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In the first essay, I assess the effect of indoor air quality (IAQ) in school buildings on student test performance and attendance rates. Results indicate that performance on standardized tests significantly improves while attendance rates are unresponsive to improvements in IAQ. The improvement...
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Theeconomic and technical factors involved in using geothermal energy at Ahuachapan are examined. The experience at Ahuachapan is evaluated in relation to conditions prevailing in El Salvador and to conditions in the U.S. technical characteristics considered are: geological characteristics, well...
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The Earth Sciences Division of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) is conducting a reservoir evaluation study of the Ahuachapan geothermal field in El Salvador. This work is being performed in cooperation with the Comision Ejecutiva Hidroelectrica del Rio Lempa (CEL) and the Los Alamos National...
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ondevelopment efforts. The resurgence of foreign direct investment (FDI) and theincreasing significance of remittances, both as …, with female employment rate getting the largest impact – relative to males.Remittances are another capital flow that plays … adequately to standard shocks, a remittances shock is introduced to examinethe dynamic response of the representative economy …
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economies and development economists having dissenting views about the impact of emigration and remittances on source countries …-coping mechanisms since remittances may play an insurance role. I provide evidence that remittances have transformed farming practices … labor shortages, remittances can be a source of insurance and investment finance that fosters agricultural development …
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This paper analyzes the effects of skilled migration and remittances on fertility decisions at origin. We develop an …
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Savings are one of the important determinants beyond the theories of economic growth. Therefore remittances and foreign … between economic growth, remittances, foreign direct investment inflows and gross domestic savings in Turkey during the period … 1974-2013 by using Autoregressive Distributed Lag approach. We found that remittances, foreign direct investment and gross …
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Migration is a complex phenomenon, with complex and diverse implications. Meanwhile the society is in a constant change the major changes occurring internationally may generate new migratory flows or different views regarding this phenomenon. The most obvious consequences are arising from...
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Diese Arbeit ist eine Sammlung von Studien, welche sowohl die makro-, als auch die mikroökonomischen Aspekte und Charakteristika von Rücküberweisungen pakistanischer Migranten in ihr Heimatland analysieren, sowie deren ökonomische Auswirkungen auf das Konsumverhalten und die...
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A remarkable fact of the mushrooming remittances market is the absence of commercial banks as relevant players …. Furthermore, remittances have been identified as a potential catalyst for the financial deepening of receiving countries through …-period financial model of remittances without uncertainty. The formulation acknowledges, on the one hand, the altruism component of …
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