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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 … intention of household heads decreases from 37% to 33%. The sensitivity of migration intentions to violence is larger for … insurance against the consequences young children suffer in case the household head would be harmed by xenophobic violence and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283587
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Does Conflict Disrupt Growth? Evidence of the Relationship between Political Instability and National Economic Performance
Polachek, Solomon; Sevastianova, Daria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do … different types of conflict affect country growth rates? It finds that wars slow the economy. Estimates indicate that civil war …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615443
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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959583
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The Shift to Services: A Review of the Literature
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The present paper provides an overview of literature on the shift to services. It follows the three dimensions of structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first looks at the ‘classics’, however (Fisher (1935),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233801
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Symbolic Values, Occupational Choice, and Economic Development
Corneo, Giacomo; Jeanne, Olivier - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Channeling human resources into the right occupations has historically been a key to economic prosperity. Occupational choices are not only driven by the material rewards associated with the various occupations, but also by the esteem that they confer. We propose a model of endogenous growth in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822996
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Political Institutions and the Development of Telecommunications
Andonova, Veneta; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
It has traditionally been argued that the development of telecommunications infrastructure is dependent on the quality of countries’ political institutions. We estimate the effect of political institutions on the diffusion of three telecommunications services and find it to be much smaller in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703017
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Income and Population Growth
Brückner, Markus; Schwandt, Hannes - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Do populations grow as countries become richer? In this paper we estimate the effects on population growth of shocks to national income that are plausibly exogenous and unlikely to be driven by technological change. For a panel of over 139 countries spanning the period 1960-2007 we interact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010665152
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Birthplace Diversity and Economic Prosperity
Alesina, Alberto; Harnoss, Johann; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people's birthplaces. This new index is then decomposed into a size (share of foreign born) and a variety (diversity of immigrants) component and is available for 1990 and 2000 disaggregated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010718612
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Gone with the Storm: Rainfall Shocks and Household Well-Being in Guatemala
Baez, Javier E.; Lucchetti, Leonardo; Genoni, Maria Eugenia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper investigates the causal consequences of Tropical Storm Agatha (2010) – the strongest tropical storm ever to strike Guatemala since rainfall records have been kept – on household welfare. The analysis reveals substantial negative effects, particularly among urban households. Per...
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Migration and Cross-Border Financial Flows
Kugler, Maurice; Levintal, Oren; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The gravity model has provided a tractable empirical framework to account for bilateral flows not only of manufactured goods, as in the case of merchandise trade, but also of financial flows. In particular, recent literature has emphasized the role of information costs in preventing larger...
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