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Remittances and the brain drain : evidence from microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa
Bredtmann, Julia; Martinez Flores, Fernanda; Otten, … - 2016
Research on the relationship between high-skilled migration and remittances has been limited by the lack of suitable …. Our results reveal that migrants' education has no significant impact on the likelihood of sending remittances …. Conditional on sending remittances, however, high-skilled migrants send significantly higher amounts of money to their households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011558124
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Can parental migration reduce petty corruption in education?
Höckel, Lisa Sofie; Santos Silva, Manuel; Heidland, Tobias - 2015
, remittances from migrants can provide additional funds for the education of the left behind. At the same time the absence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408467
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Household labor supply and Home services in a general-equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents
Bredemeier, Christian (contributor);  … - 2009
We propose a new explanation for differences and changes in labor supply by gender and marital status, and in particular for the increase in married women's labor supply over time. We argue that this increase as well as the relative constancy of other groups' hours are optimal reactions to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811812
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Deciding who works where : an analysis of the distribution of work within native and immigrant families win Australia
Basilio, Leilanie - 2009
The paper examines whether there is an asymmetry in the distribution of market work and domestic work within families in Australia, and to what extent differences in earnings capacities of spouses can account for the division of labor. Using a Blinder-Oaxaca Tobit-type decomposition, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861456
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Who does the shopping? : German time-use evidence, 1996 – 2009
Procher, Vivien; Vance, Colin - 2013
The labor force participation rate of women and men is converging in industrialized countries, but disparities nevertheless remain with respect to unpaid activities. Shopping for household maintenance, in particular, is a time-consuming, out-ofhome activity that continues to be undertaken...
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Whom to ask? : testing respondent effects in household surveys
Fiala, Nathan; Masselus, Lise - 2022
The common practice in household questionnaires of surveying the most knowledgeable household member can lead to inaccurate data if they have limited information. Using survey experiments in Paraguay and Uganda, we investigate whether there are discrepancies in intra-household reporting on...
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Migration response to an immigration shock : evidence from Russia's aggression against Ukraine
Zuchowski, David - 2023
Russia's attacks against Ukraine have triggered massive and unexpected migration movements. In this paper, I examine the impact of the inflow of Ukrainians that resulted from Russia's aggression in 2014 on local migration patterns in Poland. For identification, I use an instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014449179
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Weathering the crisis and beyond : perspectives for the euro area
Schmidt, Christoph M.; Weigert, Benjamin - 2013
The euro area is experiencing a severe and highly complex crisis. It comprises three problem areas, the difficulties of some highly indebted European sovereigns to ascertain funding at palatable cost, the disconcerting fragility of the European banking system and disappointing growth prospects...
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Do high oil prices matter? : evidence on the mobility behavior of German households
Frondel, Manuel (contributor); Vance, Colin (contributor) - 2008
Focusing on travel survey data from Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of automobile travel, with the specific aim of quantifying the effects of fuel prices and fuel economy. The analysis is predicated on the notion that car mileage is a two-stage decision process, comprising the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003767479
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Driving for fun? : a comparison of weekdays and weekend travel
Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - 2009
Focusing on individual motorists in car-owning households in Germany, this paper econometrically investigates the determinants of automobile travel with the specific aim of quantifying the effects of fuel prices and person-level attributes on travel conducted over a five-day week and weekend....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003825080