Three Essays on Development, Environmental, and Behavioural Economics

Diplôme Thèse Three Essays on Development, Environmental, and Behavioural Economics eng 2021-02-04 author Doku Angela 844221 Angela Yaboley Doku director Di Falco Salvatore 788423 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:150526 urn:nbn:ch:unige-1505266 GSEM 95 This thesis explores the intersection of development, environmental, and behavioural economics. The first chapter discusses the effect of economic adversity of self-esteem levels. We find that exposure to drought, particularly during adolescence, has a negative affect on the self-esteem of both the children of farmers, and farmers themselves. We additionally find some causal evidence of the relationship between parent and child self-esteem, suggesting that intergenerational transmission may take place within the household. Chapter 2 then determines the effect of peer choices on decision-making at the farm-level. We find that peer adaptation decisions have a positive and significant impact on the adaptation choices of farmers. Chapter 3 concludes by descriptively identifying the relationship between different behavioural measures, again within an agrarian context. I find that noncognitive skills have a strong relationship with gender and social networks, and time preferences in particular have a strong relationship with noncognitive skills. Development economics Environmental economics Behavioural economics Agriculture Noncognitive skills Adaptation Dewey 330/650 9 Faculté d'économie et de management S false e86f5ba9-d6f7-4dc7-a04a-7a4c8a31a2f2 Thesis Restricted Doku_Angela_thesis_FINAL.pdf 4670265 application/pdf Private 2021-08-14 a6c2c98e7a75208d31982abf944dd43759e445f060f68a8e5975960726f0961a restrictedAccess Faculté d'économie et de management

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