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We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If … migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it … generated by General Circulation model reveal that, ceteris paribus, migration may decline in Ghana and in Nigeria. …
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This paper estimates the impacts of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) on migration and other economic outcomes …. I develop a quantitative spatial model that captures the role of trade networks, migration barriers, and agricultural …, by the end of the century, reduces SSA real GDP per capita by 1.8 percent and displaces 4 million individuals. Migration …
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The decline in the physical stature of the American population for more than a generation beginning with the birth cohorts of the early 1830s was brought about by a diminution in nutritional intake in spite of robust growth in average incomes. This occurred at the onset of modern economic growth...
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migrants, and immigrants, we adjust achievement scores for selective migration. We use the new human capital measures in …
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-developed measures of the human capital of each state that allow for internal migration and foreign immigration, we estimate growth …
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We combine phone-survey data from 2,200 students collected in July-August of 2020 with student-level administrative data from 54 schools in four Northwestern provinces of Cambodia to investigate the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for grade 9 students. These students were particularly...
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schooling investment into the next generation, is observable but the draw of nature in terms of ability is hidden, stochastic …
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, to study the impact of immigrant legalization on schooling outcomes. Although undocumented migrants are entitled to … sort out of public education and into private schooling. The IRCA differentially increases Hispanic school board members …
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The mobility of labor reduces national incentives to invest in internationally applicable education. The European Union could overcome this by allowing member states to institute graduate taxes or income-contingent loans, collected also from migrants. This paper presents calculations on how a...
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their territory. Crime is mobile, ex ante (migration) and ex post (fleeing), and criminals hiding abroad after having com …
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