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Assessing the role of women in tourism related sectors in the Caribbean
Pastore, Francesco; Webster, Allan D.; Hope, Kevin - 2020
This study contributes to the rapidly growing literature on women in tourism. It focuses on a group of 13 Caribbean …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252703
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Do international tourist arrivals change residents' attitudes towards immigration? : a longitudinal study of 28 European countries
Ivlevs, Artjoms; Smith, Ian - 2023
Western Europe, the relationship tends to turn from positive to negative at relatively high levels of tourism. The … instrumental variable analysis suggests that incoming tourism has a positive causal effect on attitudes towards immigration in both … Western and Eastern Europe. Overall, our study reveals an overlooked dimension of the tourism-migration nexus and highlights …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013546037
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Household decision making and the influence of spouses' income, education, and communist party membership : a field experiment in rural China
Carlsson, Frederik; Martinsson, Peter; Qin, Ping; … - 2009
We study household decision making in a high-stakes experiment with a random sample of households in rural China. Spouses have to choose between risky lotteries, first separately and then jointly. We find that spouses' individual risk preferences are more similar the richer the household and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831912
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A distributional analysis of social group inequality in rural India
Azam, Mehtabul - 2009
This paper examines the differences in welfare, as measured by per capita expenditure (PCE), between social groups in rural India across the entire welfare distribution. The paper establishes that the disadvantage suffered by two historically disadvantaged groups - Scheduled Castes (SCs) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003808334
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Is there a gap in the gap? : regional differences in the gender pay gap
Hirsch, Boris; König, Marion; Möller, Joachim - 2009
In this paper, we investigate regional differences in the gender pay gap both theoretically and empirically. Within a spatial oligopsony model, we show that more densely populated labour markets are more competitive and constrain employers' ability to discriminate against women. Utilising a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863176
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Substitution effects in parental investments
Brandt, Loren; Siow, Aloysius; Wang, Hui - 2009
The paper estimates how parents adjust bride-prices and land divisions to compensate their sons for differences in their schooling investments in rural China. The main estimate implies that when a son receives one yuan less in schooling investment than his brother, he will obtain 0.7 yuan more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899970
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Family networks and school enrolment : evidence from a randomized social experiment
Angelucci, Manuela; De Giorgi, Giacomo; Rangel, Marcos A.; … - 2009
We present evidence on whether and how a household's behavior is influenced by the presence and characteristics of its extended family. Using data from the PROGRESA program in Mexico, we exploit information on the paternal and maternal surnames of heads and spouses in conjunction with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904829
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Extended family networks in rural Mexico : a descriptive analysis
Angelucci, Manuela; De Giorgi, Giacomo; Rangel, Marcos A.; … - 2009
We provide descriptive evidence on the characteristics of a household's extended family network using data from the Progresa social assistance program in rural Mexico. We exploit information on the paternal and maternal surnames of household heads and their spouses and the patronymic naming...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904844
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Class origin, family culture, and intergenerational correlation of education in rural China
Satō, Hiroshi (contributor); Li, Shi (contributor) - 2007
"This paper examines the determinants of intergenerational correlation of education in rural China by using a data from a large survey of households. Three generations who completed education during the period from pre-1949 to the beginning of the 2000s are included. The focus is on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003460688
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Inequality and growth in rural China : does higher inequality impede growth?
Benjamin, Dwayne (contributor); Brandt, Loren (contributor);  … - 2006
We explore the relationship between the level of village inequality in 1986, and the subsequent growth of household incomes from 1986 to 1999. Using a detailed household-level data set from rural China, we find robust evidence that initial inequality is negatively related to subsequent household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003474137