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In this paper, an attempt has been made to identify the macroeconomic determinants of migrant remittances received in …, permanent and temporary migrants are likely to respond differently to macroeconomic conditions in migrant-host countries and … their native or migrant-home countries. For the empirical analysis, the system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) approach …
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carried out. It was found that both migrant home-country and host-country macroeconomic environment impact on remittance … inflows in SSA with a varying impact overtime. In absolute terms, generally, whilst the impact of real exchange rate, migrant …
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This paper provides an evaluation the intellectual contributions of Rhonda M. Williams. Specifically, we focus on Williams' theoretical and empirical contributions to the political economy of race.
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contracts with the incumbent. When discrimination is impossible, the game resembles a stag-hunt (coordination) game in which the … induces more generous contract terms from the seller. When discrimination and communication are possible, the exclusion rate …
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This paper contrasts competing theories and evidence on the nature and significance of African American racial identity. In particular, we seek to examine whether race is best understood as a set of values and behaviors or whether race is best understood as a social norm.
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monetary poverty and inequality. Intra-household gender discrimination has been widely shown to shape expenditure decisions … dominated by gender discrimination among household members. Estimates for Chile show a substantial worsening of poverty and … inequality under such allocation rules. This suggests that intra-household discrimination deserves some of the attention …
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urban areas. However, this education discrimination against male children has been decreasing over the years. It is also …
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This essay presents a theoretic approximation on the microeconometric decompositions analysis by incorporating anthropometric variables, and apprainsing theirs presumable effects on the income distribution. A new body-mass-index based equivalent scale is proposed toward more accurate individual...
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were conducted. A strong negative relationship between level of job satisfaction and level of perceived discrimination …
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In her recent study Bobbitt-Zeher (2007) takes on the important task of identifying the contribution of educational factors relative to non-educational factors in the making of the gender income gap among the college-educated and finds that “family formation has virtually no effect on the...
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