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Population Dynamics and Long-Run Economic Growth
Casey, Gregory; Galor, Oded - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
policies affecting fertility, migration and human capital accumulation on growth and poverty alleviation. It underlines the … tradeoff between having more children and investing more resources in the human capital of each child as a critical force in … the return to education would trigger a virtuous cycle of fertility control, investment in education, poverty alleviation …
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Workers on the move: migrated labour in post-reform india
Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Migration is a universal phenomenon. From time immemorial women and men have travelled in search of better living. Historical nomadic instinct of man had been in tune with his necessities – more endurable climate, adequate water supply, fertile land and general availability of resources have...
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Globalization and health worker crisis: what do wealth-effects tells us?
Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Owing to lack of relevant data on health human resource migration, the empirical dimension of the health-worker crisis debate has remained void despite abundant theoretical literature. A health worker crisis is overwhelming the world. Shortages in health professionals are reaching staggering...
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The impact of health worker migration on development dynamics: evidence of wealth-effects from Africa
Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper examines three relevant hypotheses on the incidence of health worker migration on human development and economic prosperity (at macro and micro levels) in Africa. Owing to lack of relevant data on Health Human Resource(HHR) migration for the continent, the subject matter has remained...
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Determinants of Health Professionals’ Migration in Africa: a WHO based Assessment
Asongu, Simplice - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Abstract Purpose – How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic change, democracy, corruption-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial liberalization play-out in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114002
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Determinants of Health Professionals’ Migration in Africa
Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic change, democracy, corruption-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial liberalization play-out in the fight against...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257810
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Maternal Migration and Child Well-Being in Peru
Escobal, Javier; Flores, Eva - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Migration affects not only those who migrate, but may also have intergenerational effects on their children. Looking at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108881
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Are all migrants really worse off in urban labour markets: new empirical evidence from China.
Gagnon, Jason; Xenogiani, Theodora; Xing, Chunbing - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The rapid and massive increase in rural-to-urban worker flows to the coast of China has drawn recent attention to the welfare of migrants working in urban regions, particularly to their working conditions and pay; serious concern is raised regarding pay discrimination against rural migrants....
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Literacy and the Migrant-Native Wage Gap
Himmler, Oliver; Jaeckle, Robert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Being able to read and write is one of the most important skills in modern economies. Literacy frequently is a prerequisite for employment and its relevance for productivity and wages is magnified by the fact that it is only through literacy that many other skills become usable. More so than for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109471
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Labour out migration from rice based cropping system: A case of Bihar, India
Kumar, Abhay; Singh, R.K.P.; Singh, K.M.; Kumar, Anjani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
. Remittances have been utilized for meeting consumption needs, improved livelihood, better education to children and better health …
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