Michael R. Carter
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Participant in
index insurance experiment randomly picks the weather outcome for
himself and fellow
cotton producers in Ica, Peru
PAPERS
Working Papers
Barrett, Chris, Michael R. Carter and Menobu Ikegami (2008). Poverty Traps and Social ProtectionPetrick, Martin and Michael R. Carter (2007). "Limited Horizons and the Persistence of Collective Farms in Post-Soviet Agriculture
Boucher, S., B. Barham and M.R. Carter (2008). "Are Land Titles the Constraint to Enhanced Agricultural Performance? Complementary Financial Policies to Crowd-In Credit Supply And Demand in Risk-Constrained Rural Markets."
Agüero, J.M., M. R. Carter and
Castillo Marco and Michael Carter (2007). “Using Field Experiments to Identify Social Effects.”
Carter, Michael and Marco Castillo (2008). “Trustworthiness and Social Capital in South Africa: Analysis of Actual Living Standards Experiments and Artefactual Field Experiments,"
Recently Published Papers
Carter, Michael and Menobu Ikegami (forthcoming). "Looking Forward: Theory-based Measures of Chronic Poverty and Vulnerability," in R. Addison, D. Hulme and R. Kanbur (eds.) Poverty Dynamics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Oxford University Press).Boucher, S., M.R. Carter and C. Guirkinger (2008), “Risk Rationing and Wealth Effects in Credit Markets.”
Carter, Michael, Francisco Galarza and Steve Boucher (forthcoming). "Underwriting Area-based Yield Insurance to Crowd-in Credit Demand and Supply," Savings and Development 3/2007.
Carter, M.R., J. May, J. Agüero, and S. Ravindranath (forthcoming). "The Economic Impact of Premature Adult Mortality: Panel Data Evidence from
Agüero, J., M.R. Carter and J. May (2007). “Poverty and Inequality in the First Decade of South Africa's Democracy: What can be learnt from Panel Data?”
Carter, Michael (2007). "What Can We Learn from Asset Based Approaches to Poverty," in C. Moser (ed.) Reducing Global Poverty: The Case for Asset Accumulation (Broookings).
Fletschner, Diana and Michael Carter (2008). “Constructing and Reconstructing Gender: Reference Group Effects and Women's Demand for Entrepreneurial Capital.” Journal of Social Economics 37(2): 672-693.
Carter, Michael, Peter Little, Tewodaj Mogues and W. Negatu (2007). "Poverty Traps and the Long-term Consequences of Natural Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras," World Development 35(5):835-856.
Barrett, C.B. and M.R. Carter (2007). "Asset Thresholds and Social Protection" IDS Bulletin 38(3):34-38.
May, J., J. Agüero, M.R. Carter and I. Timaeus (2007). "The KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS) 3rd wave: Methods, first findings and an agenda for future research," Development Southern Africa 24(5):629-648.
Carter, Michael and Christopher Barrett (2006). “The Economics of Poverty Traps and Persistent Poverty: An Asset-based Approach,” Journal of Development Studies 42(2):178-199.
Adato, M., Carter, M. and J. May (2006). “Exploring Poverty Traps and Social Exclusion in
Barrett, C.B., M.R. Carter and P.D. Little (2006). “Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in
Mogues, Tewodaj and Michael Carter (2005). “Social Capital and the Reproduction of Inequality in Socially Polarized Economies,” Journal of Economic Inequality 3:193-219.
Boucher, Stephen, Barham, Bradford and Michael Carter (2005). “The Impact of Market Friendly Reforms on the Operation of Credit and Land Markets in
Zimmerman, Fred and Michael Carter (2003). “Asset Smoothing, Consumption Smoothing and the Reproduction of Inequality under Risk and Subsistence Constraints,” Journal of Development Economics 71(2):233-260.
Carter, Michael R. and John Maluccio. “Social Capital and Coping with Economic Shocks: An Analysis of Stunting of South African Children,” World Development 31(7):1147-1163 (July 2003).
Carter, Michael R. and Pedro Olinto (2003). “Getting Institutions Right for Whom? Credit Constraints and the Impact of Property Rights on the Quantity and Composition of Investment,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85(1):173-186.
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