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Measured as poor versus feeling poor: Comparing objective and subjective poverty rates in South Africa

Posel, Dorrit; Rogan, Michael - 2014

In this paper, we compare subjective and money-metric measures of poverty in South Africa using data collected in the 2008/09 Living Conditions Survey. In addition to collecting detailed information on expenditure, the survey asked respondents to provide an assessment of the economic status of...

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Subjective poverty and reference-dependence: Income over time, aspirations and reference groups

Castilla, Carolina - 2010

How a person assesses the wellbeing derived from income is often determined as much by its contrast with a reference point as by the level of income itself. In this paper, I use a household survey from Mexico to examine how subjective poverty assessments not only depend on the absolute level of...

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The political economy of food price policy in Egypt

Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk - 2012

The study focuses on the period 2004-09 during which Egypt experienced food crisis. The political economy context on …, agricultural, and economic policies in Egypt together with the structural aspects of the food subsidy policies are discussed and …

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Labour and migration in rural Vietnam

Narciso, Gaia - 2015

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 …

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Informality, growth, and development in Africa

Benjamin, Nancy; Mbaye, Ahmadou Aly - 2014

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...

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Migration and the autonomy of women left behind

Matz, Julia Anna; Mbaye, Linguère Mously - 2017

This paper investigates the impact of migration of male household heads on the autonomy of their spouses. Using panel … endogeneity inherent in the relationship using past migration as the instrument and carefully paying attention to the role of … remittances. We find consistent evidence that male migration increases female self-determination and decision-making power, and …

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Does migration affect education of girls and young women in Tajikistan?

Gatskova, Kseniia; Ivlevs, Artjoms; Dietz, Barbara - 2017

We study how migration affects education of girls in Tajikistan - the poorest post-Soviet state and one of the most … 2011, we find that the effect of migration on girls' school attendance differs markedly by age. School attendance of young … remittances. In contrast, school attendance of teenage girls (ages 12-17) falls when siblings migrate, while parental migration …

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Fiscal pressure of migration & horizontal fiscal inequality: Evidence from Indian experience

Chakraborty, Pinaki; Garg, Shatakshi - 2018

This paper examines the patterns and trends in inter-state migration across Indian states and observes that migration … vertical federal transfers and its horizontal distribution has an impact on out-migration. To correct for the extant horizontal … fiscal policy stance at the state level to reduce pressure of out-migration to prosperous regions of the country. …

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Labour migration in Indonesia and the health of children left behind

Ng, James - 2018

Economic research on labour migration in the developing world has traditionally focused on the role played by the … rich microdata, more attention has been paid to the effects of migration on the lives of family members left behind. This … paper examines how the temporary migration of parents for the sole purpose of work affects the health outcomes of children …

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Following in their footsteps: An analysis of the impact of successive migration on rural household welfare in Ghana

Egge, Eva-Maria; Litchfield, Julie A. - 2018

. We explore patterns of migration within rural households and the impact that these later migrants have on household … lower migration costs, and few of them remit. We find no effect of sending a new migrant on the asset index. We conclude … that the different nature of migration of new migrants implies neither an economic gain for the household nor a loss. The …

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