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A Pause in the Growth of Inequality in China?
Herd, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
in rural areas, but it has not reduced poverty that much, not least because of how it is administered. Moreover, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480479
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Migration's Income and Poverty Impact Has Been Underestimated
Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper examines two issues associated with the impact of migration on household income and poverty. First, existing … corrected impact is shown to be three to five times larger for income and two to three times larger for poverty than is obtained … from standard analysis. Second, existing studies examine migration’s impact on the poverty of the entire sample. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762256
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Migration and non farm activities as income diversification strategies: the case of Northern Ghana
Marchetta, Francesca - Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, … - 2008
Environmental changes affect the livelihood of the rural population. This is especially true for those households who mainly rely on farming for their subsistence. In Northern Ghana, during the last two decades, soil erosion, the increasing unpredictability of the rains and the raise in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005449532
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The impact of migration on elderly left behind in Moldova
Gassmann, Franziska; Siegel, Melissa; Vanore, Michaella; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
The purpose of this paper is to empirically evaluate the well-being of elderly left behind by migrant household members in Moldova. Using data derived from a nationally-representative, large-scale household survey conducted between September 2011 and February of 2012 among 3,255 households in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712136
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The impact of migration on children left behind in Moldova
Gassmann, Franziska; Siegel, Melissa; Vanore, Michaella; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
link migration and multidimensional child poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712323
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Right-Wing Extremism and the Well-Being of Immigrants
Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Thomsen, Stephan L. - CESifo - 2009
This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533995
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Intrahousehold distribution in migrant-sending families
Mangiavacchi, Lucia; Perali, Federico; Piccoli, Luca - Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències … - 2014
This study proposes a novel approach for estimating the rules governing the distribution of resources among wife, husband and children, using a complete collective demand system with individual Engel effects. The model contributes to the literature by explicitly modeling intrahousehold...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010934842
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Une analyse d’impact économique et social de la cohérence des politiques économiques et aide publique au développement au Sénégal : Un cadre macro-micro
Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Savard, Luc - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2007
Dans ce travail, nous analysons la cohérence de politiques de développement sur la pauvreté et la distribution des revenus au Sénégal. Les politiques économiques et de développements des pays développés ont un impact significatif sur les pays en voie de développement. Ces politiques...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005609439
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Une analyse d’impact économique et social des réformes économiques et de l'aide publique au développement au Mali – Un cadre macro-micro
Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Coulibaly, Massa; Savard, Luc - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2007
Dans ce travail, nous analysons la cohérence des politiques de développement sur la pauvreté et la distribution des revenus. Les politiques économiques et de développement des pays développés ont un impact significatif sur les pays en voie de développement. Ces politiques sont...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005642192
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Understanding the Links between Labour and Economic Development
Dimova, Ralitza; Nordman, Christophe Jalil - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
geographically and across sectors and enterprises is a crucial ingredient in ensuring sustainable growth and poverty alleviation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096665