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Land Access and Youth Livelihood Opportunities in Southern Ethiopia
Holden, Stein; Bezu, Sosina - 2013
This study aims to examine current land access and youth livelihood opportunities in Southern Ethiopia. Access to … agricultural land is a constitutional right for rural residents of Ethiopia. We used survey data from the relatively land abundant … livelihood. The law prohibits the purchase and sale of land in Ethiopia. We found that land access through allocation from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624435
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Land Access and Youth Livelihood Opportunities in Southern Ethiopia
Holden, Stein; Bezu, Sosina - School of Economics and Business, Norges miljø- og … - 2013
This study aims to examine current land access and youth livelihood opportunities in Southern Ethiopia. Access to … agricultural land is a constitutional right for rural residents of Ethiopia. We used survey data from the relatively land abundant … livelihood. The law prohibits the purchase and sale of land in Ethiopia. We found that land access through allocation from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691920
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What drives youth's intention to migrate abroad? : evidence from international survey data
Milasi, Santo - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/12, pp. 1-30
's migration behavior at the global level. Using the individual-level survey data from Gallup World Poll across 139 countries over … migration, although budgetary constraints may prevent youth from transforming their migration desires into actual plans in low … turned into more concrete plans. Finally, this study shows that while youth's and adults' migration propensities are often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012303235
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Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision: Evidence from China
Giles, John T.; Mu, Ren - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of China's rural residents. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468155
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Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision: Evidence from China
Giles, John T.; Mu, Ren - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of China's rural residents. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011078392
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Migration and inheritance practices in the Bolivian Altiplano
Michels, Anne - 2011
context of important migration, children may play an active role in the inheritance process. Based on a unique data set … collected at both ends of the migration link in Bolivia, we are able to show that migrant children significantly influence the … important role and the identity of the person responsible for the migration decision emerges as an important determinant of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280133
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Parents, Neighbors and Youth Crime
Díaz, Carlos; Patacchini, Eleonora - 2021
We study the interplay between parental and peer socialization in shaping criminal behavior among adolescents. We develop a simple cultural transmission model where parents affect how the society influences their children’s decision. The model predicts that parental and peer socialization are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013313051
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Parents, Neighbors and Youth Crime
Díaz, Carlos; Patacchini, Eleonora - 2021
We study the interplay between parental and peer socialization in shaping criminal behavior among adolescents. We develop a simple cultural transmission model where parents affect how society influences their children's decisions. The model predicts that parental and peer socialization are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324308
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What drives youth's intention to migrate abroad? Evidence from international survey data
Milasi, Santo - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-30
's migration behavior at the global level. Using the individual-level survey data from Gallup World Poll across 139 countries over … migration, although budgetary constraints may prevent youth from transforming their migration desires into actual plans in low … turned into more concrete plans. Finally, this study shows that while youth's and adults' migration propensities are often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014552463
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Restrictions on migration create gender inequality: The story of China's left-behind children
Gao, Xuwen; Liang, Wenquan; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; … - 2022
About 11% of the Chinese population are rural-urban migrants, and the vast majority of them (124 million people) possess a rural hukou which severely restrict their children's access to urban public schools. As a result, 61 million children are left behind in rural areas. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013420926