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Socio-economic determinants of road traffic accident fatalities in low and middle income countries
Grimm, Michael; Treibich, Treibich, C. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2010
In low and middle income countries road traffic accident fatalities will become in the near future one of the three major causes of death. Given that in particular the active population accounts for these fatalities, the potential economic implications are large, on the micro and the macro...
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Remittances, liquidity constraints and human capital investments in Ecuador.
Bedi, Arjun Singh; Sparrow, Robert; Calero, Calero, C. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2008
investigates how remittances via trans-national networks affect human capital investments through relaxing resource constraints and … facilitate households in consumption smoothing by reducing vulnerability to economic shocks. Our results show that remittances … that aggregate shocks are associated with increased work activities, while remittances are used to finance education when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149201
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Remittances, liquidity constraints and human capital investments in Ecuador.
Calero, C.; Bedi, Arjun S.; Sparrow, R. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2008
investigates how remittances via trans-national networks affect human capital investments through relaxing resource constraints and … facilitate households in consumption smoothing by reducing vulnerability to economic shocks. Our results show that remittances … that aggregate shocks are associated with increased work activities, while remittances are used to finance education when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005399289
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Absorbing external shocks : the Gulf crisis, international migration linkages and the Indian economy, 1990 (with special reference to the impact on Kerala)
Saith, Saith, A. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1991
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837454
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Absorbing external shocks : the Gulf crisis, international migration linkages and the Indian economy, 1990 (with special reference to the impact on Kerala)
SAITH, A. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1991
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005232837
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An empirical analysis of economic growth for Uruguay and the Latin American region : 1950-2000
Torres Ledezma, Torres Ledezma, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837448
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Bad luck or wrong policies? : external shocks, domestic adjustment, and the growth slowdown in Latin America and the Carribean
Morley, Morley, S.; Vos, Vos, R. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730848
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empirical analysis of economic growth for Uruguay and the Latin American region : 1950-2000
TORRES LEDEZMA, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005589947
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Bad luck or wrong policies? : external shocks, domestic adjustment, and the growth slowdown in Latin America and the Carribean
MORLEY, S.; VOS, R. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005232860
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Remittances and competitiveness
Bayangos, Bayangos, V.B.; Jansen, Jansen, K. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2010
The paper looks at the impact of workers' remittances on the competitiveness of the receiving economy. It extends … existing research that concentrated on the exchange rate effects of remittances, the so-called Dutch disease effect, by adding … labour market effects. The results show that the labour market effects of emigration and remittances have a significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210406