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Climate Change, Migration and Voice : An Explanation for the Immobility Paradox
Beine, Michel A. R. - 2019
international voicing. Our results suggest that restrictions on mobility could result in increasing voicing, both within and between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861312
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Time Use and Time Budgets : Improvements, Future Challenges and Recommendations
Merz, Joachim - 2009
"Time-use statistics offer a unique tool for exploring a wide range of policy concerns including social change; division of labour; allocation of time for household work; the estimation of the value of household production; transportation; leisure and recreation; pension plans; and health-care...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157030
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Economic Influences on Child Migration Decisions:Evidence from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Edmonds, Eric V.; Salinger, Philip - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
examining the correlates of out-migration for children under 15whose mother's reside in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. 1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861384
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Trust and Cheating
Butler, Jeffrey V. - 2012
When we take a cab we may feel cheated if the driver takes an unnecessarily long route despite the lack of a contract or promise to take the shortest possible path. Is our decision to take the cab affected by our belief that we may end up feeling cheated? Is the behavior of the driver affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098463
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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy : Another Look at the Economics of Marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155540
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The Right Amount of Trust
Butler, Jeffrey V. - 2009
A vast literature has investigated the relationship between trust and aggregate economic performance. We investigate the relationship between individual trust and individual economic performance. We find that individual income is hump-shaped in a measure of intensity of trust beliefs available...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155576
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School Drop-Out and Push-Out Factors in Brazil : The Role of Early Parenthood, Child Labor, and Poverty
Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2007
This paper aims at identifying the major drop-out and push-out factors that lead to school abandonment in an urban surrounding, the shantytowns of Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil. We use an extensive survey addressing risk factors faced by the population in these neighborhoods, which covered both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778004
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The Effect of Filipino Overseas Migration on the Non-Migrant Spouse's Market Participation and Labor Supply Behavior
Cabegin, Emily - 2021
This paper examines the effect of one partner's overseas migration on the other non-migrant partner's labor force … examines the income remittance and the conjugal home-time effects of overseas migration. Addressing the potential endogeneity … of income and migration, estimates establish stronger conjugal home time effects of migration for married women and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317498
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Who Moves and for How Long : Determinants of Different Forms of Migration
Borodak, Daniela - 2013
This paper analyses the determinants and correlates of different forms of migration, including circular, temporary and … believe that understanding who moves and whether temporarily or circularly will help formulate more effective migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081824
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Pulls of International Student Mobility
Kahanec, Martin - 2012
. International student mobility is an important channel through which high-skilled immigrants arrive. The purpose of this paper is to … identify some of the key determinants of international student mobility among higher education policies. For this purpose we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113075