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Exit and save : migration and saving under violence

Grun, Rebekka E. - 2009

"This paper examines how households trade off migration and savings when subject to exogenous violence. The authors propose that households under violence decide jointly on migration and saving, because a higher asset-stock is more difficult to carry to a new place. When confronted with...

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International migration, transfers of norms and home country fertility

Beine, Michel - 2009

"This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries …' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education. It provides provide a rigorous test of the diffusion on of fertility …

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Household investment under violence : the Colombian case

Grun, Rebekka E. - 2008

"Households in rural Colombia are confronted with a variety of violent threats: attacks and displacement threats by guerrillas and paramilitaries, gang violence among drug traffickers, and high common delinquency. In this context, households have to adjust their day-to-day decisions, including...

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