Showing 1 - 10 of 245
Zusammenfassung Prominente Mikrodatenbasis für die Analyse von Einkommen und ihrer Verteilung ist die Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe (EVS). Allerdings sind hohe Einkommen über der „Abschneidegrenze" von 35 000 DM Haushaltsnettoeinkommen pro Monat nicht vorhanden. In dieser Studie wird...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014608920
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the researcher can critically reflect on his/her own identities when interacting with participants who hold nomadic identities and analyses the dynamic discourses of power unfolding at different levels. Design/methodology/approach –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014720246
Purpose To transcend the current debates about whether participation in the informal sector is a result of informal workers “exclusion” or their voluntary “exit” from the formal sector, the purpose of this paper is to propose and evaluate the existence of a dual informal labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014864383
demand with multiplicative effect in development. Remittances of migrants are significant potential financial capital used … for investments, reflected in economic development and social prosperity. Remittances in Kosovo since 1960 have always … been increasing. Participation of remittances to GDP in Kosovo in 2010 is about 12%. Remittances are the highest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012047643
services by migrants in Qatar. The hypothesis is that there are important synergies between telecommunications and remittances …. Migrants with greater telecom access may have higher demand for remittances, because more frequent communication with relatives … remittances.  …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014586915
This paper analyzes the impact of remittances on child human capital in Mexico. During the 90’s and in particular after … the “tequila crisis” Mexican workers increased the remittances that were sent to their homes from the United States. I … Woodruff (2003) the results obtained from Census data indicate a positive and small effect of remittances on schooling only for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014593098
Summary This paper examines the purpose of remittances using individual data of migrants in Germany. Particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014609246
Summary Remittances may have an impact on economic growth through channels to physical and human capital. We estimate … remittances in 2003. The countries with per capita income below $ 1200 benefit most from remittances in the long run because they … have the largest impact of remittances on savings. Their changes in remittances account for about 2%of the steady …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014609247
to extensive scrutiny in the last decade by researchers and policy-makers. Migrants’ remittances have been fore … overlooked. This paper uses the Somali case to raise a set of conceptual issues regarding the dynamics and impact of remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014609248
Summary This article poses three questions about the recent resurgence of academic and policy interest in migration, development and diasporas. First, over many years the connection between migration and development has been of marginal interest for many of those involved in the field of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014609249