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Report on the Development of Household Finance in Rural China (2014)

Gan, Li - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016

1. Basic Situation of Rural Household -- 2. Rural Household Employment -- 3. Rural Household Income -- 4. Expenditures … of Rural Households -- 5. The Property of Rural Household -- 6. Current Development Status of Rural Financial Market -- 7 …. Formal Credit Demand and Availability of Rural Household -- 8. Financial Risks of Rural Households -- 9. Private Lending of …

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The Role of Labour Mobility and Informal Networks for Knowledge Transfer

Fornahl, Dirk (contributor); Zellner, Christian (contributor) - 2005

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Rural Labour Mobility in Times of Structural Transformation : Dynamics and Perspectives from Asian Economies

Reddy, D. Narasimha (ed.); Sarap, Kailash (ed.) - 2017

This book examines essential issues and perspectives on rural labour, helping readers understand the changes that are currently taking place in the labour markets, especially with regard to migrants from rural to urban areas, their socio-economic conditions, factors contributing to such mobility...

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Globalization, Employment and Mobility : The South Asian Experience

Satō, Hiroshi (ed.); Murayama, Mayumi (ed.) - 2008

There are numerous labour and employment issues facing South Asia in this era of growth. With critical examination of ongoing labour reforms, and using extensive field surveys, this book will be of interest to all seeking an analysis of labour economics, labour laws, economic growth and...

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Mobility, Labour Migration and Border Controls in Asia

Kaur, Amarjit (ed.); Metcalfe, Ian (ed.) - 2006

One of the biggest challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region in the 21st century is the large scale cross-border movement of people. This book explores: sovereignty; security issues and border-management strategies of major states, in the face of intensified transnational economic and social...

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Agent-Based Modelling of Social Networks in Labour–Education Market System

Tarvid, Alexander - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016

This book covers the modelling of human behaviour in the education and labour markets, which due to their interdependency are viewed as one system. Important factors influencing the decision-making of individuals and firms in this system are discussed. The role of social environment and networks...

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The analytical returns to measuring a detailed household roster

Akresh, Richard; Edmonds, Eric V. - 2010

time. We exploit a unique and thorough household membership enumeration in Burkina Faso to consider the analytical costs of … the typical static household roster. We document that households are extremely fluid with 10 percent of individuals … the analysis of issues that are intertwined with who is present in the household, such as the measurement of income …

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Risk, Network Quality, and Family Structure : Child Fostering Decisions in Burkina Faso

Akresh, Richard - 2005

Researchers often assume household structure is exogenous, but child fostering, the institution in which parents send … their biological children to live with another family, is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and provides evidence against … this assumption. Using data I collected in Burkina Faso, I analyze a household's decision to adjust its size and …

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Labor mobility, social network effects, and innovative activity

Kaiser, Ulrich; Kongsted, Hans Christian; Rønde, Thomas - 2011

We study the mapping between labor mobility and industrial innovative activity for the population of R&D active Danish firms observed between 1999 and 2004. Our study documents a positive relationship between the number of workers who join a firm and the firm's innovative activity. This...

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Adjusting Household Structure : School Enrollment Impacts of Child Fostering in Burkina Faso

Akresh, Richard - 2004

human capital investment. This paper measures the impact of child fostering on school enrollment and uses household and … interviewing the sending and receiving household participating in each fostering exchange, allowing a comparison of foster children …

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