Yanyan Liu

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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1.

Delayed Premium Payment, Insurance Adoption, and Household Investment in Rural China

IFPRI Discussion Paper 01306
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 03 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2019
Yanyan Liu, Kevin Chen and Ruth Vargas Hill
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and World Bank
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China, East Asia, Asia, agricultural insurance, liquidity, microinsurance, delayed premium payment, liquidity constraint

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The Political Economy of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Spending in Andhra Pradesh

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1371
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Oct 2014
Megan Sheahan, Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett and Sudha Narayanan
Cornell University - Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)
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India, South Asia, Asia, Public Policy, Governance, Poverty, Rural Areas, Rural Population, Social Safety Nets, Social Protection, Political Economy, Clientelism, Project Allocation, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee

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Within-Season Producer Response to Warmer Temperatures: Defensive Investments by Kenyan Farmers

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 23 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2020
Maulik Jagnani, Christopher B. Barrett, Yanyan Liu and Liangzhi You
Cornell University, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Welfare and Poverty Impacts of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India

IFPRI Discussion Paper 01289
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 12 May 2017
Klaus Deininger and Yanyan Liu
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Economic development, employment, Governance, Labor market, Public investment, rural areas, social policies, social safety nets, India, South Asia, Asia

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The Effect of Subway Expansion on Air Quality: Evidence from Beijing

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Jan 2019
Shanjun Li, Yanyan Liu, Avralt-Od Purevjav and Lin Yang
Cornell University - School of Applied Economics and Management, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University and Cornell University
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Subway, Air Quality, Traffic Congestion

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Heterogeneous Pro-Poor Targeting in India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

IFPRI Discussion Paper 01218
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Jan 2013
Yanyan Liu and Christopher B. Barrett
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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MGNREGS, employment guarantee scheme, public works, rationing, pro-poor targeting, targeting performance

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The 'Discouraged Worker Effect' in Public Works Programs: Evidence from the MGNREGA in India

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 08 Dec 2016
Sudha Narayanan, Upasak Das, Yanyan Liu and Christopher B. Barrett
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), University of Manchester, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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administrative rationing, discouraged worker effect, employment guarantee, India, labor supply, MGNREGA, workfare programs

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School Quality, Labor Markets and Human Capital Investments: Long-Term Impacts of an Early Stage Education Intervention in the Philippines

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6247
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Futoshi Yamauchi and Yanyan Liu
A member of the CGIAR Consortium - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Tertiary Education, Education For All, Secondary Education, Primary Education, Access to Finance

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The ‘Discouraged Worker Effect’ in Public Works Programs: Evidence from the MGNREGA in India

IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 1633
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 10 May 2017
Sudha Narayanan, Upasak Das, Yanyan Liu and Christopher B. Barrett
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), University of Manchester, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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India; South Asia; Asia; Wages; Labor; Social Protection; Social Safety Net; Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme; Administrative Rationing; Discouraged Worker Effect; Employment Guarantee

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Political Activism as a Determinant of Clientelistic Transfers: Evidence from an Indian Public Works Program

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Political Activism as a Determinant of Clientelistic Transfers: Evidence from an Indian Public Works Program

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11277
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 Jan 2018
Nancy H. Chau, Yanyan Liu and Vidhya Soundararajan
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics of Management, Cornell University, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore
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political clientelism, political activism, NREGS, India

Political Activism as a Determinant of Clientelistic Transfers: Evidence from an Indian Public Works Program

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1700
Posted: 10 Jan 2018
Nancy H. Chau, Yanyan Liu and Vidhya Soundararajan
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics of Management, Cornell University, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore

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INDIA, SOUTH ASIA, ASIA, politics, political power, information transfer, political parties, political clientelism, political activism, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)

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Impacts of an Early Stage Education Intervention on Students'Learning Achievement: Evidence from the Philippines

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6246
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Futoshi Yamauchi and Yanyan Liu
A member of the CGIAR Consortium - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Education For All, Tertiary Education, Primary Education, Teaching and Learning, Secondary Education

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Population Density, Migration, and the Returns to Human Capital and Land: Insights from Indonesia

IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01271
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Jun 2013
Yanyan Liu and Futoshi Yamauchi
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and A member of the CGIAR Consortium - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Education, income growth, landholding, Migration, Population growth, Rural economy, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

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Can Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in the Inverse Farm Size-Productivity Relationship?: Longitudinal Evidence from Rural India

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1358
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jun 2016
Klaus Deininger, Songqing Jin, Yanyan Liu and Sudhir Singh
World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC), World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and World Bank
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farm size; farm structure; productivity; agricultural development; labor; markets; inverse farm size-productivity relationship; labor market imperfections; farm size in India

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Group Lending with Peer Selection and Moral Hazard

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 Jul 2017
Li Gan, Manuel A. Hernandez and Yanyan Liu
Texas A&M University - Department of Economics, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Group lending, peer selection, moral hazard

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Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages and Child Health in the Presence of Conflict in Nepal

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1515
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Mar 2016
Elizabeth R. Bageant, Yanyan Liu and Xinshen Diao
Cornell University, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Nepal; South Asia; Asia; nutrition; children; dairy; livestock; agriculture; conflict; agricultural policies; nutrition policies; health; milk; milk production; food consumption; poverty; resilience; shocks; economic shocks

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Structural Transformation and Intertemporal Evolution of Real Wages, Machine Use, and Farm Size–Productivity Relationships in Vietnam

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1525
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 May 2016 Last Revised: 12 May 2017
Yanyan Liu, William J. Violette and Christopher B. Barrett
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Brown University and Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management
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VIET NAM; VIETNAM; SOUTH EAST ASIA; ASIA; Productivity; Structural Change; Farm Size; Food Production; Households; Mechanization

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Variable Returns to Fertilizer Use and Its Relationship to Poverty: Experimental and Simulation Evidence from Malawi

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1373
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Oct 2014
Aurélie Harou, Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett and Liangzhi You
Cornell University - School of Applied Economics and Management, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Malawi, southern Africa, Africa south sf Sahara, Africa, Fertilizers, Subsidies, Agricultural Development, Productivity, Farm Inputs

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Evolution of Agricultural Mechanization in Vietnam: Insights from a Literature Review and Multiple Rounds of a Farm Household Survey

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1724
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Sep 2018
Hiroyuki Takeshima, Yanyan Liu, Nguyen Van Cuong and Ian Masias
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Can Tho University and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Vietnam, South East Asia, Asia, Agricultural Mechanization, Tractors, Combine Harvesters, Private Sector, Machinery Industry, Farm Size, Food Security, Hiring Service Providers

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Group Lending with Heterogeneous Types

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Group Lending with Heterogeneous Types

IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01268
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Jun 2013
Li Gan, Manuel A. Hernandez and Yanyan Liu
Texas A&M University - Department of Economics, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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group lending, heterogeneous types, repayment behavior

Group Lending with Heterogeneous Types

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 May 2017
Li Gan, Manuel A. Hernandez and Yanyan Liu
Texas A&M University - Department of Economics, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Group lending, heterogeneous types, repayment behavior, mixture model

Group Lending with Heterogeneous Types

NBER Working Paper No. w18847
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 26 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2022
Li Gan, Manuel A. Hernandez and Yanyan Liu
Texas A&M University - Department of Economics, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Group Lending with Heterogeneous Types

Economic Inquiry, Vol. 56, Issue 2, pp. 895-913, 2018
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 Feb 2018
Li Gan, Manuel A. Hernandez and Yanyan Liu
Texas A&M University - Department of Economics, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Factor Endowments, Wage Growth, and Changing Food Self-Sufficiency: Evidence from Country-Level Panel Data

IFPRI Discussion Paper 01246
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Mar 2013
Keijiro Otsuka, Yanyan Liu and Futoshi Yamauchi
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and A member of the CGIAR Consortium - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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cereal self-sufficient ration, Economic transformation, farm size, machine use, Asia

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Information, Mobile Communication, and Referral Effects

NBER Working Paper No. w25873
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 29 May 2019 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2022
Panle Jia Barwick, Yanyan Liu, Eleonora Patacchini and Qi Wu
Cornell University - Department of Economics, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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Preferential Resource Spending Under an Employment Guarantee: The Political Economy of Mgnregs in Andhra Pradesh

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7818
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 07 Oct 2016
Megan Sheahan, Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett and Sudha Narayanan
Cornell University - Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)
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Governance Diagnostic Capacity Building

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The Impact of Risk Contingent Credit and Traditional Credit on Smallholders’ Agricultural Investment, Productivity and Welfare: Experimental Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Rural Kenya

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Jan 2022
Michael Kariuki Ndegwa, Apurba Shee, Patrick S. Ward, Yanyan Liu, Calum G. Turvey and Liangzhi You
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Duke Kunshan University, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University - School of Applied Economics and Management and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Credit, insurance linked credit, agricultural investment, households' productivity, households' welfare, sub-Saharan Africa

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Uneven Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Post-Lockdown Human Mobility Across Chinese Cities

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14187
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 Mar 2021
Yanyan Liu, Shuang Ma and Ren Mu
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Guangzhou University and Texas A&M University
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Geography of Smallholders’ Tractor Adoptions and R&D– Induced Land Productivity: Evidence From Household Survey Data in Ghana

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1871
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 21 Oct 2019
Hiroyuki Takeshima and Yanyan Liu
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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agricultural mechanization, technology, land productivity

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Agriculture–Nutrition Linkages in Tajikistan: Evidence From Household Survey Data

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1770
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 11 Dec 2018
Hiroyuki Takeshima, Akramov Kamiljon, Allen Park, Jarilkasin Ilyasov, Yanyan Liu and Tanzila Ergasheva
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Tajik Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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Tajikistan, Central Asia, Asia, Agriculture, Nutrition, Anthropometric Dimensions, Market Access, Household Surveys, Agricultural Production, Agriculture–Nutrition Linkage, Dietary Diversity, Two-Stage Probit Analysis

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Agrifood Market Participation, Household Economies of Specialization and Diversification: Evidence From Vietnam

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1922, 2020
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 May 2020
Hiroyuki Takeshima, Manmeet Ajmani, Devesh Roy, Aniq Fadhillah and Yanyan Liu
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), affiliation not provided to SSRN and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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smallholders, agrifood sector, models, markets, gender, farm income, labour productivity, female labour

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The Role of Plant-Breeding R&D in Tractor Adoptions Among Smallholders in Asia: Insights from Nepal Terai

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1719
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 05 Sep 2018
Hiroyuki Takeshima and Yanyan Liu
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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INDIA, SOUTH ASIA, ASIA, NEPAL, agricultural mechanization, tractors, innovation adoption, smallholders, agricultural censuses, plant breeding, high yielding varieties, agricultural research, evolution, villages, dynamics

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Information, Mobile Communication, and Referral Effects

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13786
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2019
Panle Jia Barwick, Yanyan Liu, Eleonora Patacchini and Qi Wu
Cornell University - Department of Economics, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cornell University and Cornell University - Department of Economics
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Entrop, Information, Mobile Communication, Social Networks, Urban Labor Market

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Gender Asymmetries: Impacts of an Early‐Stage School Intervention in the Philippines

Review of Development Economics, Vol. 22, Issue 1, pp. 220-241, 2018
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Jan 2018
Futoshi Yamauchi and Yanyan Liu
A member of the CGIAR Consortium - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Gender Asymmetries: Dynamic Impacts of an Early-Stage School Intervention in the Philippines

Posted: 28 Sep 2016
Yanyan Liu
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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School Quality, Labor Markets, Gender, Tracking Survey, Philippines

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The Dynamics of Microinsurance Demand in Developing Countries Under Liquidity Constraints and Insurer Default Risk

Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 83, Issue 1, pp. 121-138, 2016
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 19 Feb 2016
Yanyan Liu and Robert J. Myers
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural Economics
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