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Thomas Dufhues

Dr. Thomas Dufhues

Dr. Thomas Dufhues

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Publications and Presentations

Articles (peer-reviewed)

; ; ; ; ; (2024) Migrant agency in an institutional context: The Akmola-Astana migration system. Europe-Asia Studies 76 (3): 433-460.

; ; ; (2024) Social comparisons under pandemic stress: Income reference groups, comparison patterns, and the subjective well-being of German students. Journal of Happiness Studies 25 (7)

; ; ; ; (2023) Don’t look up! Individual income comparisons and subjective well-being of students in Thailand. Journal of Happiness Studies 24 (2): 477-503.

; ; ; ; (2022) Producer organisations in an export-oriented value chain: What motivates small-scale farmers in Kosovo to collaborate? European Countryside 14 (2): 379 - 396.

; ; (2022) Understanding the market potential of products from alternative food networks in a transition economy - A discrete choice experiment. British Food Journal 124 (13): 183-199.

; ; (2021) Exploring policy options in regulating rural–urban migration with a Bayesian Network: A case study in Kazakhstan. European Journal of Development Research 33 (3): 553-577.

; ; ; ; (2021) Why villagers stay put – A structural equation model on staying intentions. Journal of Rural Studies 81: 345-357.

; ; ; ; (2020) Return to the countryside: The return intentions of highly educated young people in the Akmola province of northern Kazakhstan. Population, Space and Place 26 (2): 1-14.

; ; ; (2017) Participatory local governance and cultural practices in Thailand. Cogent Social Sciences (3): 1-19.

; ; (2017) The effects of rules on local political decision-making processes: How can rules facilitate participation? Policy Sciences 50 (4): 675–696.

; ; ; (2017) Payments for ecosystem services and agricultural intensification: Evidence from a choice experiment on deforestation in Zambia. Ecological Economics 141: 95-105.

; ; (2016) Individual social capital and access to rural services in Northern Vietnam. International Journal of Social Economics 43 (4): 363-381.

; ; (2015) The political economy of decentralization inThailand: how past and present decentralization affects rural actors' participation. European Journal of Development Research 27 (5): 793-810.

; ; (2013) Social capital and market imperfections - Accessing formal credit in Thailand. Oxford Development Studies 41 (1): 54-75.

; ; (2012) Social capital and loan repayment performance in Northern Vietnam. Agricultural Economics 43 (3): 277-292.

; ; (2012) Do Connections Matter? Individual Social Capital and Credit Constraints in Vietnam. European Journal of Development Research 24 (3): 337-358.

; ; ; (2011) Network based social capital and individual loan repayment performance. Journal of Development Studies 47 (8): 1199-1215.

; ; ; (2011) Social capital and loan repayment performance in Southeast Asia. Journal of Socio-Economics 40 (5): 679-691.

; ; ; (2010) Risk-Management Networks of Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam. Asia-Pacific Development Journal 17 (2): 93-118.

; ; (2008) Universal healthcare demand in rural northern Thailand: Gender and ethnicity. Asia-Pacific Development Journal 15 (1): 65-92.

Articles (non-peer-reviewed)

(2009) Buchbesprechung: Hulme, David and Thankom, Arun (eds.) (2009): Microfinance: A Reader. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 48 (4): 392.

; (2007) Buchrezension zu Tazul Islam (2006): Microcredit and Poverty Allevitation. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 46 (4): 426-428.

Monographs

; ; ; (2006) Tài chinh vo mo (Microfinance - Theory, research methodology and application). Hanoi: Agricultural Publishing House.

Contributions to anthologies

; ; ; ; ; (2011) Rural Livelihoods in Transition: Structural Change beyond Agriculture. In: Möllers, J., Buchenrieder, G., and C. Csaki (Hrsg.): Structural Change in Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods - Policy Implications for the New Member States of the European Union, Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Bd. 61, Halle (Saale): Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Mittel- und Osteuropa, 110-130: IAMO Eigenverlag.

; (2007) Reaching the poorest with microcredit an impossible attempt? New evidence from Northern Vietnam. In: Kuhlmann, F., Schmitz. P-M- (Hrsg.): Good Governance in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft, Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V. Bd. 42, 2007, 46. Jahrestagung der Gewisola, Gießen, 4.-6. Oktober 2006, 339-346: Landwirtschaftsverlag Münster-Hiltrup.

; ; ; (2007) Sustainable and less sustainable developments in the rural financial market of Northern Vietnam. In: Heidhues, F., Herrmann, L., Neef, A., Neidhart, S., Sruamsiri, P. Dao Chau Thu, Valle Zárate, A. (Hrsg.): Sustainable land use in mountainous regions of Southeast Asia: Meeting the challenges of ecological, socio-economic and cultural diversity, 335-352: Springer.

; (2006) Open issues and implications for measuring individual social capital in developing countries. In: Buchenrieder, G., Dufhues, T., (Hrsg.): Making rural households' livelihood more resilient - The importance of social capital and the underlying social networks (Proceedings), Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Bd. 34, Halle(Saale), 24-41: IAMO Eigenverlag.

IAMO Discussion Papers

; ; (2006) Social capital and rural development: Literature review and current state of the art. IAMO Discussion Paper No. 96, Halle (Saale): IAMO.
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IAMO Studies

(2007) Accessing rural finances - The rural financial market in Northern Vietnam. Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Vol. 36, Halle (Saale): IAMO.
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; (2006) Making rural households' livelihood more resilient - The importance of capital and the underlying social networks (proceedings). Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Central and Eastern Europe, Vol. 34, Halle (Saale): IAMO.
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Further Publications

; ; ; ; (2021) What motivates commercial small-scale farmers to collaborate? Modelling the intention to join a producer organisation. IAAE.

; ; ; (2021) Rural-urban migration and remittances in the Akmola province (Northern Kazakhstan). SowiDataNet|datorium.

; ; ; (2010) Putting All the Eggs in one Basket? Diversification Strategies in Rural Eastern Europe. Proceedings of the 118th EAAE Seminar: Rural development: governance, policy design and delivery (CD). Luka Juvancic.

Posters

; ; ; (2023) Receiving remittances and subjective well-being in Moldova. Rennes, Frankreich, 29.08.2023 - 01.09.2023.

; ; ; (2011) The Political Economy of Decentralization in Thailand - Does Decentralization Allow for Rural Peasant Participation? Zürich, Schweiz, 30.08.2011 - 02.09.2011.

; ; ; (2006) Individual social capital - A structural approach notification. Bonn, Deutschland, 11.10.2006 - 13.10.2006.

Presentations

(2024) The empowerment index and first results on women’s empowerment in the Western Balkans. Second interim meeting of the REAWG on the role of women in rural development in the Western Balkans, Durres, Albanien.

; ; (2023) Intangible remittance transfer to rural Kosovo: Between mistrust and innovation. TraFFF Second Thematic Workshop - Migrant Entrepreneurs in Kosovo and Serbia: Tracing Trust and Innovation, Frankfurt (Oder), Deutschland.

; ; ; (2023) Receiving remittances and subjective wellbeing in Moldova. XVII Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) “Agri-food systems in a changing world: Connecting science and society”, Rennes, Frankreich.

; ; ; (2023) The COVID-19 pandemic, individual reference groups and subjective well-being. 21st ISQOLS Annual Conference "Towards a People-First Economy: A World to Win", Rotterdam, Niederlande.

; ; (2023) (In)tangible remittances: Acquisition, transmission, reception. TraFFF First Thematic Workshop - Migration and Development: Between Wishful Thinking and Practical Results, Belgrad, Republik Serbien.

; ; ; (2021) Farmers’ preferences towards extension services: Insights from a Discrete Choice Experiment. XVI EAAE Virtual Congress "Raising the Impact of Agricultural Economics: Multidisciplinarity, Stakeholder Engagement and Novel Approaches, Prag / Online, Tschechische Republik.

; ; ; ; (2021) What motivates commercial small-scale farmers to collaborate? Modelling the intention to join a producer organisation. 31st Virtual ICAE 2021, Neu Delhi / Online, Indien.

; ; ; (2021) To whom do we compare ourselves? Empirical evidence on reference individuals from a student survey. BeWell Meeting 2021 : 2nd annual workshop on well-being research, Online, Deutschland.

; ; ; (2020) Less direct payments for an improved extension service?: Insights from a Discrete Choice Experiment. Envisioning the Future of Extension, Washington D.C., USA.

; ; ; (2019) Farmers` preferences towards extension services. Insights from a Discrete Choice Experiment in Kosovo. IAMO Forum 2019 "Small farms in transition: How to stimulate inclusive growth", Halle (Saale), Deutschland.

; ; ; (2019) Who do we compare ourselves to? Survey evidence on reference individuals. 17th annual conference of The International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS), Granada, Spanien.

; ; ; (2018) Why smallholders join cooperatives - the case of Kosovar raspberry producers. World Food Day Colloquium 2018 "Cooperatives: essential for food security?!", Stuttgart, Deutschland.

; ; ; (2017) Internal migration in Kazakhstan: Agency and structure in the decision to stay. XXVII European Society For Rural Sociology Congress, Krakau, Polen.

; ; (2016) Internal migration in Kazakhstan: Connecting structure and agency. IAMO Forum 2016: Rural Labor in Transition, Halle (Saale), Deutschland.

; ; (2012) Individual social capital and access to formal credit in Thailand. 28th International Conference of Agricultural Economists: The Global Bio-economy, Foz do Iguaçu, Brasilien.

; ; (2012) Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link. 28th International Conference of Agricultural Economists: The Global Bio-economy, Foz do Iguaçu, Brasilien.

; ; (2010) Social capital and credit constraints: A case study from Vietnam. International Symposium on "Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountainous Regions of Southeast Asia", Hanoi, Vietnam.

; (2006) Open issues and implications for measuring individual social capital in developing countries. 26th Conference of the IAAE, Brisbane, Australien.

; (2006) Reaching the poorest with microcredit an impossible attempt? New evidence from Northern Vietnam. 46. Jahrestagung der GEWISOLA zum Thema: Good Governance in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft, Gießen, Deutschland.

(2006) Social capital and rural development research: Open issues and implications for Southeast Asia. 26th Conference of the IAAE, Brisbane, Australien.