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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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Impact of Management Practices on Employee Effectiveness in South Asia
Qureshi, Zafar Iqbal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
South Asian organizations in countries like Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are trying to professionalize management practices in recent years. Inspite of such efforts, employees indiscipline, politicised labor unions, low individual productivity, and unsatisfactory enterprise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365083
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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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Combed Cotton Yarn Exports of Pakistan to the US : A Dispute Settlement Case
Hussain, S. M. Turab - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
rather then self-interest. Thus in the model both migration and remittances are endogenously determined. This extended family …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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363434
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Female Labour Migration in India : Insights From NSSO Data
Shanthi, K. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365078
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Trade, diaspora and migration to New Zealand
Law, David; Genc, Murat; Bryant, John - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365128
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Rural to Urban Migration and Network Effects in an Extended Family Framework
Hussain, S.M. Turab - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365373
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Policy Study on the National and Local Government Expenditures for Millennium Development Goals, 2000–2005
Manasan, Rosario G. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
the eight MDGs. The MDGs include eradication of extreme poverty and hunger; universal primary education; gender equality … elementary participation rate, the elementary cohort survival rate, gender equality in education, the maternal mortality rate and …, namely : Goal 1 (poverty and hunger), Goal 2 (education), Goal 3 (gender equality), Goal 5 (maternal health), Goal 6 (control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363598
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Rural Nonfarm Employment and Incomes in the Himalayas
Micevska, Maja; Rahut, Dil Bahadur - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
inquiry that reveals that education plays a major role in accessing more remunerative nonfarm employment. Other household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365245