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Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, preventing them from taking advantage of economic … engage in long-distance migration-if they are wealthy enough to match with the desirable migrating grooms. Guided by a model … in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and labour markets will be …
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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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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 …
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Internal migration plays an important role in the economic development of individuals, their families, and their … country. This study describes Mozambique's most common migration patterns from 1992 until 2017 using data from three … migration and multidimensional poverty by applying inverse probability weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA). We find that …
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foreign trade) and benefits from urbanization (internal migration and agglomeration effects). Simulations suggest that urban …
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's current involvement in mining as full-fledged, as opposed to part-time, miners is distinguished. The attitudes of secondary …
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Gender gaps in labour force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change. We assess this persistence across economic geographies within countries, focusing on youth employment in off-farm wage jobs. We combine household survey data from 12 low- and...
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This paper describes the methodology of a longitudinal multi-generational study in the favelas (shantytowns) of Rio de Janeiro from 1968 to 2008. Major political transformations took place in Brazil during this interval: from dictatorship to 'opening' to democracy; major economic transformations...
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Drawing on insights from Latin America, this paper examines the factors that contributed to the use of populist strategies by political parties during recent presidential elections in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia. Specifically, the paper argues that the nature of party competition in Africa,...
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Understanding how internal labour migration affects the agricultural sector is important for all developing countries … face in the presence of a critical level of labour migration. This paper investigates the effect of internal labour … migration on agricultural productivity of rural households in Uganda. Since households select themselves into migration this …
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