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On altruism and remittances
Antoniades, Alexis; Seshan, Ganesh; Weber, Roberto; … - 2013
We provide a direct test of the impact of altruism on remittances. From a sample of 105 male migrant workers from … use it as a proxy for altruism. When the entire sample is considered, we find that only migrants' income robustly explains … remittances. Altruism does not seem to matter. However, we document a strong positive relationship between altruism and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332035
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Does revolution change risk attitudes? Evidence from Burkina Faso
Sepahvand, Mohammad H.; Shahbazian, Roujman; Swain, … - 2019
A popular uprising in 2014, led to a revolution overthrowing the sitting president of Burkina Faso. We investigate if individuals' risk attitudes changed due to this revolution. Specifically, we investigate the impact of the revolution on risk attitudes, by gender, age and level of education....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012013526
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Economic or non-economic factors: What empowers women?
Swain, Ranjula Bali; Wallentin, Fang Yang - 2008
Microfinance programs like Self Help Group Bank linkage program (SHG), aim to empower women through provision of financial services. We investigate this further to determine whether it is the economic or the non-economic factors that have a greater impact on empowering women. Using household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321453
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Inequality, good governance and endemic corruption
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2017
Can a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We examine a stylized poor state with weak institutions in which a "culture of evasion" damages state authority. Many evade tax payments, limiting the state's economic development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028603
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Income diversification and working children
Vimefall, Elin - 2015
During recent years (2004-2008) the proportion of working children in sub-Saharan Africa has increased (Diallo et al. 2010). At the same time, there has been a shift in the patterns of livelihoods, whereby households rely more on sources of income from outside their own farms. When the adult in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654408
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Income diversification among female-headed farming households
Vimefall, Elin - 2015
In most rural parts of sub-Saharan Africa, production on one's own farm is still the main source of income. However, other sources are becoming more important and obtaining income from outside the agricultural sector has been identified as an important path out of poverty. To take advantage of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654411
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Migration in Kenya: Beyond Harris-Todaro
Oyvat, Cem; wa Gĩthĩnji, Mwangi - 2017
This paper examines the impact of agrarian structures on the migration behavior and destination of rural household heads and individuals in Kenya. To explore the complexity of migration we extend the standard Harris-Todaro framework to account for land inequality and size. In addition, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011788905
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Integration of administrative records for social protection policies: Contributions from the Brazilian experience
Bartholo, Letícia; Mostafa, Joana; Osorio, Rafael Guerreiro - 2018
citizens. Because of this complexity, countries that pursue this objective often cooperate to exchange knowledge, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030395
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International Environmental Agreements - Stability with Transfers among Countries
Diamantoudi, Effrosyni; Sartzetakis, Eftichios Sofokles; … - 2018
countries, allowing for transfers. We employ a two-stage, non-cooperative model of coalition formation. In the first stage each … examining the impact of transfers on the coalition size, we apply the notion of Potential Internal Stability (PIS). Results show … that transfers can increase cooperation among heterogeneous countries. However, the increase in the coalition size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011957012
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Access to technology and the transfer function of community colleges: Evidence from a field experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Grunberg, Samantha H. - 2013
home computers and enrollment in transferable courses and actual transfers to 4-year colleges. The results from the field … clear for the effects on actual transfers to 4-year colleges and the probability of using a computer to search for college …
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