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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
diffusion is around 7 percent in Morocco and Senegal, but part of the learning-by-watching returns stems from firm heterogeneity … colleagues. We estimate the rate of knowledge diffusion inside the firm using two matched worker-firm data sets from Morocco and … Senegal. We rely on non-linear least squares to estimate the structural parameters of the informal learning model and account …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212746
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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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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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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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Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment
Batista, Catia; Silverman, Dan; Yang, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We investigate the determinants of giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment with large stakes. Study participants in urban Mozambique play dictator games where their counterpart is the closest person to them outside their household. Dictators share more with counterparts when they have the option...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212755
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Xenophobic Attacks, Migration Intentions and Networks: Evidence from the South of Africa
Friebel, Guido; Gallego, Juan Miguel; Mendola, Mariapia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We investigate how emigration flows from a developing region are affected by xenophobic violence at destination. Our empirical analysis is based on a unique survey among more than 1000 households, collected in Mozambique in summer 2008, a few months after a series of xenophobic attacks in South...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283587
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Return Migration, Self-Selection and Entrepreneurship in Mozambique
Batista, Catia; McIndoe Calder, Tara; Vicente, Pedro C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Does return migration affect entrepreneurship? This question has important implications for the debate on the economic development effects of migration for origin countries. The existing literature has, however, not addressed how the estimation of the impact of return migration on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775109
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Why Pay NGOs to Involve the Community?
Burger, Ronelle; Dasgupta, Indraneel; Owens, Trudy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
beneficiary welfare. We provide evidence from the NGO sector in Uganda consistent with our theoretical conclusions. Beneficiaries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959788