Perceived self-efficacy, poverty, and economic development

D Wuepper, TJ Lybbert - Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Traditionally focused on external constraints, economists are increasingly recognizing the
importance of internal constraints that reflect perceptions as much as reality. Perceived self …

Beyond poverty escapes—social mobility in developing countries: A review article

V Iversen, A Krishna, K Sen - The World Bank Research …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
While social mobility in advanced economies has received extensive scholarly attention,
crucial knowledge gaps remain about the patterns and determinants of income, educational …

Exploring the relationship between despotic leadership and job satisfaction: the role of self efficacy and leader–member exchange

X Zhou, SF Rasool, J Yang, MZ Asghar - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study explores the effects of despotic leadership (DL) on employee job satisfaction (JS)
using self-efficacy (SE) as a mediating variable and leader–member exchange (LMX) as a …

Fatalism, beliefs, and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Akesson, S Ashworth-Hayes, R Hahn… - Journal of risk and …, 2022 - Springer
Little is known about how people's beliefs concerning the Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19) influence their behavior. To shed light on this, we conduct an online experiment …

Income shocks and adolescent mental health

S Baird, J De Hoop, B Özler - Journal of Human Resources, 2013 - jhr.uwpress.org
We investigate the effects of a positive income shock on mental health among adolescent
girls using evidence from a cash transfer experiment in Malawi. Offers of cash transfers …

[PDF][PDF] Educational mobility in the developing world

F Torche - Social Mobility in Developing Countries, 2021 - library.oapen.org
Educational mobility captures the association between parents' and adult children's
schooling attainment. Along with measures of occupational and economic mobility, it …

Explaining the performance of contract farming in Ghana: The role of self-efficacy and social capital

D Wuepper, J Sauer - Food Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Self-efficacy is the belief of an individual to have the ability to be successful in a given
domain. Social capital is the economic value of a person's relationships. In the context of this …

The impact of bullying on students' learning in Latin America: A matching approach for 15 countries

M Delprato, K Akyeampong, M Dunne - International journal of educational …, 2017 - Elsevier
We examine the impact of bullying on learning and non-cognitive outcomes for sixth grade
students in 15 Latin America countries using data from the Third Regional Comparative and …

Hidden human capital: Self-efficacy, aspirations and achievements of adolescent and young women in India

S Roy, M Morton, S Bhattacharya - World Development, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper studies the role of non-cognitive skills like self-efficacy in explaining the
education and employment aspirations and outcomes of adolescent and young women in …

Improving Mental Health of Adolescent Girls in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: Causal Evidence from Life Skills Programming

M Shah, S Baird, J Seager, B Avuwadah… - Journal of Human …, 2024 - jhr.uwpress.org
This study provides causal evidence on the impact of life skills programming on the mental
health of adolescent girls aged 10–19 in three distinct low-and middle-income countries …