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Do family ties with those left behind intensify or weaken migrants’ assimilation?
Stark, Oded; Dorn, Agnieszka - In: Economics Letters 118 (2013) 1, pp. 1-5
Strong ties with the home country and with the host country can coexist. An altruistic migrant who sends remittances to …
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How does bargaining power affect remittances?
Aísa, R.; Andaluz, J.; Larramona, G. - In: Economic Modelling 28 (2011) 1, pp. 47-54
This paper examines the factors affecting the amount of remittances by migrants to their home countries, in a context … of a family bargaining model. Spanish data does not show the same clear relationship between remittances and migrant … useful framework within which to study remittances, and bargaining power is a key element in determining the level of such …
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Removing Obstacles to Employment for Women in Ireland
Cournède, Boris - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
Women have contributed a great deal to Ireland's economic growth, including by joining the labour force in large numbers. The rise in female participation since 1990 has been amongst the strongest in the OECD, but from a low base. Female participation rates remain below the OECD average for all...
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Gender Based Taxation and the Division of Family Chores
Alesina, Alberto F; Ichino, Andrea; Karabarbounis, Loukas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Gender Based Taxation (GBT) satisfies Ramsey’s optimal criterion by taxing less the more elastic labour supply of (married) women. This holds when different elasticities between men and women are taken as exogenous and primitive. But in this paper we also explore differences in gender...
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Remittances, expenditure patterns, and gender : parametric and semiparametric evidence from Ecuador
Göbel, Kristin - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19
This study estimates the impact of migrants’ remittances on households’ spending decisions in Ecuador. Applying both … parametric and semiparametric techniques, we find strong evidence that remittances enhance expenditures on education, health, and …
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Using remittance transaction data for timely estimation of the foreign worker population in Malaysia
Zainab Ali Ahmad; Simler, Kenneth; Yi, Soonhwa - 2020
Malaysia has been grappling with understanding how many foreign workers reside in the country and thus faces challenges in formulating evidence-based foreign worker policies. This paper uses micro-level remittance transaction data collected from money transfer service providers to estimate the...
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Changing Household Composition and Female Household Heads--Causes and Implications.
Eberharter, Veronoka V. - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 219 (1999) 3+4, pp. 298-307
Labor market investigations attribute the weak labor force participation of German women to traditional role patterns. This article explores whether this interpretation can be confirmed by an alternate indicator--the proportion of female household-heads. Using PSID-GSOEP panel data, changes in...
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Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias?
Beaman, Lori; Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra; Duflo, Esther; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We exploit random assignment of gender quotas across Indian village councils to investigate whether having a female chief councillor affects public opinion towards female leaders. Villagers who have never been required to have a female leader prefer male leaders and perceive hypothetical female...
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The Career and Family Choices of Women: A Dynamic Analysis of Labor Force Participation, Schooling, Marriage and Fertility Decisions
Sylvester, Michelle Sheran - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 10 (2007) 3, pp. 367-399
This paper formulates and estimates a discrete time, discrete choice dynamic labor supply model in which marriage, fertility, and education are choice variables. The dynamics of these choices are captured by various forms of state and duration dependence. Uncertainty comes from the imperfect...
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Female Labour Force Participation: Past Trends and Main Determinants in OECD Countries
Jaumotte, Florence - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2003
This paper examines the determinants of female labour force participation in OECD countries, including a number of policy instruments such as the tax treatment of second earners (relative to single individuals), childcare subsidies, child benefits, paid maternity and parental leaves, and tax...
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