This paper examines the rate of return to education in Sudan. One advantage and interesting element in our analysis in … this paper is that we explain three stylised facts on the rate of return to education using new primary data in Sudan …: first, positive but low rate of return to education and correlations between education, experience, its square and wages for …

This paper examines the gender gap in education and investigates the related implications on the labour market and … returns to education in Sudan. Our results confirm two stylized facts: first, the incidence of significant gender gap in … education in Sudan and second, the incidence of gender inequalities and gap in skill level, share of women in economic …

This paper addresses the issue of self-selection of individuals in international labour migration, non-agricultural and … agricultural employment in Tajikistan and its link to earnings from these activities. Unlike most empirical studies, we could … analyse its impact on earnings abroad and at home. We have found positive selection in migration against local non …

This study explores the influence of vulnerability on migration intentions within the context of Afghanistan. While it … is commonplace to conceptualize migration as being driven by certain economic-related factors, it is reasonable to assume … perform a regression analysis estimating the influence on migration intentions. Our results provide clear evidence that …

This paper uses a combination of secondary and primary data to provide a more comprehensive analysis of education …/external schooling effect, using the macro and firm surveys 2002 data. Keywords Education; training; skill; skill upgrading policies …

Migration in a globalising world is on the increase, especially migration of the highly skilled. It is quite natural … impact of migration negative for the country of origin and therefore "brain drain" turned into "brain gain" when it was seen …. The road in the middle is called "brain strain" emphasising that out migration can be either positive or negative for the …

) education, 3) livelihood and 4) health. We look at different rates of poverty by migration/remittance prevalence and country …This paper aims to understand the links between migration and poverty at the community level. Most of the research to … date on the links between migration and poverty has been conducted at the micro level, while research related to migration …

This paper investigates the effect of international remittances and migration on household welfare in Ethiopia. We … international migration and remittances. The results reveal that remittances have a significant impact on a welfare variable that … has previously not received much attention in the migration literature, namely household subjective economic well …