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large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross … than characteristics of their family situations explains much of the higher remittances. …
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We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using … original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The …
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the hypothesis that both emigration and remittances reduce child labor. …
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This paper studies income poverty among the 50+ population in 10 EU countries using newly collected data from the SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) project. A measure of the household's disposable annual income is used. Relative income poverty range from 10 percent (in...
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This paper examines trends in household consumption and saving behaviour in each of the last three recessions in the UK. The 'Great Recession' has been different from those that occurred in the 1980s and 1990s. It has been both deeper and longer, but also the composition of the cutbacks in...
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Earnings dynamics are much richer than typically assumed in macro models with heterogeneous agents. This holds for individual-pre-tax and household-post-tax earnings and across administrative (Social Security Administration) and survey (Panel Study of Income Dynamics) data. We study the...
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set collected in the Himalayan region of India allows us to deal with the heterogeneity of rural nonfarm activities by …
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This study examines the utilization of iron ore in India. It takes into account thesignificant reserves of iron ore in … India and allays fears that the country's steel industrywill run out of iron ore resources if exports continue at the … betweenproduction and consumption of lumps and fines as nearly 80 of exported ores are fineswhich are not adequately used in India. This …
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This paper uses the standard one-sector neoclassical growth model to investigate why China's consumption has been low and investment high. It finds that the low cost of capital has been quantitatively an important factor. Theory predicts that the price of capital may have been significantly...
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Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that …
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