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Bringing It All Back Home Return migration and fertility choices
BERTOLI, Simone; Marchetta, Francesca - HAL - 2012
show that return migration has a significant and positive influence on the total number of children. These results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393827
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Bringing It All Back Home Return migration and fertility choices
BERTOLI, Simone; Marchetta, Francesca - HAL - 2012
show that return migration has a significant and positive influence on the total number of children. These results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418567
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Migration, Remittances and Rural Employment Patterns: Evidence from China
Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - HAL - 2012
This paper explores the rural labor market impact of migration in China using crosssectional data on rural households for the year 2007. A switching probit model is used to estimate the impact of belonging to a migrant-sending household on the individual occupational choice categorized in four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607936
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Migration, Remittances and Rural Employment Patterns: Evidence from China
Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - HAL - 2012
This paper explores the rural labor market impact of migration in China using crosssectional data on rural households for the year 2007. A switching probit model is used to estimate the impact of belonging to a migrant-sending household on the individual occupational choice categorized in four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898832
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MIGRATORY POLICY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: HOW TO BRING BEST PEOPLE BACK?
Besancenot, Damien; Vranceanu, Radu - HAL - 2008
This paper analyzes the decision of a migrant to return or stay within the framework of a signaling model withexogenous migratory costs. If employers have only imperfect information about the type of a worker and goodworkers migrate, bad workers might copy their strategy in order to get the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794402
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Determinants of Intra-firm Diffusion Process of ICT: Theoretical Sources and Empirical Evidence from Catalan Firms
Youssef, Adel Ben; Merino, David Castillo; Hadhri, Walid - HAL - 2012
The analysis of the main determinants of intra-firm diffusion of digital technologies is becoming in the focus of attention. However, there is a lack of empirical research, particularly in Europe. This paper proposes a specific approach to modelling intra-firm diffusion process by combining the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898549
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Child Labor, Idiosyncratic Shocks, and Social Policy
Fabre, Alice; Pallage, Stéphane - HAL - 2013
In this paper, we provide a dynamic model with heterogeneous agents to study child labor in an economy with idiosyncratic shocks to employment. Households facing adverse shocks may use child labor as a buffer to smooth consumption. We show that the introduction of an unemployment insurance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933936
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The impact of parental health on child labor: the case of Bangladesh
Bazen, Stephen; Salmon, Claire - HAL - 2010
and more particularly the determinants of children's labor supply in developing countries. This paper provides a new angle … supply decisions. Using a survey with detailed information on health matters for Bangladesh, we find that child labor supply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899049
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THE IMPACT OF PARENTAL HEALTH ON CHILD LABOR. EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH
Bazen, Stephen; Salmon, Claire - HAL - 2008
Using data for Bangladesh we find evidence of added worker effects resulting from father's health problems on both … children's and (to a lesser extent) spouse's labor supply. In particular, when illness is short-lived or if treatment is … required (when there are "health shocks") children's participation tends to increase. Our results suggest that income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793898
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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 of financial constraints and income shocks on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794147