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Narciso, Gaia - 2015

that remittances and migration act as a shock-coping mechanism, especially in the presence of natural shocks. Remittance …

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Does migration affect education of girls and young women in Tajikistan?

Gatskova, Kseniia; Ivlevs, Artjoms; Dietz, Barbara - 2017

remittances. In contrast, school attendance of teenage girls (ages 12-17) falls when siblings migrate, while parental migration … and remittances have no effect. Having a grandmother as the head of household after parents (typically fathers) migrate …

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Gender inequalities among adults and children in collective households

Mangiavacchi, Lucia; Piccoli, Luca - 2017

household. In line with previous evidence on gender discrimination in Albania, the results show that the female shares of …

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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 …

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Diaspora externalities : a view from the South

Rapoport, Hillel - 2018

Migration decisions affect those left-behind in ways that are partly taken into account by market forces (e.g., wage effects on labour markets) and for the most part these can be seen as pure externalities. Diasporas are an example of such an externality. This paper reviews the recent economic...

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The impact of remittances on household food security : a micro perspective from Tigray, Ethiopia

Abadi, Nigussie; Techane, Ataklti; Girmay Tesfay; … - 2018

While the volume of remittances to developing countries has been growing significantly over the years, the impact of … remittances on food security has not received much attention. To bridge the gap this paper has examined the impact of remittances … ATT effect of remittances on Food Consumption Score (FCS) between treated and control households. These findings suggest …

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Female education and marriage in Pakistan : the role of financial shocks and marital customs

Khan, Sarah - 2021

This project aims to explore the effect of wealth shocks on education and marriage for young women in Pakistan. Financial shocks are used to estimate the probability of dropping out of education and into marriage. Using the Pakistan Rural Household Panel survey for the years 2000-10, the effects...

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Precarization or protection? : the impact of trade and labour policies on informality

Almeida, Rita; Paz, Lourenço Senne; Poole, Jennifer P. - 2021

Several episodes of market-oriented reforms in developing countries have been accompanied by a significant rise in work outside of the formal economy. This paper investigates whether the impact of increased exposure to trade on formal employment is mediated by the strength of labour regulations....

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Individual-level employment transitions in rural Viet Nam

Ngo Quang-Thanh - 2018

Structural transformation in rural areas is a key issue in economic development. While much of the literature on structural transformation has so far focussed on household- or commune levels or even higher aggregate levels, little is known about the individual member level. The paper aims at...

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Social capital and household vulnerability : new evidence from rural Viet Nam

Vo, Thang T. - 2018

Using the Viet Nam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) with a panel of households present from 2008 to 2016, the study investigates the impact of social capital on household vulnerability. The empirical results indicate that both commune shocks and household shocks are associated with...

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