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Remittances and labor supply in post-conflict Tajikistan
Justino, Patricia; Shemyakina, Olga N. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-28
We analyze the impact of remittances on the labor supply of men and women in post-conflict Tajikistan. Individuals from …
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Migration as a substitute for informal activities: Evidence from Tajikistan
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John - 2011
an imperfect trade-off. Tajikistan possesses both a very large informal sector and extensive international emigration …. Furthermore, Tajikistan's professional workers ability to engage in informal activities enables them to forgo migration, while low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282240
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Migration as a substitute for informal activities: Evidence from Tajikistan
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John - 2011
an imperfect trade-off. Tajikistan possesses both a very large informal sector and extensive international emigration …. Furthermore, Tajikistan's professional workers ability to engage in informal activities enables them to forgo migration, while low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286801
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A glimpse of freedom: Allied occupation and political resistance in East Germany
Martínez, Luis R.; Jessen, Jonas; Xu, Guo - 2020
This paper studies costly political resistance in a non-democracy. When Nazi Germany surrendered in May 1945, 40% of the designated Soviet occupation zone was initially captured by the western Allied Expeditionary Force. This occupation was short-lived: Soviet forces took over after less than...
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Are the losers of communism the winners of capitalism? The effects of conformism in the GDR on transition success
Deter, Max - 2020
Following the fall of the Iron Curtain it was important for the acceptance of the new economic and political system that the former Communist elites did not maintain their privileges, and that protesters, who helped to overturn the old system, improved their situation. With newly available panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270878
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A Glimpse of Freedom: Allied Occupation and Political Resistance in East Germany
Martínez, Luis R.; Jessen, Jonas; Xu, Guo - 2022
This paper exploits the idiosyncratic line of contact separating Allied and Soviet troops within East Germany at the end of WWII to study political resistance in a non-democracy. When Nazi Germany surrendered, 40% of what would become the authoritarian German Democratic Republic was initially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426455
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A glimpse of freedom: Allied occupation and political resistance in East Germany
Martínez, Luis R.; Jessen, Jonas; Xu, Guo - 2022
This paper exploits the idiosyncratic line of contact separating Allied and Soviet troops within East Germany at the end of WWII to study political resistance in a non-democracy. When Nazi Germany surrendered, 40% of what would become the authoritarian German Democratic Republic was initially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462655
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Our extractive age: Expressions of violence and resistance
Shapiro, Judith (contributor);  … - 2021
"Our Extractive Age: Expressions of Violence and Resistance emphasizes how the spectrum of violence associated with natural resource extraction permeates contemporary collective life. Chronicling the increasing rates of brutal suppression of local environmental and labor activists in rural and...
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The influence of local governance on agricultural advisory services in Tajikistan
Mandler, Andreas - 2010
The present article investigates the influence of local governance on agricultural advisory services in Tajikistan. The … Central Asian Republic of Tajikistan is an agricultural country that has been described as a hybrid state, where local … areas and emphasizes the context of agricultural advisory services in Tajikistan. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307579
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Migration, education and the gender gap in labour force participation
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2014
Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan where there is a large gender … education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan …. International emigration from Tajikistan, in which approximately 93.5% of the participants are men, reduces labour force …
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