Renner, Sebastian Lay, Jann Schleicher, Michael Published in Environment and development economics (01.04.2019)“...AbstractWe study the welfare and energy poverty implications of energy price change scenarios in Indonesia. Our analysis extends previous analyses of energy...”
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8by Dodlova, Marina Giolbas, Anna Lay, Jann Published in European Journal of Political Economy (01.12.2017)“...This paper examines the implications of political factors for social policy choices. Specifically, we explore the link between regime type and adoption of...”
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9by JAKOB, Michael STECKEL, Jan Christoph KLASEN, Stephan LAY, Jann GRUNEWALD, Nicole MARTINEZ-ZARZOSO, Inmaculada RENNER, Sebastian EDENHOFER, Ottmar Published in Nature climate change (2014)“...Energy use is not only crucial for economic development, but is also the main driver of greenhouse-gas emissions. Developing countries can reduce emissions and...”
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10by Flachsbarth, Insa Schotte, Simone Lay, Jann Garrido, Alberto Published in Journal of economic inequality (01.12.2018)“...Some rural regions of Peru showed remarkable rates of poverty reduction and inequality reduction between 2004 and 2012, while others lagged behind. Using...”
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11“...This paper reviews 70 recent empirical and theoretical studies that analyse land-use change at the farm-household level. The review builds on a conceptual...”
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12by Martyn J. Andrews Jennifer Golan Jann Lay Published in American journal of agricultural economics (01.04.2015)“...This article analyzes the efficiency of the intra-household allocation of female and male labor inputs in agricultural production. In a collective household...”
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13“...textabstractThis paper investigates the patterns of capital entry barriers and capital returns in informal micro and small enterprises (MSEs) using a unique...”
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14Non-contributory social transfer programs in developing countries: A new dataset and research agenda“...Social transfer programs in developing countries are designed to contribute to poverty reduction by increasing the income of the poor in order to ensure...”
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16by OSTERMEIER, Martin LINDE, Sarah LAY, Jann PREDIGER, Sebastian Published in International labour review (01.09.2015)“...The MDG employment indicators suffer from major shortcomings, including measurement problems, inappropriate use of aggregate statistics, ambiguous...”
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17by Dodlova, Marina Göbel, Kristin Grimm, Michael Lay, Jann Published in Labour economics (01.04.2015)“...We present a multi-period model of capital accumulation in order to investigate microenterprise (ME) production dynamics in a developing country context...”
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19“...Using data from Western Kenya, we confirm the existence of a dichotomous non-agricultural sector. The poverty and inequality implications of the differently...”
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20by Vaillant, Julia Grimm, Michael Lay, Jann Roubaud, François Published in European journal of development research (07.08.2014)“...markdownabstract__Abstract__ This article examines the dynamics of the informal sector in Madagascar during the 1995–2004 period, which was characterized by...”