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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 …
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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...
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employment. In this context, this study analyses the two-way linkages between FDI and domestic investment in Sub-Saharan Africa …
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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
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
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268707
We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273849
Between 1993 and 1994, extremist militia groups carried out the extermination of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus in the genocides of Burundi and Rwanda. Nearly one million people were killed and thousands were forcibly uprooted from their homes. Over the course of a few months, Kagera - a...
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by sub-regions, the magnitude of the colonial vestige in Africa is a significant determinant of emigration flows. Overall …
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Africa. Five challenges resulting from this crisis are identified: a production challenge, an underutilization challenge, a …
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