Search Results - "D’Exelle Ben"

Village networks and entrepreneurial farming in Uganda by D’Exelle, Ben, Verschoor, Arjan

“…•Farmers are more likely to experiment with new crops or improved seeds the more friends or relatives they have in their village who did so before.•The…”
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Intra-Household Resource Allocation in Rural Tanzania: Why Women Care about Disclosure by D'Exelle, Ben, Ignowski, Liz

“…How resources from development or social programs are allocated within the household is important for household welfare. Intra-household resource allocation…”
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Women’s use of family planning services: An experiment on the husband’s involvement by D’Exelle, Ben, Ringdal, Charlotte

“…Despite the increased availability of family planning services (FPS) in low-income countries, their use remains low, especially in rural sub-Saharan Africa. To…”
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Friends in the village:do they matter for women’s involvement in household decisions? by D’Exelle, Ben, Ignowski, Liz

“…It is often assumed that social connections are good for female empowerment in developing countries. However, growing evidence suggests that empowered women…”
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Nothing but the truth: Consistency and efficiency of the list experiment method for the measurement of sensitive health behaviours by Lépine, Aurélia, Treibich, Carole, D’Exelle, Ben

“…Social desirability bias, which is the tendency to under-report socially, undesirable health behaviours, significantly distorts information on sensitive…”
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Agricultural investment behaviour and contingency: Experimental evidence from Uganda by D’Exelle, Ben, Munro, Alistair, Verschoor, Arjan

“…Underinvestment in agriculture – a major cause of rural poverty – may be due to difficulties in detecting ‘contingency’, defined as the influence one may exert…”
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Probability weighting for losses and for gains among smallholder farmers in Uganda by Verschoor, Arjan, D’Exelle, Ben

“…Probability weighting is a marked feature of decision-making under risk. For poor people in rural areas of developing countries, how probabilities are…”
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The effect of gender and gender pairing on bargaining: Evidence from an artefactual field experiment by D’Exelle, Ben, Gutekunst, Christine, Riedl, Arno

“…Men and women negotiate differently, which might create gender inequality in earnings from bargaining. We study the role of gender and gender pairing in…”
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Investment Behaviour, Risk Sharing and Social Distance by D'Exelle, Ben, Verschoor, Arjan

“…Using a lab-in-the-field experiment in Uganda we study how risk sharing influences investment behaviour. Depending on the treatment, an investor may decide to…”
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Lab and life: Does risky choice behaviour observed in experiments reflect that in the real world? by Verschoor, Arjan, D’Exelle, Ben, Perez-Viana, Borja

“…•In a sample of farmers, we compare investment behavior in experiments with that in real life.•Investment in the experiments is similar to some but not all…”
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An endowment effect for risk levels: Evidence from a Ugandan lab by Clist, Paul, D’Exelle, Ben, Verschoor, Arjan

“…Risky choices often have a natural starting-point. For example, insurance-type decisions concern reducing risk while investment-type decisions concern…”
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Correcting misperceptions about trends and norms to address weak collective action — Experimental evidence from a recycling program by Fuhrmann-Riebel, Hanna, D’Exelle, Ben, López Vargas, Kristian, Tonke, Sebastian, Verschoor, Arjan

“…Finding ways to encourage collective action in contexts where only a minority adopts the desired behavior is central to solving many of today’s global…”
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Equity-Efficiency Trade-Offs in Irrigation Water Sharing: Evidence from a Field Lab in Rural Tanzania by D’Exelle, Ben, Lecoutere, Els, Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…This article studies how users of scarce common water resources deal with equity-efficiency trade-offs. For this purpose, we conduct a field lab experiment in…”
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Community-Driven Reconstruction in Colombia: An Experimental Study of Collective Action beyond Program Beneficiaries by D'Exelle, Ben, Coleman, Eric, Lopez, Maria Claudia

“…•Communication increases cooperation, and this effect is stronger in groups with more cooperative peers.•This peer effect is mainly driven by the behavior of…”
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Fertility and polygyny: Experimental evidence from Burkina Faso by D’Exelle, Ben, Lépine, Aurélia, Bakyono, Richard, Tapsoba, Ludovic D.G.

“…Decision-making about fertility differs between monogamous and polygynous households. In an experiment in Burkina Faso that gives women access to free…”
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Truly reconciled? A dyadic analysis of post-conflict social reintegration in Northern Uganda by Osborne, Matthew, D’Exelle, Ben, Verschoor, Arjan

“…In the aftermath of civil war or violent internal conflict, one of the key peacebuilding challenges is the reconciliation of former enemies who are members of…”
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How Economic Empowerment Reduces Women's Reproductive Health Vulnerability in Tanzania by Westeneng, Judith, D'Exelle, Ben

“…This article uses data from Northern Tanzania to analyse how economic empowerment helps women reduce their reproductive health (RH) vulnerability. It analyses…”
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Equity-Efficiency Optimizing Resource Allocation: The Role of Time Preferences in a Repeated Irrigation Game by Van Campenhout, Bjorn, D'Exelle, Ben, Lecoutere, Els

“…We study repeated water allocation decisions among small scale irrigation users in Tanzania. In a treatment replicating water scarcity conditions, convexities…”
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The long term economic impact of severe obstetric complications for women and their children in Burkina Faso by Ilboudo, Patrick G C, Russell, Steve, D'Exelle, Ben

“…This study investigates the long term economic impact of severe obstetric complications for women and their children in Burkina Faso, focusing on measures of…”
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Delivery Care in Tanzania: A Comparative Analysis of Use and Preferences by Van Rijsbergen, Bart, D’Exelle, Ben

“…Maternal mortality remains high because of low use of skilled delivery care. While governments try to lower access barriers, little is known about women’s…”
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