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Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania: Evidence from a Tracking Survey
Beegle, Kathleen; De Weerdt, Joachim; Dercon, Stefan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This study explores to what extent migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using a 13-year panel survey, the authors find that migration between 1991 and 2004 added 36 percentage points to consumption growth. Although moving out of agriculture resulted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530383
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The Push-Pull Effects of the Information Technology Boom and Bust
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Pitts, M. Melinda; Robertson, John C. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This article examines the inflow and outflow of workers to different industries in Georgia during the information technology (IT) boom of the 1990s and the subsequent bust. Workers in the software and computer services industry were much more likely to have been absent from the Georgia workforce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257865
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Migration, the Quality of the Labour Force and Economic Inequality
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791628
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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683292
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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match.
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association between income inequality and … income redistribution. Income inequality is predicted to have a more favorable impact on subjective wellbeing for individuals … differences in individual tolerance for income inequality, and the predicted influence of actual fairness. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112607
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557077
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557081
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Ausgrenzung und Entfremdung statt Integration: Afrikas Neuer Nationalismus in Zeiten der Globalisierung
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The New Nationalism in Africa and elsewhere shows remarkable differences both in its roots and its impact, compared with that of national independence movements of the early 1960s. Contrary to the first nationalism, the second is less prone to include than to exclude populations; alienation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836286
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Mobility and Human Development
de Haas, Hein - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
immigration restrictions have a negative impact on migrants’ wellbeing as well as the poverty and inequality reducing potential of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559033
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Migration in Participatory Poverty Assessments: A Review
Azcona, Ginette - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper reviews the treatment of migration in Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs), conducted in 14 different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559074