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Religion and Fertility : The French Connection
Baudin, Thomas - HAL - 2008
on individual fertility behaviors in France. Indeed, the French laws make it very difficult to collect data on the … significantly influences fertility. To have been raised in a religious family and to be a believer do not matter either. The … estimated fertility of a woman assisting offices every week is 24% higher that the expected fertility of a woman who never …
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Does fertility respond to work and family reconciliation policies in France?
Thevenon, Olivier - HAL - 2009
The current total fertility rate in France has been increasing over this last ten years and is has reached its highest … of the hypotheses ventured to explain the current low fertility observed in European countries. France's fertility level … level since the early 1980s with a rate at 1,98 in 2006. Compared to European standards, this high level of fertility makes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793456
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Beliefs, media exposure and policy preferences on immigration: Evidence from Europe
Héricourt, Jérôme; Spielvogel, Gilles - HAL - 2014
This article studies the joint determination of beliefs about the economic impact of immigration and immigration policy preferences, using data from the five rounds of the European Social Survey (2002-2010). In addition to standard socio-economic characteristics, this analysis takes individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929997
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Immigration and economic growth in the OECD countries 1986-2006: A panel data analysis
Boubtane, Ekrame; Dumont, Jean-Christophe - HAL - 2013
This paper presents a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986 and 2006. It is based on a unique dataset that enables to distinguish net migration of the native-born and foreign-born by skill level. Migration is introduced in an augmented...
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Macroeconomic Determinants of Migrants' Remittances: New Evidence from a panel VAR
Coulibaly, Dramane - HAL - 2009
This paper examines the macroeconomic determinants of migrants' remittances dynamics. The study uses panel VAR methods in order to compensate for both data limitations and endogeneity among variables. The analysis considers annual data for 14 Latin and Caribbean countries over the period...
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Can Health Foreign Assistance Break the Medical Brain Drain ?
Moullan, Yasser - HAL - 2009
This paper analyse the impact of health foreign assistance on physicians' brain drain. We use the database from Bhargava and Docquier (2008) to explain physicians' brain drain and health foreign assistance from 1995 to 2003 using a bilateral gravity equation model. In the first time, we propose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738514
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Are Remittances More Effective Than Aid To Reduce Child Mortality ? An Empirical Assessment using Inter and Intra-Country Data
Chauvet, Lisa; Gubert, Flore; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - HAL - 2009
This paper analyzes the respective impact of aid, remittances and medical brain drain on child mortality using panel and cross-country quintile-level data on respectively 84 and 46 developing countries. Our results show that remittances reduce child mortality and that the impact of health aid is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821148
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Should we stay or should we go? Irregular migration and duration of stay: the case of Moldovan migrants
Borodak, Daniela; Miniscloux, Ariane Tichit - HAL - 2012
This paper analyses the link between irregular migration and duration of stay. Using household and regional development data from Moldova and running a duration model, we find that duration of migration is longer for illegal migrants than legal migrants. Further investigation demonstrates that...
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Governance and Migration in a South-North Partnership : the Teaching of Economic Analysis
Baudassé, Thierry - HAL - 2006
The aim of this paper is to study the relation between governance and migration in the case of a South-North partnership, using the tools of economic analysis. We will analyse both the governance of migratory phenomenon (i.e. the control of South-North migration, as much as the control of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794381
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Governance and Migration in a South-North Partnership
Baudassé, Thierry - HAL - 2006
The aim of this paper is to study the relation between governance and migration in the case of a South-North partnership, using the tools of economic analysis. We will analyse both the governance of migratory phenomenon (i.e. the control of South-North migration, as much as the control of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794874