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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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Economic integration of Afghan refugees in the US, 1980-2015
Stempel, Carl; Alemi, Qais - 2018
physical and mental disability resulting from pre-migration and migration traumas, and inability to develop occupational niches …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011844143
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Involuntary migration, inequality, and integration : national and subnational influences
Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2019
Across the world, we observe different experiences in terms of inequality between migrant and 'host-country' populations. What factors contribute to such variation? What policies and programmes facilitate 'better' economic integration? This paper, and the broader collection of studies that it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137942
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Return migration and socioeconomic mobility in MENA : evidence from labour market panel surveys
Hlasny, Vladimir; AlAzzawi, Shireen - 2018
This study examines the effects of cross-border return migration on intertemporal and intergenerational transmission of … function of their migration histories. Return migrants, current migrants, and (yet) non-migrants are distinguished. Transitions …, demographics and migration status. Migration patterns are found to differ systematically between Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia, as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806811
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The conceptualization and measurement of ethnic and religious divisions : categorical, temporal, and spatial dimensions with evidence from Mindanao, the Philippines
Gisselquist, Rachel M.; McDoom, Omar - 2015
A large body of recent quantitative work on the 'diversity detriment' hypothesis finds that ethno-religious diversity is linked with a host of societal ills, implying in turn a strong challenge to multiculturalist theory and policies. Given the stakes, the appropriate conceptualization and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479969
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Ethnic diversity and informal work in Ghana
Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa; Danquah, Michael - 2020
We present the first study that examines the effects of ethnic diversity on informal work. Using two waves of data from the Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey, we find that ethnic diversity is associated with a higher probability of engaging in informal work. Specifically, our instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012299566
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Ethnic diversity and financial inclusion in post-apartheid South Africa
Koomson, Isaac; Danquah, Michael; Martey, Edward - 2023
The ethnic diversity-financial inclusion nexus remains one of the least explored topics in the literature despite global attempts to promote cultural mixing due to its socioeconomic benefits. We contribute to the literature by examining the link between ethnic diversity and financial inclusion...
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The international circulation of elites : knowledge, entrepreneurial and political
Solimano, Andrés; Avanzini, Diego - 2010
International migration analysis often focuses on mass migration rather than on the international mobility of elites … affect international development. -- International migration ; entrepreneurial ; political migrants ; talent mobility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697427
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Return migration and entrepreneurship in Cameroon
Tamwo, Sévérin; Gandjon Fankem, Ghislain Stéphane; … - 2022
In this paper, we examine the determinants of the entrepreneurial behaviour of returnees to Cameroon based on original survey data from 2012. Contrary to the existing literature, we focus on the skills received from abroad without omitting the effect of savings. We distinguish between three...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011627686