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Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines
Beam, Emily; McKenzie, David; Yang, Dean - eSocialSciences - 2013
international labor migration. [BREAD Working Paper No. 396]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945224
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A Study on Emigration Attitudes of Young Singaporeans (2010)
Hoong, Leong Chan; Soon, Debbie - eSocialSciences - 2012
The study examines the intention to work abroad based on a representative sample of young Singaporeans residing in the city-state. Two thousand and thirteen Singaporeans between the age of 19 to 30 years took part in the research. [Working paper No. 19].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493955
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Kerela's Gulf Connection: Emigration, Remittances and their Macroeconomic Impact 1972-2000
Kannan, K. P.; Hari, K. S. - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper attempts to construct a time series estimation of remittances from abroad to the Kerala economy for the period 1972 to 2000. It is now widely acknowledged that foreign remittances in the economy of the State of Kerala in India in the form of money sent by its workers in the Gulf...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694250
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The Effect of Direct Foreign Investment on Domestic Firms: Evidence from Firm Level Panel Data in Emerging Economies
Konings, Jozef - eSocialSciences - 2009
productivity performance of domestic firms in three emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458161
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Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigor and Relevance of Social Theory
Woolcock, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper focuses on both expanding and refining the analytical scope of the “social†(or non-economic) aspects of chronic poverty, and thereby, to enhance efforts to respond more effectively to it. The argument in this paper proceeds as follows. In recognizing that poverty is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487729
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Creating Youth Employment in Asia
Dev, S. Mahendra - eSocialSciences - 2014
, social protection programmes, fair migration and indirect policies like pro employment macro policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945219
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Patterns of Migration, Water Scarcity and Caste in Rural Northern Gujarat
Fishman, Ram; Jain, Meha; Kishore, Avinash - eSocialSciences - 2013
Patterns of rural-urban migration and employment shifts in a region that is facing ongoing depletion of groundwater … resources in Northern Gujarat, India is discussed. Given that migration typically does not occur due to one singular risk, the … study assessed the multifactorial drivers of migration. [IGC Working Paper]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945234
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Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and Informal Economy in India: Trends, Initiatives and Challenges
Dhanya M.B - eSocialSciences - 2013
This work examines the status of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) in the informal economy in India and locates the gaps and challenges in ratifying the ILO Conventions 87, 98, 138 and 182. The study also tries to identify various gaps in the existing data base of the informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945260
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India Migration Bibliography
Tumbe, Chinmay - eSocialSciences - 2013
The India Migration Bibliography covers over 3,000 books, research articles and reports written on the subject of … internal migration, international migration and diaspora, related to India. The bibliography is inter-disciplinary and provides … considerable interest to academics and non-academics working on migration related issues. [SSRN]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945365
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The Impact of NREGA on Rural-Urban Migration: Field survey of Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu
Jacob, Naomi - eSocialSciences - 2013
Migration can act as a negative force. It can lead to distress migration, which is what happens when people have to go … rural urban migration? [CCS Working Paper No. 202]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945416