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An Empirical Survey of the Ramifications of a Green Economy
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
best measures affecting the establishment of the Green Economy – including its development and outcomes. This paper … provides a survey of the green economy in self-contained form and accessible to the non-specialist readers. First, it reviews … the recent developments in green economy: its theoretical foundation, political background and developmental strategies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884114
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"Barcelona or Die": Understanding Illegal Migration from Senegal
Mbaye, Linguère Mously - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Fatalities from illegal immigration from Africa is an important issue, representing a major challenge for both major migrant sending and receiving countries. Nonetheless, almost nothing is known about how the illegal migration intentions of potential migrants are formed. This paper aims to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990930
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On-the-Job Learning and Earnings: Comparative Evidence from Morocco and Senegal
Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Wolff, François-Charles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Senegal. We rely on non-linear least squares to estimate the structural parameters of the informal learning model and account … diffusion is around 7 percent in Morocco and Senegal, but part of the learning-by-watching returns stems from firm heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212746
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Braving the Waves: The Role of Time and Risk Preferences in Illegal Migration from Senegal
Arcand, Jean-Louis; Mbaye, Linguère Mously - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
urban Senegal, we evaluate a measure of time and risk preferences through the individual's intertemporal discount rate and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684917
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Bride Price and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Rural Senegal
Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Wagner, Natascha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper is the first to provide evidence about the relationship between bride price payments and fertility decisions in the African context. Remarkably, the results show that bride price payments reduce fertility pressure, with a woman reducing her number of children by 0.5 at the mean bride...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720077
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The Role of Education and Family Background in Marriage, Childbearing and Labor Market Participation in Senegal
Marchetta, Francesca; Sahn, David E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper examines the role of education and family background on age at marriage, age at first birth, and age at labor market entry for young Senegalese women. We use a multiple-equation framework that allows us to account for the endogeneity that arises from the simultaneity of the four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200072
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Remittances and Household Expenditure Behaviour in Senegal
Randazzo, Teresa; Piracha, Matloob - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper analyses the impact of remittances on household expenditure behaviour in Senegal. We use propensity score … productive use of international remittances in Senegal. However, the impact of remittances disappears when the marginal spending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010761637
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The Effects of the Great Recession on Teenagers' Risky Health Behaviors and Time Use
Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper uses individual-level data from both the 2003-2011 American Time Use Survey and Youth Risk Behavior Survey and state-level unemployment rates to examine the effects of the Great Recession on teenagers' activities. I present results by gender and gender by race/ethnicity. Over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884154
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Less Cash, Less Crime: Evidence from the Electronic Benefit Transfer Program
Wright, Richard; Tekin, Erdal; Topalli, Volkan; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
It has been long recognized that cash plays a critical role in fueling street crime due to its liquidity and transactional anonymity. In poor neighborhoods where street offenses are concentrated, a significant source of circulating cash stems from public assistance or welfare payments. In the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010891177
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The Effect of Renewable Energy Development on Carbon Emission Reduction: An Empirical Analysis for the EU-15 Countries
Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The increased concerns about climate change have made renewable energy sources an important topic of research. Several scholars have applied different methodologies to examine the relationships between energy consumption and economic growth of individual and groups of countries and to analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884245