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Migration Policy, African Population Growth and Global Inequality
Mountford, Andrew - 2014
According to recent UN projections more than 50 percent of the growth in world population over the next half century … significant impact on the world distribution of income. In this paper we discuss the potential for migration policies to affect … more or less restrictive/selective migration policies and derive their implications for the evolution of world inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050612
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Income and Population Growth
Brückner, Markus - 2013
Do populations grow as countries become richer? In this paper we estimate the effects on population growth of shocks to national income that are plausibly exogenous and unlikely to be driven by technological change. For a panel of over 139 countries spanning the period 1960-2007 we interact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080869
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Population Growth and Multiple Equilibria : Inferences from a Modified Ramsey Model
Lehmijoki, Ulla - 2011
The demographic transition is introduced into the otherwise standard Ramsey model to generate multiple equilibria, poverty traps, and demography-driven cycles. The model is calibrated for global data to explore the demographic conditions under which multiplicity is realized. Three cases arise,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130458
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Population Growth and Carbon Emissions
Casey, Gregory P. - 2016
We provide evidence that lower fertility can simultaneously increase income per capita and lower carbon emissions, eliminating a trade-off central to most policies aimed at slowing global climate change. We estimate the effect of lower fertility on carbon emissions accounting for the fact that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978164
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Land Reforms, Status and Population Growth
Lehmijoki, Ulla - 2014
In this document, we consider the effects of a land reform on economic and demographic growth by a family-optimization model with sharecropping, endogenous fertility and status seeking. We show that tenant farming is the major obstacle to escaping the Malthusian trap with high fertility and low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055912
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Islamism and Gender Relations in the Muslim World as Reflected in Recent World Values Survey Data
Tausch, Arno - 2016
based on an empirical analysis of World Values Survey data. In recent economic theory, Carvalho (2013) maintained that … in the Muslim world are closely interrelated. Thus, it is imperative that Western Feminism develops solidarity with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000073
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Regulation, Trust, and Cronyism in Middle Eastern Societies : The Simple Economics of 'Wasta'
Barnett, Andy - 2013
Despite being a fixture of everyday life in the Arab world, wasta, which may be thought of as special influence by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086661
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Obstacles to Labour Market Participation Among Arab Women in Israel
Miaari, Sami H. - 2020
This study investigates the factors that underlay the low labour force participation rate among Palestinian-Arab women in Israel relative to Jewish women despite the high educational attainment among this group. We focus on four factors that could explain this pattern: (i) socioeconomic factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826238
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Did the Arab Spring Reduce MENA Countries' Growth?
Arayssi, Mahmoud - 2019
This paper examines the economic ramifications of the recent political reconfigurations that the MENA region witnessed, commonly known as the Arab Spring, utilizing MENA countries data during period 2005-2016. Using the Arellano-Bond dynamic panel estimation, the paper estimates a growth model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870335
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Connecting Disadvantaged Communities to Work and Higher Education Opportunities : Evidence from Public Transportation Penetration to Arab Towns in Israel
Abu-Qarn, Aamer S. - 2019
Disadvantaged communities are often geographically segregated from employment and higher education opportunities. Increasing access can entail substantial welfare gains, but this can also affect the tradeoff faced by young adults between investing in higher education and working for pay. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857710