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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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Can gender differences in distributional preferences explain gender gaps in competition?
Dasgupta, Utteeyo; Mani, Subha; Sharma, Smriti; … - 2017
We design an experiment to examine whether egalitarian preferences, and in particular, behindness aversion as well as preference for favourable inequality affect competitive choices differently among males and females. We find that selection into competitive environments is: (a) negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635696
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Social policies or private solidarity? : the equalizing role of migration and remittances in El Salvador
Acevedo Flores, Carlos Gerardo; Cabrera, Maynor - 2012
of migration and remittances (that is, a ‘private safety net’ built around solidarity within families) rather than the … distributive effect of public social expenditure or other public policies. -- El Salvador ; remittances ; migration ; inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009487028
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Fiscal decentralization and urbanization in Indonesia
Comola, Margherita; Mello, Luiz R. de - 2010
have affected regional patterns of urbanization, because the new prerogatives granted to the local governments have altered … ; federalism ; urbanization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661846
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Spatial consumption inequality in Mozambique
Gradín, Carlos - 2024
In this paper, I show that the trend in spatial inequality in Mozambique almost entirely explains the outstanding surge in inequality in the country over the past decade, as well as its decline immediately after the pandemic, in contrast to its secondary role in the earliest years. For this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015076273
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Labour and migration in rural Vietnam
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342953
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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/10012301807
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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 …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053972