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On Asymmetric Migration Patterns from Developing Countries
Acharyya, Rajat; Kar, Saibal - 2017
This paper shows that trade and emigration of skilled workers from a poor country is complementary but that between … trade and emigration of unskilled workers is a substitute. The asymmetric effect of more openness to trade on the local … wage inequality as influenced by asymmetric emigration patterns. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011599081
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The long-term effect of migration on economic inequality between EU Member States
Ulceluse, Magdalena - 2019
This paper explores the long-term effect of migration on economic inequality between the 28 EU member states, covering the period 1995-2017. The cross-national, longitudinal analysis demonstrates that migration has had a positive and significant effect on development and economic growth in 28...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051607
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Tourism Boom, Housing Doom: Excessive Tourism And International Emigration
Mikulić, Josip; Vitezić, Vanja; Srhoj, Stjepan; … - 2024
emigration. This study addresses this gap by analyzing Croatia, a country that experienced a significant population decline … first establish a positive association between rising housing prices and emigration across both regions. More critically, we … demonstrate that tourism activity correlates with increased emigration in areas experiencing excessive tourism (late TALC stage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015072138
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New Education Models for the Future of Work Force
Pastore, Francesco - 2018
This paper addresses the directions to follow when designing new educational systems and school-to-work transition regimes to adhere to the needs of Industry 4.0. Although a high level of general education will be important for its training content to develop adaptability, it is not the only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011915225
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Contract structure, time preference, and technology adoption
Chowdhury, Shyamal; Smits, Joeri; Sun, Qigang - 2020
Do constraints to technology adoption vary by behavioral traits? We randomize 150 villages in Bangladesh into being offered standard microcredit, loans with a grace period, the choice between those two contracts, and control. No discernible average effects are detected on the adoption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012261876
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Institutions, Holdup and Automation
Presidente, Giorgio - 2021
What drives investment in automation technologies? This paper documents a positive relationship between labor-friendly institutions and investment in in- dustrial robots in a sample of developing and advanced economies. Institutions explain a substantial share of cross-country variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624841
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Agricultural Transformation and Farmers' Expectations: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
Bonan, Jacopo; Kazianga, Harounan; Mendola, Mariapia - 2020
Why adoption rate of potentially profitable agricultural technologies in Africa remains low is still puzzling. This paper uses a randomized control trial to study Ugandan subsistence smallholders' decisions to adopt cash crops. A unique way of eliciting farmers price and yield expectations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149647
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Religiosity, Smoking and Other Risky Behaviors
Roman, Monica; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Plopeanu, … - 2022
While under communism the identity-providing religion was suppressed, religiosity is strong today even among the youth in post-communist countries. This provides an appropriate background to investigate how external and internal religiosity relates to risky behaviors like smoking, drinking, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166096
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Religiosity, Smoking and Other Addictive Behaviors
Roman, Monica; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Plopeanu, … - 2021
While under communism, identity-providing religion was suppressed, religiosity is strong today even among the youth in post-communist countries. This provides an appropriate background to investigate how external and internal religiosity relates to addictive behaviors like smoking, drinking and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012522973
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Social Mobility and Political Regimes: Intergenerational Mobility in Hungary, 1949-2017
Bukowski, Paweł; Clark, Gregory; Gáspár, Attila; … - 2021
This paper measures social mobility rates in Hungary 1949-2017, for upper class and underclass families, using surnames to measure social status. In these years there were two very different social regimes. The first was the Hungarian People's Republic, 1949-1989, a Communist regime with an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012587304