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The impact of international migration and remittances on the labor-supply behavior of those left behind: evidence from Egypt

Binzel, Christine; Assaad, Ragui - 2009

We analyze in this paper the impact of male-dominated migration and remittance income on the participation and hours worked decisions of adults left behind, including the hours spent by women in subsistence and domestic work. We differentiate between a 'pure' migration (M) effect and the joint...

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Does the German minimum wage help low income households? Evidence from observed outcomes and the simulation of potential effects

Backhaus, Teresa; Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2019

Does the federal minimum wage in Germany introduced in 2015 improve the income situation of low income households and reduce in-work poverty? Previous literature on its distributional impact was either focused on earnings and hourly wages (e.g. Caliendo et al., 2017), or is based on ex-ante...

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How robust are simulated employment effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany? A comparison of different data sources and assumptions

Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2009

Several empirical minimum wage studies have recently been published that simulate employment effects of a federal minimum wage in Germany. We disentangle various factors that explain the variation in previous simulation results. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the newly...

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Employment effects of a sectoral minimum wage in Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2010

In this paper employment effects of a sectoral minimum wage in the German construction sector are estimated from a single cross-sectional wage distribution using parametric and semi-parametric models. Parametric functional form assumptions seem too restrictive and lead to implausible results. We...

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Self-Selection and the Returns to Geographic Mobility: What Can Be Learned from the German Reunification 'Experiment'

Zaiceva, Anzelika - 2006

This paper investigates the causal effect of geographic labour mobility on income. The returns to German East-West migration and commuting are estimated exploiting the structure of centrally planned economies and a "natural experiment" of German reunification for identification. I find that...

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Remittances and children's capabilities: New evidence from Kyrgyzstan, 2005 - 2008

Kröger, Antje; Anderson, Kathryn - 2011

The Kyrgyz Republic is one of the largest recipients of international remittances in the world; from a Balance of Payments measure of remittances, it ranked tenth in the world in 2008 in the ratio of remittances to GDP, a rapid increase from 30th place in 2004. Remittances can be used to maintain...

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Understanding Chinese consumption: The impact of hukou

Dreger, Christian; Wang, Tongsan; Zhang, Yanqun - 2013

The Chinese growth miracle was based on exports and investment in recent years. While strong output growth has been maintained even during the financial crisis, the imbalances within the country increased. To return to a more sustainable path of development, policies are directed to improve the...

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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008

Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...

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Brainy Africans to fortress Europe: For money or colonial vestiges?

Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N. - 2009

model and empirically tests the hypothesis that ex-colonial links can still play an important role in the emigration … by sub-regions, the magnitude of the colonial vestige in Africa is a significant determinant of emigration flows. Overall … living with job opportunities in the host country are also very important drivers of the emigration of brainy Africans to the …

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China's overt economic rise and latent human capital investment: Achieving milestones and competing for the top

Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, … - 2010

We provide an overview of China's economic rise through time. Over the past decade, China has maintained 10% growth in GDP, albeit with a GDP per capita at the low level of a developing country. Its tremendous economic development has overlooked the growing social inequalities and rising...

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