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Economic History or History of Economics? A Review Essay on Sylvia Nasar's Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
Ashenfelter, Orley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this essay I review Sylvia Nasar's long awaited new history of economics, Grand Pursuit. I describe how the book is an economic history of the period from 1850-1950, with distinguished economists' stories inserted in appropriate places. Nasar's goal is to show how economists work, but also to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009404596
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Internal vs. International Migration: Impacts of Remittances on Child Well-Being in Vietnam
Binci, Michele; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
the 1992/93 and 1997/98 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys, we investigate average school attendance and child labour in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884249
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Who Suffers the Penalty? A Panel Data Analysis of Earnings Gaps in Vietnam
Nguyen, Huu Chi; Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Roubaud, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
structure compared to that of the formal sector. Taking advantage of the VHLSS dataset in Vietnam, in particular its three wave …, we draw conclusions highlighting the Vietnam's labour market specificity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212747
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Does Off-Farm Labor Relax Farmers’ Credit Constraints? Evidence from Longitudinal Data for Vietnam
Stampini, Marco; Davis, Benjamin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
relaxes credit constraints. Using longitudinal data for Vietnam from 1993-98, we find that households participating in non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703694
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Inequality in Vietnamese Urban-Rural Living Standards, 1993-2006
Le, Huong Thu; Booth, Alison L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban …-rural expenditure inequality. Urban-rural inequality in Vietnam increased dramatically from 1993 to 1998, and peaked in 2002 before …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530644
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Impact of Paternal Temporary Absence on Children Left Behind
Booth, Alison L.; Tamura, Yuji - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Using the first two waves of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, we investigate how a father's temporary absence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103266
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Education and Freedom of Choice: Evidence from Arranged Marriages in Vietnam
Emran, M. Shahe; Maret-Rakotondrazaka, Fenohasina; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575482
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Trust and Trustworthiness under the Prospect Theory: A Field Experiment in Vietnam
Nguyen, Quang; Villeval, Marie Claire; Xu, Hui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We study the influence of risk and time preferences on trust and trustworthiness by conducting a field experiment in Vietnamese villages and by estimating the parameters of the Cumulative Prospect Theory and of quasi-hyperbolic time preferences. We find that while probability sensitivity or risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711936
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Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Results from a Pilot Project in Vietnam
Dinh, Ngan; Hughes, Conor; Hughes, James W.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
statistically useful data. In this paper we present the results of a pilot study run in rural Vietnam with the aim of overcoming …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095494
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Earnings, Schooling and Economic Reform: Econometric Evidence from Hungary (1986-2004)
Campos, Nauro F.; Jolliffe, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
How does the relationship between earnings and schooling change with the introduction of comprehensive economic reform? This paper sheds light on this question using a unique data set and procedure to reduce sample selection bias. Our evidence is from consistently coded, non-retrospective data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822217