This paper builds a new internationally comparable database of hours worked to measure
how hours vary with income across and within countries. We document that average hours …

Using detailed household-level data from Malawi on physical quantities of outputs and
inputs in agricultural production, we measure total factor productivity (TFP) for farms …

We provide new empirical insights on the joint distribution of consumption, income, and
wealth using cross-sectional and panel household-survey data from three of the poorest …

Using detailed household-level data from Malawi on physical quantities of agricultural
outputs and inputs, we measure farm total factor productivity (TFP), controlling for land …

Droughts can dramatically affect economic activities, especially in developing countries
where more than half the labor force is in the agricultural sector. This paper highlights the …

In this study, we assess the relevance of decreasing information asymmetry on life and non-
life insurance consumption, by using data from 48 African countries during the period 2004 …

In this study, we examine how insurance affects income inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa,
using data from 42 countries during the period 2004–2014. Three inequality variables are …

This thesis has five chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis. Chapter 2 uses a search and
matching model that incorporates labour demand, labour supply, labour market efficiency …

This thesis studies how risk and informal risk-dealing mechanisms affect economic
development in Africa. In chapter 1, The Aggregate and Welfare Effects of Completing …

The previous chapter introduced three new theoretical concepts: defensive expectations,
compensatory savings and the cumulative wage gap. This chapter presents the empirical …