This paper uses a unique data set to analyze the migration dynamics of refugees, returnees, and internally displaced people during the Northern Mali conflict. Individuals were interviewed monthly using mobile phones. The results cast light on the characteristics of these three groups before and...

This study analyzes how childhood health determines future academic performance in the Kagera region in Tanzania. Academic outcomes considered are years of education and delay in enrollment, and the measure of childhood health is height (relative to the median). The repercussions of malnutrition...

Existing informal insurance arrangements are generally able to deal with information and enforcement problems but are unable to create large risk pools. This makes these arrangements ineffective against many types of (covariate) risks. The marriage system of the Shona in Zimbabwe, in which bride...