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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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Migration and the labour market impacts of COVID-19

Barker, Nathan; Davis, C. Austin; López-Peña, Paula; … - 2020

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/10012424126

Social policies or private solidarity? The equalizing role of migration and remittances in El Salvador

Acevedo, Carlos; Cabrera, Maynor - 2012

of migration and remittances (that is, a 'private safety net' built around solidarity within families) rather than the …

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The dynamics of inequality change in a highly dualistic economy: Honduras, 1991 - 2007

Klasen, Stephan; Otter, Thomas; Villalobos Barría, Carlos - 2012

We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality increased in Honduras until 2005, while it was falling in most other Latin American countries. Using annual household surveys, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005,...

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Drivers of poverty reduction in lagging regions: Evidence from rural Western China

Christiaensen, Luc; Pan, Lei; Wang, Sangui - 2010

Using 2000-04 panel data this study analyses the pathways rural households followed out of poverty in two lagging provinces of China, Inner Mongolia and Gansu. Rising labour productivity in agriculture has been key, and still holds much promise. Labour mobility has also been important in Gansu....

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Legal identity and access to the state in South Africa

Nsabimana, Aimable; Pleace, Michelle; Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2024

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...

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Plague, war, and exodus? The effects of desert locust swarms on migration intentions in Yemen

Ghorpade, Yashodhan - 2024

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 …

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The impact of hosting refugees on the intra-household allocation of tasks: A gender perspective

Ruiz, Isabel; Vargas-Silva, Carlos - 2017

This paper examines whether the presence of refugees alters the intra-household allocation of tasks across genders in the hosting population. Using panel data (pre- and post-refugee inflow) from Kagera, a rural region of Tanzania, we find that the refugee shock led to women being less likely to...

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Forced migration and attitudes towards domestic violence: Evidence from Turkey

Gulesci, Selim - 2017

possible mechanisms through which forced migration may affect migrants' attitudes towards domestic violence. …

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Diaspora externalities: A view from the South

Rapoport, Hillel - 2018

Migration decisions affect those left-behind in ways that are partly taken into account by market forces (e.g., wage … the diaspora, investigating on a macro-level the role of migration in cultural convergence across countries and on a micro …

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