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The dynamics of women's labour supply in developing countries
Bhalotra, Sonia; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2010
that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … and potentially correlated shocks. In Asia and Latin America, characteristics that strengthen counter-cyclical responses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269754
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Changing fertility preferences one migrant at a time: the impact of remittances on the fertility rate
Naufal, George S.; Vargas-Silva, Carlos - 2009
In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later transmit to the household the ideas, values and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275920
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The Dynamics of Women's Labour Supply in Developing Countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umana-Aponte, Marcela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … and potentially correlated shocks. In Asia and Latin America, characteristics that strengthen counter-cyclical responses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470355
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Changing Fertility Preferences One Migrant at a Time: The Impact of Remittances on the Fertility Rate
Naufal, George; Vargas-Silva, Carlos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later transmit to the household the ideas, values and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762189
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and endogeneity cannot...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268882
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Producer protection legislation and termination damages in the presence of contracting frictions
Wu, Steven Y. - 2009
This study models producer protection legislation that would grant growers the right to claim damages (PPLD) if their contracts are prematurely terminated. In the absence of contracting frictions that prevent contractors from redesigning contracts to accommodate exogenous policy changes, PPLD...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277255
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Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda
Pan, Yao; Smith, Stephen C.; Sulaiman, Munshi - 2015
This paper evaluates causal impacts of a large-scale agricultural extension program for smallholder women farmers on food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary distance-to-branch threshold for village program eligibility. We find eligible farmers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307403
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International financial integration and Real Exchange Rate long-run dynamics in emerging countries: some panel evidence
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Amor, Thouraya Hadj; Rault, … - 2009
America, Asia and MENA). It covers the period 1979-2004, and carries out second-generation tests for non-stationary panels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271575
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Education, Governance and Trade-Related Technology Diffusion in Latin America
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2004
This paper examines the impact on TFP of North-South trade-related technology diffusion in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). North-South R&D flows are constructed based on industry-specific R&D in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in the South. The main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261795
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Privatization discontent and its determinants: evidence from Latin America
Checchi, Daniele; Florio, Massimo; Carrera, Jorge - 2005
Privatization policy faces increasing popular opposition in Latin America. We test for the determinants of this discontent. We use the results of Latinobarometro (2002), a survey of a representative sample of 18522 individuals in 17 countries as our dependent variable of perception, and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267576