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Geography vs. Institutions at the Village Level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Klasen, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2007
Island of Sulawesi and find technology adoption to play a crucial role. We show that geography-induced migration together …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095138
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, M.; Klasen, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2007
Island of Sulawesi and find technology adoption to play a crucial role. We show that geography-induced migration together …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005399366
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Economic and social effects of "El Nino" in Ecuador, 1997-8
Vos, Vos, R.; Velasco, Velasco, M.; Labastida, Labastida, E. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837443
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Natural disasters impact, factors of resilience and development: A meta-analysis of the macroeconomic literature
Bergeijk, Peter A.G. van; Lazzaroni, Lazzaroni, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013
We systematize recent macroeconomic empirical literature on the direct and indirect impact of natural disasters providing a meta-analysis of 20 studies published during 2002-2013. We show that the disagreement between these studies is caused by the empirical design, the estimation technique and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730517
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Rural people, vulnerability, and flood disasters in the Third World
Cannon, Cannon, T. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1990
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Economic and social effects of "El Ni�o" in Ecuador, 1997-8
VOS, R.; VELASCO, M.; LABASTIDA, E. de - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005442216
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Macroeconomics of natural disasters
Bergeijk, Peter A.G. van; Lazzaroni, Lazzaroni, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013
We use the case of the impact of natural disasters to analyse strengths and weaknesses of meta-analysis in an emerging research field. Macroeconomists have published on this issue since 2002 (we identified 22 studies to date). The results of the studies are contradictory and therefore the need...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149217
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Rural people, vulnerability, and flood disasters in the Third World
CANNON, T. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1990
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005232838
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How portable is social security for migrant workers?
Taha, Taha, N.; Messkoub, Messkoub, M.; Siegmann, … - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013
along North-North, South- North, and South-South migration flows. Portability of social security entitlements is the ability … research should address relate to internal migration and South-South migration, the role of gender and other social identities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942396
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Border Studies
Donzelli, Donzelli, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013
intertwining of Border and Migration Studies with a specific focus on Africa, Asia and Latin America, devoting particular attention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942397