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The effect of remittances on labour supply in the Republic of Haiti
Jadotte, Evans; Ramos Morilla, Xavier - 2015
We examine the labour supply effect of remittances in the Republic of Haiti, the prime international remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407637
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On the implications of immigration policy restricting citizenship : evidence from the Dominican Republic
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Hernández, Carlos Gratereaux; … - 2017
In 2010, an amendment to the Dominican constitution weakened the concept of jus soli citizenship by denying Dominican nationality to individuals born on Dominican soil to irregular immigrants. A few years later, in 2013, the Dominican High Court denationalized large numbers of individuals by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011625336
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Bright investments : measuring the impact of transport infrastructure using luminosity data in Haiti
Mitnik, Oscar A.; Sanchez, Raul; Yañez-Pagans, Patricia - 2018
This paper quantifies the impacts of transport infrastructure investments on economic activity in Haiti, using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955583
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The effects of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children's nutrition and education
Dodlova, Marina; Escobar Carias, Michelle; Grimm, Michael - 2023
We assess the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children’s nutrition and education. We combine geo-coded shaking … intensity data with four waves of the Haiti Demographic Health Survey, two administered before and two after the earthquake. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014286505
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Migration, remittances and children's schooling in Haiti
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper, we focus on the use of remittances to school children remaining in migrant communities in Haiti. After …'s schooling and, given the substantial costs of schooling in Haiti, contribute to the accumulation of human capital in the midst … of extreme poverty. -- Migration ; remittances ; education ; Haiti …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003750308
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Saving lives at birth : the impact of home births on infant outcomes
Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; Ewijk, Reyn van - 2012
Many developed countries have recently experienced sharp increases in home birth rates. This paper investigates the impact of home births on the health of low-risk newborns using data from the Netherlands, the only developed country where home births are widespread. To account for endogeneity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629032
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The effect of school construction on test scores, school enrollment, and home prices
Neilson, Christopher; Zimmerman, Seth D. - 2011
This paper provides new evidence on the effect of school construction projects on home prices, academic achievement, and public school enrollment. Taking advantage of the staggered implementation of a comprehensive school construction project in a poor urban district, we find that, by six years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519900
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Immigrant-native differences in welfare participation : the role of entry and exit rates
Hansen, Jörgen (contributor); Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor) - 2006
This paper analyzes differences in welfare transitions between natives and immigrants in Sweden using a large representative panel data set, LINDA, for the years 1991 to 2001. The data contains administrative information on welfare use, country of birth, and time of arrival in Sweden among other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359294
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A collective household model of time allocation : a comparison of native Dutch and immigrant households in the Netherlands
Klaveren, Chris van (contributor);  … - 2006
Although the number of immigrant households in the Netherlands is substantial, the labor supply choices of this group are usually neglected in empirical studies because these households are usually under-sampled. We use a stratified sample of Turkish, Surinamese/Antillean and Dutch households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335454
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Labor-market exposure as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration
Ortega, Francesc; Polavieja, Javier G. - 2009
This paper re-examines the role of labor-market competition as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration. We claim two main contributions. First, we use more sophisticated measures of the degree of exposure to competition from immigrants than previously done. Specifically, we focus on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003906225