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We review the literature on pathways through which social networks may influence social mobility in developing countries. We find that social networks support members in tangible ways-via access to opportunities for migration, credit, trading relationships, information on jobs, and new...
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document the characteristics of migrants to assess selection patterns. In the final step, we estimate the relationship between … the greater Maputo area (capital city). Migrants appear to be positively selected on education, and are, on average, less …
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, occupation, and income. Third, we seek to explain what enables Vietnamese refugees and their children to overcome initial …
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Until the 1970s, only 1000 Vietnamese lived in West and East Germany, most of them international students. West Germany, in particular, had not yet been confronted with non-European refugees. This changed after 1978 with the influx of around 35,000 "boat people" from Viet Nam and other countries...
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, 2016) and Tunisia (2014). We link individuals' current outcomes to those in prior years and to their parents' outcomes. We … function of their migration histories. Return migrants, current migrants, and (yet) non-migrants are distinguished. Transitions … and type of work sought. Egyptian migrants predominantly come from rural areas and disadvantaged governorates, and are …
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This paper analyses the relationship between climate and migration in rural households in Viet Nam. We propose an instrumental variable approach that controls for the potential endogeneity between crop production and migration using monthly minimum temperatures in the growing season as an...
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This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for the Latin American countries over the decades of 1990 and 2000. The analysis covers a wide range of issues on the differences in educational outcomes and opportunities across the population, including...
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first and second leading causes of death and morbidity among young children in developing countries. The fact that a large … tested in a developing country context, and which focus on children as the primary target population. Overall, we find that …
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preferential access to a conditional cash transfer programme designed to facilitate investments in children's health and education … children, but is positive and significant for women without children. The effects on both education and labour income are …
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link urban and rural nodes, children have remained less urbanized than adults, and many grow up without co-resident parents …. Although children are clearly affected by adult labour migration, they have tended to be ignored in the migration discourse. A … focus on children provides an unusual lens for considering migration dynamics and can help to advance an understanding of …
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