Journal of
Development and Agricultural Economics

  • Abbreviation: J. Dev. Agric. Econ.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9774
  • DOI: 10.5897/JDAE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 552

Full Length Research Paper

Estimating the impact of a food security program by propensity-score matching

Tagel Gebrehiwot*
  • Tagel Gebrehiwot*
  • Laboratory for Social Interactions and Economic Behaviour (LSEB), University of Twente, P. O. Box 217, 7514 AE Enschede, Netherlands.
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Anne van der Veen
  • Anne van der Veen
  • Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, P. O. Box 217, 7514 AE Enschede, Netherlands.
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  •  Received: 24 May 2014
  •  Accepted: 08 December 2014
  •  Published: 02 January 2015

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