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Motives and Giving Norms Behind Remittances : The Case of Filipino Overseas Workers and their Recipient Households 
Alba, Michael M.Â; Sugui, Jessaine Soraya C. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
The literature has focused on motives to explain remittance behavior. But as nonanonymous transfers, remittances are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363363
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Motives and Giving Norms Behind Remittances : The Case of Filipino Overseas Workers and their Recipient Households
Alba, Michael M.; Sugui, Jessaine Soraya C. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
The literature has focused on motives to explain remittance behavior. But as nonanonymous transfers, remittances are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363614
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Economic Impact of International Migration and Remittances on Philippine Households : What We Thought We Knew, What We Need to Know
Jr, Aniceto C. Orbeta - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Several studies on the impact of international migration and remittances on household outcomes have been released …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363637
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Asia’s Wicked Environmental Problems
Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The developing economies of Asia are confronted by serious environmental problems that threaten to undermine future … across developing Asia will need to address towards 2030 : water management, air pollution, deforestation and land … environmental problems across Asia. This is a caution against over-optimism and blueprint or formulaic solutions. It is not, however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278159
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Policies and Measures to Mitigate the Potential Environmental Impacts of Cross-Border Infrastructure Projects in Asia
Zhang, ZhongXiang - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
While bringing positive impacts and benefits, cross-border infrastructure projects face additional challenges relative to national projects. Moreover, such projects involve a variety of technical, regulatory, institutional, and legal factors, and their obstacles constrain the development of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278172
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Asia’s Wicked Environmental Problems
Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The developing economies of Asia are confronted by serious environmental problems that threaten to undermine future … across developing Asia will need to address towards 2030 : water management, air pollution, deforestation and land … environmental problems across Asia. This is a caution against over-optimism and blueprint or formulaic solutions. It is not, however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278216
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What Matter for Child Development?
Huang, Fali - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper estimates production functions of child cognitive and social development using a panel data of nine-year old children each with over two hundred home and school inputs as well as family background variables. A tree regression method is used to conduct estimation under various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365077
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Dynamic Treatment Effect Analysis of TV Effects on Child Cognitive Development
Huang, Fali; Lee, Myoung-jae - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
We investigate whether TV watching at ages 6-7 and 8-9 affects cognitive development measured by math and reading scores at ages 8-9 using a rich childhood longitudinal sample from NLSY79. Dynamic panel data models are estimated to handle the unobserved child-specific factor, endogeneity of TV...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365268
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Trade Regimes, Liberalization and Macroeconomic Instability in Africa
Dupasquier, Chantal; Osakwe, Patrick N. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
in Africa. We focus on instabilities in output, consumption and investment, and use both single and system estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365283
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The Micro Level Impact of Foreign Remittances on Incomes in Bangladesh - A Measurement Approach Using the Propensity Score
Khan, M W R - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
The importance of foreign remittances in the economy of Bangladesh is widely recognised and requires little reiteration …. Along with the readymade garment (RMG) sector and non-farm activities in the agricultural sector, remittances have been … (Osmani 2004). The volume of remittances from Bangladeshi migrant workers exceeded USD 4 billion in early 2007 (the Daily Star …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365331