12 years old. Schooling, on the other hand, is found to have a positive impact on health status of children from low …

After giving an overview of the state of migration policy in developing countries with special reference to Pakistan … this paper essentially revisits the issue of policy and its effect on rural to urban migration under an extended family … theoretical framework. This specific approach is motivated by empirical literature on migration in the context of developing …

The objective of this working paper is to examine the extent of employment oriented migration of females in India and … the inter state variations in its magnitude using NSSO 55th Round Household level data on Migration . It is found that … though the percentage is very small for employment oriented migration an analysis of work force participation of female …

investigate the links between trade, migration and New Zealands diaspora. It clearly shows that inwards and outwards migration has … these links in mind in order to maximise the economic potential of migrants. If trade follows migration flows, then an …

Literature on migration and network effects suggests that the rate of migration is positively related to the extent or … lead to more migration from the hinterland. This counter intuitive result is generated as a consequence of juxtaposing an … end has a positive effect on new migration which comes specifically through a greater flow of remittance income from the …

We investigate how the link between individual schooling and political participation is affected by country … participation is more responsive to schooling in land-abundant countries, and less responsive in human capital-abundant countries … participation and its responsiveness to schooling, by lowering the opportunity cost of production income foregone. In an extension …