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Schooling Returns for Wage Earners in Burkina Faso: Evidence from the 1994 and 1998 National Surveys
Kazianga, Harounan - 2004
This paper uses national survey data to estimate up-to-date private rates of return to education in Burkina Faso … results indicate that rates of return rise by level of education, and the public sector does not compensate female primary … education. The findings suggest that current education polices which focus on increasing primary schooling supply be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444199
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Essays on International Migration and Informal Markets in Developing Countries
Böhme, Marcus - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353241
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Essays on Factor Adjustment Dynamics
Contreras, Juan M - 2006
This study analyzes dynamic production input factor decisions using the annual Census of Manufacturing firms from Colombia and monthly production data from a glass mould firm. It proposes a model able to explain the mix of smooth and lumpy adjustment and both the static and dynamic interrelation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450831
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Richer earnings dynamics, consumption and portfolio choice over the life cycle
Gálvez, Julio; Paz-Pardo, Gonzalo
Los ingresos del trabajo de los hogares están expuestos a fluctuaciones que no siguen una distribución normal y que varían en función tanto de la edad como de la posición en la distribución de la renta. En este documento mostramos que, al capturar estas características de manera rica y...
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AMMA 2005 Dakar International Conference to be Held November 28-December 2, 2005
Lamb, Peter - 2008
Consistent with the original proposal (dated April 14, 2005), the grant supported the participation in the above conference of a number of West African meteorologists, the majority of whom will be supporting the ARM Mobile Facility deployment in Niamey in various ways during 2006.The following...
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Measuring the Burden of Disease, the Structure of Income, and Returns to Education in Rural West Africa
Würthwein, Ralph - 2002
education. A seminal paper on the relationship between health and schooling is provided by Grossman (1975). He states that the … evidence on the measurement of the burden of disease, the structure of income, and returns to education in rural West Africa … with some methodological problems of the measurement of the burden of disease, whereas in chapter 6, returns to education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476242
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Zuwanderungspolitik und die Finanzierung der Sozialsysteme
Bauer, Konrad - 2004
, migration policy sole is not able to solve the fiscal problems of the welfare system. The second part treats the question … on migration policy submitted by the german government using the preceding results. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471614
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Rural-to-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : The Applicability of the Harris Todaro Model with a Special Focus on the Chinese Economy
Bahns, Karin Margarethe - 2005
The thesis studies the applicability of the HarrisTodaro model to rural-to-urban migration processes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471828
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Technologie, Lernexternalitäten und Ungleichentwicklung: Einkommenszyklen offener Volkswirtschaften
Andrä, Jan - 2011
Ländern und zwischen den Technologiegenerationen und durch Migration von Arbeit. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009474402