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The Relation between Child Labour and Mothers’ Work: The Case of India
Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
states and for urban and rural India (NFHS-2, 1998/9), we select our sample drawing information from the household data set …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763880
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The Effect of Migration on Income Growth and Convergence: Meta-Analytic Evidence
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We compare a set of econometric studies that measure the effect of net internal migration in neoclassical models of long-run real income convergence and derive 67 comparable effect sizes. The precision-weighted estimate of beta convergence is about 2.7%. An increase in the net migration rate of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527330
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Long-term Effects of Early Childhood Malaria Exposure on Education and Health: Evidence from Colonial Taiwan
Chang, Simon; Fleisher, Belton M.; Kim, Seonghoon; Liu, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We estimate the effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health at older ages by exploiting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855348
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School Attendance of Children and the Work of Mothers: A Joint Multilevel Model for India
Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Survey (NFHS-2) for India, we find that, controlling for many covariates among which wealth is the most powerful predictor …
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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and social strata. We compare women and births in rural Indian districts more or less exposed to tariff cuts. For low socioeconomic status women, tariff cuts increase the likelihood of...
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Industry Churning and the Evolution of Cities: Evidence for Germany
Findeisen, Sebastian; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper we show that the recent model by Duranton (AER, 2007) performs remarkably well in replicating the city size distribution of West Germany, much better than the simple rank-size rule known as Zipf’s law. The main mechanism of this theoretical framework is the "churning" of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233878
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Vertical Industry Relations, Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from Chilean Plants
López, Ricardo A; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We use disaggregated data on Chilean plants, and the Chilean input-output table to examine the impact of agglomeration spillovers on total factor productivity (TFP). In common with previous studies, we find evidence of intra-industry spillovers, but no evidence of crossindustry spillovers in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822285
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Rural Households in a Changing Climate
Baez, Javier E.; Kronick, Dorothy; Mason, Andrew D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper argues that climate change poses two distinct, if related, sets of challenges for poor rural households: challenges related to the increasing frequency and severity of weather shocks and challenges related to long-term shifts in temperature, rainfall patterns, water availability, and...
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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Regional Inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth patterns can be understood as a function of several interrelated factors, which include investment in physical capital, human capital, and infrastructure capital; the infusion...
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Analysis of the Determinants of Income and Income Gap between Urban and Rural China
Su, Biwei; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
four waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) household data. Results show that education and occupation are … the income distribution. In urban areas, education is more valued for high income earners, while for rural areas …, specialized or tertiary education are more beneficial for the poorer households. Among all occupational types, farm activities …
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