Showing 1 - 10 of 27
Proficiency in the host country’s language is an important factor for the successful labor market integration of immigrants. In this study, I analyze the effects of a language training program for professional purposes on the employment opportunities of participants in Germany. I apply an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014497494
This paper provides an overview of the characteristics of migrant households and analyses the effects of migration in … that remittances and migration act as a shock-coping mechanism, especially in the presence of natural shocks. Remittance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342953
Using detailed microdata, we document how migration-dependent households are especially vulnerable during the COVID-19 … and observational variation in prior migration dependence. We report 25 per cent greater declines in earnings and fourfold … greater prevalence of food insecurity among migrant households since March. Causes include lower migration rates, less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301807
Legal identity is an important aspect of securing access to public services, such as education, healthcare, and social protection services, including child support grants. In the South African context, in the post-apartheid period, many poor South Africans benefited from wellorganized civil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053954
conflict, and argue that the findings are consistent with distress migration. Despite an increase in the willingness to migrate … following locust outbreaks, very few people may actually be able to migrate as they lack the necessary resources. As migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053972
The ethnographic approach has much to contribute to our understanding of social mobility. This paper provides a discussion on ethnography as a method and approach to writing and description, and reviews some ways in which themes related to social mobility in the developing world have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012174010
The informal sector makes up an overwhelming share of both gross domestic product and total employment in Africa. In this paper, we lay out some of the basic characteristics of the informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa, relevant institutions, and development issues. Proposed policy approaches...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249748
In a 2017 UNU-WIDER project, 'Forced migration and inequality', one of us collaborated on a comparison of Afghan and … revisit the contributions of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies special issue that resulted from that earlier project …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796983
explicitly take into account general equilibrium effects such as selective migration in response to the war, I then develop an … particular, I leverage the structure of the model along with observed income information and migration flows to identify firm … effect. Selective migration in response to the war also seems to play an important role and implies that local reduced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545405
variability. Smallholders can adjust by diversifying income sources, including through migration. Most existing studies … investigate whether households send a migrant after experiencing weather shocks, but the literature lacks evidence on migration as … effect of changing weather patterns over a few years on migration as a diversification strategy. Using a novel household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012608599