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Migration and Economic Mobility in Tanzania : Evidence from a Tracking Survey
Beegle, Kathleen; De Weerdt, Joachim; Dercon, Stefan - 2012
This study explores the extent to which migration has contributed to improved living standards of individuals in Tanzania. Using longitudinal data on individuals, the authors estimate the impact of migration on consumption growth between 1991 and 2004. The analysis addresses concerns about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552236
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The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Human Capital : Evidence from Latin American Household Surveys
Acosta, Pablo; Fajnzylber, Pablo; Lopez, J. Humberto - 2012
This paper explores the impact of remittances on poverty, education, and health in 11 Latin American countries using … following: (1) regardless of the counterfactual used remittances appear to lower poverty levels in most recipient countries; (2 … heterogeneity in the poverty reduction impact of remittances' flows. Among the aspects that have been identified in the paper that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552695
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Who Is Deprived? Who Feels Deprived? Labor Deprivation, Youth and Gender in Morocco
Serajuddin, Umar; Verme, Paolo - 2012
One of the recurrent explanations of the Arab spring is that governments were disconnected from their populations and that public policies were simply not in line with people's sentiments and expectations. This paper provides a methodology to better understand how objective conditions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554520
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Poverty, Inequality, and the Local Natural Resource Curse
Loayza, Norman; Mier y Teran, Alfredo; Rigolini, Jamele - 2013
districts have better average living standards than otherwise similar districts: larger household consumption, lower poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558102
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Gender and Asset Ownership : A Guide to Collecting Individual-Level Data
Doss, Cheryl; Grown, Caren; Deere, Carmen Diana - 2012
acquisition, use, disposition, and valuation - information that is critical for policies promoting gender equality, poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552495
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The Living Conditions of Children
Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2012
This paper summarizes the socioeconomic conditions of children around the world. It explores solutions to the main problems, along with a summary of the costs and benefits of some of the solutions. Emphasis is on the results from rigorous studies, impact evaluations, and randomized experiments....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552700
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Investing Cash Transfers to Raise Long-Term Living Standards
Gertler, Paul; Martinez, Sebastian; Rubio-Codina, Marta - 2012
The authors test whether poor households use cash transfers to invest in income generating activities that they otherwise would not have been able to do. Using data from a controlled randomized experiment, they find that transfers from the Oportunidades program to households in rural Mexico...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553816
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Cognitive Development among Young Children in Ecuador : The Roles of Wealth, Health, and Parenting
Paxson, Christina; Schady, Norbert - 2012
Paxson and Schady examine the relationship between early cognitive development, socioeconomic status, child health, and parenting quality in a developing country. They use a sample of over 3,000 predominantly poor pre-school age children from Ecuador and analyze determinants of their scores on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554045
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Forced Displacement, Gender, and Livelihoods : Refugees in Ethiopia
Admasu, Yeshwas - 2021
This study uses the Ethiopia Skills Profile Survey (2017) to examine the gender differences in livelihood opportunities and activities between refugees and host communities. The results show that refugees are significantly less likely to be in employment, and that household characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255530
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Profiling Living Conditions of the DRC Urban Population : Access to Housing and Services in Kinshasa Province
Batana, Yele Maweki; Jarotschkin, Alexandra; Konou, Akakpo - 2021
This paper examines living conditions - mainly access to infrastructure and basic services - in Kinshasa, by focusing on how they vary within the city and how they are related to household characteristics. First, drawing on a household survey conducted in the capital province in 2018, the paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255535