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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; Asʿad, Rāǧī - 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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905562

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

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

GDP, albeit with a GDP per capita at the low level of a developing country. Its tremendous economic development has …

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Choices which change life satisfaction : revising SWB theory to account for change

Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2010

Using data from the long-running German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2008, this paper analyses the effects of individual preferences and choices on subjective well-being (SWB). It is shown that preferences and choices relating to life goals/values, partner's personality, hours of work,...

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Does intermarriage pay off? : A panel data analysis

Nottmeyer, Olga - 2010

Taking advantage of the panel structure of the data, the impact of intermarriage on labor market productivity as measured by earnings is examined. Contrarily to previous studies which rely on instrumental variable techniques, selection issues are addressed within a fixed effects framework. The...

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Job flows, demographics and the Great Recession

Sierminska, Eva; Takhtamanova, Yelena - 2010

The recession the United States economy entered in December of 2007 is considered to be the most severe downturn the country has experienced since the Great Depression. The unemployment rate reached as high as 10.1 percent in October 2009 - the highest we have seen since the 1982 recession. In...

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The weight of the crisis : evidence from newborns in Argentina

Bozzoli, Carlos; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2010

Argentina hit world news headlines in 2002 due to the largest debt-default in history and a sudden economic collapse reminiscent of economic statistics from the Great Depression. In this article, we focus on other consequences of the crisis that are not so obvious, but that may linger for...

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Mother's autonomy and child welfare : a new measure and some new evidence

Chakraborty, Tanika; De, Prabal K. - 2011

transfer policies may not necessarily hasten educational and gender transition in the process of development. -- Female …

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Short term living conditions and long term prospects of immigrant children in Germany

Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000

In Germany the foreign born population is made up of foreigners and so called "ethnic Germans" who migrated from eastern European countries to Germany. While the first group is confronted with problems arising from the typical German concept of ethnicity and citizenship, the latter are entitled...

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Is smoking behavior culturally determined? : evidence from British immigrants

Christopoulou, Rebekka; Lillard, Dean R. - 2013

We exploit migration patterns from the UK to Australia, South Africa, and the US to investigate whether a person's decision to smoke is determined by culture. For each country, we use retrospective data to describe individual smoking trajectories over the life-course. For the UK, we use these...

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