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South-south migration: the impact of Nicaraguan immigrants on earnings, inequality and poverty in Costa Rica
Gindling, T. H. - 2008
few studies of the impact of this South-South migration. In this paper, we examine the impact of migration from one … the hypothesis that Nicaraguan migration to Costa Rica was an important factor contributing to falling earnings, increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268669
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Social policies or private solidarity? The equalizing role of migration and remittances in El Salvador
Acevedo, Carlos; Cabrera, Maynor - 2012
of migration and remittances (that is, a 'private safety net' built around solidarity within families) rather than the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319809
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Freedom of movement for workers : relaxing immigration restrictions could greatly improve the well-being of people in developing countries, with little effect on wages
Kennan, John - 2014
Most developed countries have foreign aid programs that aim to alleviate poverty and foster economic growth in less developed countries, but with very limited success. A large body of evidence indicates that the root of the economic development problem is cross-country differences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420240
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Does development reduce migration?
Clemens, Michael A. - 2014
The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423766
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Tracing the local impacts of exports on poverty and inequality : the case of Mexico
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Vazquez, Emmanuel; … - 2020
experienced an increase in labor force participation and attracted more net migration, particularly of unskilled workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484227
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Tracing the local impacts of exports on poverty and inequality in Mexico
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Vazquez, Emmanuel; … - 2020
experienced an increase in labor force participation and attracted more net migration, particularly of unskilled workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267648
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The emigration life cycle: how development shapes emigration from poor countries
Clemens, Michael A. - 2020
Many governments seek to reduce emigration from low-income countries by encouraging economic development there. A large literature, however, observes that average emigration rates are higher in countries with sustained increases in GDP per capita than in either chronically poor countries or...
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Social disadvantage and children's nutritional status in rural-urban migrant households
Lin, Carl; Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen - 2020
household registration (designed to limit domestic migration flows by denying urban public services to migrants with rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012316776
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Surviving Unemployment without State Support: Unemployment and Household Formation in South Africa
Klasen, Stephan; Woolard, Ingrid - 2000
High unemployment in many OECD countries is often attributed, at least in part, to the generosity and long duration of unemployment compensation. It is therefore instructive to examine a country where high unemployment exists despite the near complete absence of an unemployment insurance system....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262445
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Temporary labour migration and welfare at the new European fringe: a comparison of five Eastern European countries
Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara - 2009
This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova … and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ … between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in line with general results from the migration literature, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269293