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Migration Policy, African Population Growth and Global Inequality
Mountford, Andrew; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
significant impact on the world distribution of income. In this paper we discuss the potential for migration policies to affect … fertility and education decisions, and hence, population growth in Africa. We present the results from different scenarios for … more or less restrictive/selective migration policies and derive their implications for the evolution of world inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959792
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Low-Skilled Immigration and the Expansion of Private Schools
Dottori, Davide; Shen, I-Ling - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
fertility differential between high and low-skilled locals increases due to a quantity/quality trade-off. The theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822703
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Age at Migration, Language and Fertility Patterns among Migrants to Canada
Adsera, Alicia; Ferrer, Ana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
fertility by age at migration as sometimes observed on education or labor market outcomes. Instead, there is an inverted U shape … relationship between age of migration and immigrant fertility, with those migrating in their late teens having the highest …This paper explores the fertility decisions of Canadian immigrants using a 20 percent sample of the Canadian Census of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854774
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Civil War, Crop Failure, and the Health Status of Young Children
Akresh, Richard; Verwimp, Philip - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Economic shocks at birth have lasting impacts on children’s health several years after the shock. We calculate height for age z-scores for children under age five using data from a Rwandan nationally representative household survey conducted in 1992. We exploit district and time variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703096
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Rural Windfall or a New Resource Curse? Coca, Income, and Civil Conflict in Colombia
Angrist, Joshua D.; Kugler, Adriana D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Natural and agricultural resources for which there is a substantial black market, such as coca, opium, and diamonds, appear especially likely to be exploited by the parties to a civil conflict. Even legally traded commodities such as oil and timber have been linked to civil war. On the other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822273
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Armed Conflict and Schooling: Evidence from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
Akresh, Richard; de Walque, Damien - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
To examine the impact of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide on children’s schooling, the authors combine two cross-sectional household surveys collected before and after the genocide. The identification strategy uses pre-war data to control for an age group’s baseline schooling and exploits variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763915
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Disease Environment and Civil Conflicts
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe; Valmori, Simona - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper tests the hypothesis that a high and persistent exposure to infectious diseases increases the likelihood of civil conflicts. Diseases that are difficult to prevent and treat may reduce the opportunity costs of violent activities, both directly and indirectly. The analysis exploits new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922968
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Democratization, Violent Social Conflicts, and Growth
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper investigates the empirical role of violent conflicts for the causal effect of democracy on economic growth. Exploiting within-country variation to identify the effect of democratization during the “Third Wave”, we find evidence that the effect of democratization is weaker than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002561
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Trusting Former Rebels: An Experimental Approach to Understanding Reintegration after Civil War
Bauer, Michal; Fiala, Nathan; Levely, Ian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The stability of many post-conflict societies rests on the successful reintegration of former soldiers. We examine social capital of former soldiers in Northern Uganda, where the Lord's Resistance Army forcibly recruited tens of thousands of youth during a recent brutal conflict. We use a set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010761632
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The Long-Run Labor-Market Consequences of Civil War: Evidence from the Shining Path in Peru
Galdo, Jose - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This study exploits district-level variation in the timing and intensity of civil war violence to investigate whether early-life exposure to civil wars affects labor-market outcomes later in life. In particular, we examine the impacts of armed conflict in Peru, a country that experienced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008557220