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Do remittances alleviate poverty and income inequality in poor countries? Empirical evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Adenutsi, Deodat E. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

inequality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In carrying out the study, 34 SSA countries for which relevant data are available …-income inequality exploration. A set of dynamic panel-data models was estimated using system Generalized Method of Moments. It was found … an intensifying income-inequality aggravating effects in countries with relatively wider income gap. It is, thus …

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The Gun-Slave Cycle in the 18th century British slave trade in Africa

Whatley, Warren - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The trans-Atlantic slave trade is considered by many to have been a major shock to Africa, one that transformed African economies and contributed to long-term poverty. In this paper I combine data from the Transatlantic Slave Trade Database and the Anglo-African Trade Statistics to document some...

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Long-run macroeconomic impact of international migrant remittances on human development in low-income countries: A panel analysis of sub-Saharan Africa

Adenutsi, Deodat E. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

In order to provide an empirical insight into the role of international migrant remittance inflows in low-income countries, this paper examines at the macro level, the long-run impact of international migrant remittance inflows on overall human development in Sub-Saharan Africa which has been...

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Rural class differentiation in Nigeria: Theory and practice - a quantitative approach in the case of Nupeland

Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1979

The knowledge of social stratification within the peasantry is a decisive precondition of sustainable economic and political measures for an effective support of agricultural production in least developed countries. This is one of the reasons why also in Nigeria social scientist focus on the...

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Historical Missionary Activity, Schooling, and the Reversal of Fortunes: Evidence from Nigeria

Okoye, Dozie; Pongou, Roland - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper shows that historical missionary activity has had a persistent effect on schooling outcomes, and contributed to a reversal of fortunes wherein historically richer ethnic groups are poorer today. Combining contemporary individual-level data with a newly constructed dataset on mission...

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African Migration to Europe:Obscured Responsibilities and Common Misconceptions

Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The number of migrants from conflict regions in Africa has been increasing dramatically. The European Union shares dual responsibility for the continuing migration pressure: First, because they fostered over decades corrupt and autocratic regimes with dire disregard to principles of ‘good...

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Vom Nutzen afrikanischer Zuwanderer für Europa. Wende in der EU-Einwanderungspolitik?

Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

A growing number of Africans flees from their desolate economic situation or violent conflicts and political persecution at home to Europe. The European Union shares responsibil-ity for this growing economic misery, in view of its egoistic external trade policy. Neverthe-less, it intensifies the...

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Conundrums in public distribution system in India: an assessment by states and social groups

Goli, Srinivas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Growing number of studies accentuated enigmas in PDS system, many of them provided evidences based on National Sample Survey (NSS) and other official statistics, more particularly by major states. Many of them also highlighted theoretical and operational difficulties in existing policy...

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Relative Deprivation in China

Chen, Xi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Relative deprivation (RD), also known as relative poverty , an idea implicitly put forward by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations and formally conceptualized by Runciman (1966), refers to the discontent people feel when they compare their positions to others and realize that others in the group...

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Redistributive effect of personal income taxation in Pakistan

Ahmed, Vaqar; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper studies the redistribution effect of personal income tax in Pakistan. We decompose the overall tax system in order to evaluate the contribution of rate, allowances, deductions, exemptions and credits. The structure given in Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, is applied to gross household...

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