In this paper, we examine the impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the consumption of households in rural … China. We find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and … that this effect is stronger for poorer households within villages. Household income per capita and non-durable consumption …

homes. Over the course of a few months, Kagera – a region in northwestern Tanzania – received more than 500,000 refugees … intensity. I exploit this variation to investigate the short and long run causal effects of hosting refugees on the outcomes of …-cohort variation and find that childhood exposure to this massive arrival of refugees reduced height in early adulthood by 1.8 cm (1 …

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 price. The results are robust to different tests that we conduct to …

Using data collected for the evaluation of the rural component of Oportunidades, Mexico's flagship anti-poverty program … would like to migrate but cannot afford to. If generalizable, they indicate that, as growth and anti-poverty and micro …