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Published and Forthcoming Papers
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2011
- "What motivates gifts? Intra-Family Transfers in
Rural Malawi", 2011, Journal of the Family and Economic Issues, 32(3):
473-492 [Published Paper]
- "Income, Gender and Consumption: A Study
of Malawian Households",2011 , Journal
of Developing Areas. 44(2): 1-25.
[Working Paper] [Published Paper]
2010
- "Do Shocks have a Persistent Impact on
Consumption? The Case of Rural Malawi", 2010, Progress in Development Studies.
10(1): 75-79
[Working Paper] [Published
Paper]
- "Crime and Happiness amongst Household
Heads in Malawi", 2010, Journal
of Happiness Studies. 11(4): 457-476 (with Tim Hinks) [Working
Paper] [Published Paper]
- Book Chapter: Why
do people give? Motivations for remitting in rural Malawi.
2010. Ch.3 (pp.41-58), Economic Themes I, Ed. J.Roufagalas,
ISBN: 978-960-6672-86-6. [Book available for purchase].
2009
- "Mental Accounting and Remittances: A
Study of Malawian Households", 2009, Journal
of Economic Psychology,
30(3):321-334. (with J.Easaw and A.Ghoshray) [Working Paper] [Presentation] [Published
Paper]
2008
- "A Regional
Multiplier Approach to Estimating the Impact of Cash Transfers on the
Market: The Case of Rural Malawi", 2008, Development Policy Review,
26(1):91-111.
(with J.Davey) [Published Paper] [Working Paper] [4 Page Summary] [Presentation]
- "Life Satisfaction in Malawi and the
Importance of Relative Consumption, Polygamy and Religion", 2008, Journal of
International Development, 20:888-904 (with T.Hinks). [Published Paper]
Working Papers ::
- "Sexual behaviour and
HIV/AIDS knowldege and understanding amongst university students in
Lesotho", Research Paper.
(with B.Honu) [Working
Paper]
- "Are natural resources really a curse? A
study of firms in developing countries", Research Paper.
(with R.Record) [Working Paper] [Short
Summary] [Presentation]
- "Remittances as Insurance
for Household and Community Shocks in an Agrcultural Economy: The Case
of Rural Malawi", Research
Paper. [Working Paper] [Short Summary] [Poster]
- "Remittances as Insurance for
Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks in Malawi: The Importance of
Distance and Relationship - A Descriptive Study", Research Paper. [Working Paper]
- "Determinants and Impact of
Private Sector Investment in Malawi: Evidence from the 2006 Investment
Climate Assessment", Research
Paper. (with R.Record) [Working Paper] [Presentation]
Conference Papers ::
- "Why do People Give? Motivations for
Remitting in
Rural Malawi". Presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Economic
Theory, Policy and Applications, held by ATINER, 3-6 August, Athens,
Greece. [Paper] [Presentation - file 1 file 2]
- "Supporting Households and Communities
during Regional Disasters:
Drought in Rural Malawi". Presented at the first Rehovot Conference on
Regional Development: "Globalisation, Regional Development, and Local
Initiatives", Rehovot, Israel, November 2007. [Paper] [Presentation]
Occasional Work ::
- Davies, S. and B.Honu (2009 onwards), A study on: Attitudes
towards sexual behaviour amongst university students in Lesotho.
This involves the collection of data and a series of papers and reports
based on the data. The website containing background information
(motivation/concept notes, questionnaire), data and the paper series
can be found here.
- Davies, S. and R.Record (2010), "Background paper
for the Second Lao PDR Investment Climate Assessment: Gender and
Entrepreneurship in the Lao PDR - Evidence from the 2009 Enterprise
Survey". A statistical analysis of the impact of gender on business in
Lao for the World Bank.
- Davies, S. (2007), "Making the Most of
It: A Regional Multiplier
Approach to Estimating the Impact of Cash Transfers on the Market".
Conducted for Concern Worldwide (Malawi) as part of evaluation of DFID
funded emergency cash aid programme. [Full Report] [4 Page Summary] [Presentation] [Relief Web Summary and Report]
- Hudson, J., J.Sessions, B.Morley and
S.Davies (2007), "Future
Economic Activity in the South West's Rural Areas and Smaller
Settlements". Research assistance for report prepared for South West of
England Regional Development Agency. [Full Report]
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