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migrant-sending households in Albania. Using detailed information on family migration experience from the latest Living …
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"The contribution of return migrants to economic development in source countries can be significant. Overseas savings of returnees may lead to improvements in household welfare and provide liquidity for investments in the face of credit market failures. Labor market experience and skills...
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Since 1990 migration flows from Albania have been massive, relative to the size of the country and its population, but … resulting observed trends reflect changing push and pull factors in Albania and the two main host countries, Greece and Italy …
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Albania is among the most vulnerable countries to external energy shocks and climatic conditions, because of its high …
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The extent to which teachers and school directors are held to account may play a central role in determining education outcomes, particularly in developing and transition countries where institutional deficiencies can distort incentives. This paper investigates the relationship between an...
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This paper empirically investigates whether households affected by income shocks cope by reducing human capital investments. The analysis uses Crisis Response Surveys conducted in Armenia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania, and Turkey during 2009 and 2010. A propensity score matching technique is...
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Albania's radical farmland distribution is credited with averting an economic crisis and social unrest during the … plots are needed to lay the foundation for greater rural productivity. This paper uses farm-level data from the 2005 Albania … potential of Albania's rural economy and, if and when needed, the ability to conduct consolidation in a cost-effective and …
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