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Diasporas and Outsourcing : Evidence from Odesk and India
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017
This paper examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. The data are taken from oDesk … to choose a worker in India. This higher placement is the result of a greater likelihood of choosing India for the …
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Improving Access to Banking : Evidence from Kenya
Allen, Franklin - 2017
Using household surveys and bank penetration data at the district-level in 2006 and 2009, this paper examines the impact of Equity Bank -- a leading private commercial bank focusing on microfinance -- on access to banking in Kenya. Unlike other commercial banks in Kenya, Equity Bank pursues...
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Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? : Evidence from Nigeria
Okunogbe, Oyebola Motunrayo - 2018
This paper examines how temporary migration to a different ethnic region affects national integration. It uses original survey data from individuals who were randomly exposed to different ethnic regions of Nigeria during their mandatory national service, the largest program of its kind in...
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Gender, Ethnicity and Cumulative Disadvantage in Education : Evidence from Latin American and African Censuses
Taş, Emcet O. - 2017
This paper studies the impact of gender and ethnicity on educational outcomes using cross-country evidence from Bolivia, Mexico, Peru, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. It uses the Minnesota Population Center's Integrated Public Use Microdata Series-International database, which includes...
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Diaspora Effects in International Migration : Key Questions and Methodological Issues
Beine, Michel A. R. - 2017
This paper reviews the existing literature on the impact of migrants networks on the patterns of international migration. It covers the theoretical channels at stake in the global effect of the networks. It identifies the key issues, namely the impact on size, selection and concentration of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975906
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The Ethnicity Distraction? Political Credibility and Partisan Preferences in Africa
Keefer, Philip - 2017
Much of the research on ethnicity, development and conflict implicitly assumes that ethnic groups act collectively in pursuit of their interests. Collective political action is typically facilitated by political parties able to make credible commitments to pursue group interests. Other work,...
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The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs : The Case of Mumbai
Takeuchi, Akie - 2016
The authors compare the welfare effects of in situ slum upgrading programs with programs that provide slum dwellers with better housing in a new location. Evaluating the welfare effects of slum upgrading and resettlement programs requires estimating models of residential location choice, in...
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India's Internal Labor Migration Paradox : The Statistical and the Real
Nayyar, Gaurav - 2018
Internal labor migration rates in India have been largely static and low in recent times compared with those in other … the India Human Development Survey, which provides a more recent source of data compared with the Census and other …-12, empirical analysis based on the India Human Development Survey highlights several socioeconomic factors associated with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926474
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Identifying Catch-Up Trajectories in Child Growth : New Methods with Evidence from Young Lives
Jones, Sam - 2018
of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper …
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Wider Economic Benefits of Investments in Transport Corridors and the Role of Complementary Policies
Melecky, Martin - 2018
This paper estimates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral and North-South-East-West Highways in India on welfare …
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