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Remittances and the prevalence of working poor
Combes, Jean-Louis; Ebeke, Christian; Maurel, Mathilde; … - HAL - 2011
This paper focuses on the relationships between remittances and the share of individuals working for less than 2$ US … per day. It is based on an original panel dataset containing information related to remittances in about 80 developing … of remittance inflows the results suggest that remittances lead to a decrease in the prevalence of working poor in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605327
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Remittances and the Prevalence of Working Poor
Combes, Jean-Louis; Ebeke, Christian; Maurel, Mathilde; … - HAL - 2011
This paper focuses on the relationships between remittances and the share of individuals working for less than 2$ US … per day. It is based on an original panel dataset containing information related to remittances in about 80 developing … of remittance inflows the results suggest that remittances lead to a decrease in the prevalence of working poor in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924980
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Remittances and Household Consumption Instability in Developing Countries
Combes, Jean-Louis; Ebeke, Christian - HAL - 2011
This paper analyzes the impact of remittances on household consumption instability in developing countries on a large … panel of developing countries. The four main results are the following: Firstly, remittances significantly reduce household … consumption instability. Secondly, the insurance role played by remittances is highlighted: remittances dampen the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793420
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The power of Remittances on the Prevalence of Child Labor
Ebeke, Christian - HAL - 2011
This article examines the relationship between migrants' remittances and the prevalence of child labor by using a large … sample of developing countries. In particular, we investigate whether the inflows of remittances help to offset the effects … account the endogeneity of remittances, migration and financial development, we show that remittances reduce significantly the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794147
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Finance-Growth Nexus and Dual Banking System: Relative Importance of Islamic Banks
Abedifar, Pejman; Hasan, Iftekhar; Tarazi, Amine - HAL - 2014
This paper investigates the relationship between the coexistence of Islamic banks alongside their conventional counterparts and the quantitative and qualitative development of commercial banking and economic welfare. We study 22 Muslim countries with a dual banking system during the 1999-2009...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930211
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Financial development and survival of African agri-food exports
Jaud, Mélise; Kukenova, Madina - HAL - 2011
This paper investigates the link between export survival of agri-food products and financial development. Our hypothesis is that financial developement differentially affects the survival of exports across products based on their need of external finance. We propose a test for the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643219
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Financial Development, Entrepreneurship, and Job Satisfaction
Bianchi, Milo - HAL - 2012
This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non-monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by building a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647496
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Credit and recessions
Coricelli, Fabrizio; Roland, Isabelle - HAL - 2010
The paper develops a simple model on the asymmetric role of credit markets in output fluctuations. When credit markets are underdeveloped and enterprise activity is financed by trade credit, shocks may induce a break-up of credit and production chains, leading to sudden and sharp contractions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010549101
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The relationship between trade credit, bank credit and financial structure : from firm-level non-linearities to financial development heterogeneity. A study on MENA firm-level data
Couppey-Soubeyran, Jézabel; Héricourt, Jérôme - HAL - 2011
Using a database of more than 1,100 firms in the MENA region, this article looks at the determinants of demand for trade credit, particularly access to bank credit, size, age and the quality of the firm's financial structure. We show that the difficulty of gaining acces to bank credit positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605305
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Banking industry structure and economics activities: A regional approach for the Philippines
Banos, Jessica Los; Meslier-Crouzille, Céline; Nys, … - HAL - 2011
This paper examines the link between banking industry structure and economic activity at the regional level in the Philippines. We apply a principal component analysis on regional banking and economic data for the period 1993 to 2005. We ranked the sixteen regions in three different groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899115