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Migration, Remittances, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Reflections on Some South Asian Developments

Ballard, Roger - 2005

This report presents a global account of the historical relationship between migration, industrialization and economic growth, and then goes on to present an empirical examination of the dynamics immigration from Mirpur (Pakistan) and Jullundur (India) to the UK. It closes by considering the...

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Soziale Sicherung und informeller Sektor : Stand der theoretischen Diskussion und kritische Analyse der Situation in den arabischen Ländern unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Kl...

Loewe, Markus - 2004

Verbreitete Armut ist nach wie vor eines der zentralen Probleme der arabischen Entwicklungsländer, das nicht nur auf begrenzte Erwerbsmöglichkeiten und geringe Einkommen zurückgeht. Große Teile der Bevölkerung verarmen auch deshalb immer wieder, weil sie keinen adäquaten Zugang zu...

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THE EFFECT OF THE FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER TAX CREDIT ON HOME PRICES IN LOW AND MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES

Schwinden, Chris - 2011

The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) is a Durham-based organization that works to promote homeownership and economic opportunity for low and moderate income communities and communities of color, which traditionally have been underserved by financial markets. Because of the steep decline in...

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The behavioral economics of foreign exchange markets - a psychological view on human expectation formation in foreign exchange markets

Schmidt, Robert - 2004

Devisenmarkt. Das erste Experiment untersucht die Erwartungsbildung. Hierzu werden die Prognosen von Analysten für den EUR … untersucht. Dieser Ansatz ermöglicht die Untersuchung von Feedbackschleifen auf die Erwartungsbildung, da die Erwartungen des …. Insgesamt zeigen beide Experimente, dass Menschen dazu tendieren bei der Erwartungsbildung am Devisenmarkt auf einfache …

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Reference-Dependent Preferences : Models and Experiments

Tenberge, Maximilian - 2010

In economic situations people form expectations prior to their decisions. These expectations represent a reference point and exert a strong influence on decision making and preferences. This paper surveys the theory of reference-dependent preferences. I will summarize the theoretical framework...

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Do teams alleviate or exacerbate the extrapolation bias in the stock market?

Barahona, Ricardo; Cassella, Stefano; Jansen, Kristy A. E.

Investigamos la manera en que los equipos influyen en la extrapolación de rentabilidades, un sesgo en la formación de creencias que es generalizado a nivel individual y crucial para los modelos conductuales de valoración de activos. Utilizando una muestra de gestores de fondos de inversión...

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How to Overcome Poverty Traps by Education

Siemers, Lars-Hinrich Rudolf - 2004

The thesis addresses the question of how poverty can be overcome by education. The starting point is the following type of poverty trap: poverty forces parents to send their children to work to secure the survival of the household. Due to child labor, children do not attend school and do not...

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Regulation of the Electricity Industry in Bolivia: Its Impact on Access to the Poor, Prices and Quality

Bojanic, Antonio; Krakowski, Michael - 2003

This paper takes stock with the results of utility privatization in Bolivia. This paper deals with the process of structural reforms in this country and the specific results that have to date been accomplished in the electricity industry. It is mostly interested in exploring whether the...

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Off-Grid Electricity Access and its Impact on Micro-Enterprises: Evidence from Rural Uganda.

Muhoro, Peter N. - 2010

The history of development shows convincingly that no country has substantially reduced poverty without massively increasing the use of electricity. The development of micro-enterprises in rural areas of Uganda is linked with increased access and useof electricity services. In this study, I...

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Does Employment Generation Really Matter for Poverty Reduction?

Paci, Pierella - 2007

In this paper we analyze whether the employment/productivity profile of growth as wellas its sectoral pattern matter for poverty reduction. We also identify some conditions of the labor market which are associated with employment intensive growth or specific sectoral growth.We find that, in the...

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