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Motivating migrants: A field experiment on financial decision-making in transnational households
Seshan, Ganesh; Yang, Dean - In: Journal of Development Economics 108 (2014) C, pp. 119-127
We randomly assigned male migrant workers in Qatar invitations to a motivational workshop aimed at improving financial habits and encouraging joint decision-making with spouses back home in India. 13–17months later, we surveyed migrants and wives to estimate intent-to-treat impacts in their...
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Endogeneity and sample selection in a model for remittances
Bettin, Giulia; Lucchetti, Riccardo; Zazzaro, Alberto - In: Journal of Development Economics 99 (2012) 2, pp. 370-384
' remittances, pre-transfer income and consumption. In order to take into account the fact that a large share of individuals do not …
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Migration networks as a response to financial constraints: Onset, and endogenous dynamics
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - In: Journal of Development Economics 101 (2013) C, pp. 1-7
A migration network is modeled as a mutually beneficial cooperative agreement between financially-constrained individuals who seek to finance and expedite their migration. The cooperation agreement creates a network: “established” migrants contract to support the subsequent migration of...
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Remittances, schooling, and child labor in Mexico
Alcaraz, Carlo; Chiquiar, Daniel; Salcedo, Alejandrina - In: Journal of Development Economics 97 (2012) 1, pp. 156-165
This paper studies the effects of remittances from the U.S. on child labor and school attendance in recipient Mexican …
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The efficiency of human capital allocations in developing countries
Vollrath, Dietrich - In: Journal of Development Economics 108 (2014) C, pp. 106-118
For a set of 14 developing countries I evaluate whether differences in wage gaps between sectors – estimated from individual-level wage data – have meaningful effects on aggregate productivity. Under the most generous assumptions regarding the homogeneity of human capital, my analysis shows...
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Incentives to teach badly: After-school tutoring in developing countries
Jayachandran, Seema - In: Journal of Development Economics 108 (2014) C, pp. 190-205
Schools in developing countries frequently offer for-profit tutoring to their own students. This potentially gives teachers a perverse incentive to teach less during school to increase demand for their tutoring. Through this mechanism, the market for tutoring can adversely affect student...
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Tariff pass-through and the distributional effects of trade liberalization
Ural Marchand, Beyza - In: Journal of Development Economics 99 (2012) 2, pp. 265-281
This paper estimates the distribution of welfare gains due to the trade reforms in India by simultaneously considering the effect on prices of tradable goods and wages. The cost of consumption for each household is affected by the domestic price changes, while wage incomes adjust to these price...
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Testing the ‘brain gain’ hypothesis: Micro evidence from Cape Verde
Batista, Catia; Lacuesta, Aitor; Vicente, Pedro C. - In: Journal of Development Economics 97 (2012) 1, pp. 32-45
Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household survey designed and conducted to answer this research question. We analyze the case of Cape Verde, a country with allegedly the highest ‘brain drain’ in Africa, despite a...
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Don't tell on me: Experimental evidence of asymmetric information in transnational households
Ambler, Kate - In: Journal of Development Economics 113 (2015) C, pp. 52-69
Although most theoretical models of household decision making assume perfect information, empirical studies suggest that information asymmetries can have large impacts on resource allocation. I demonstrate the importance of these asymmetries in transnational households, where physical distance...
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Monetary and exchange rate policy under remittance fluctuations
Mandelman, Federico S. - In: Journal of Development Economics 102 (2013) C, pp. 128-147
access to financial markets and test whether remittances are countercyclical and serve as an insurance mechanism against … secular increase in the trend growth of remittances and random cyclical fluctuations around this trend. In a purely … households facing an increasing trend for remittances. A flexible floating regime is preferred when unanticipated shocks driving …
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