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Migration, education and work opportunities
Girsberger, Esther Mirjam - 2017
emigrants. Individuals self-select into migration and locations based on education. Migration to urban centres increases with … migration costs, as well as by higher investment in education (for rural migrants). Migration prospects to urban centres drive … education choices of rural individuals. Hence, migration policies can be used to stimulate educational attainment in rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732078
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Continental vs. Intercontinental Migration: An Empirical Analysis of the Impacts of Immigration Reforms on Burkina Faso
Wouterse, Fleur - Centre de développement, Organisation de Coopération … - 2011
migration, increased intercontinental migration has strong positive household welfare effects. Similarly, an increase in the … Temporary Migration Programme (TMP) which, by lowering the cost involved, would enable poorer households to engage in … intercontinental migration. The temporary nature of such a program ensures that ‚Dutch disease? effects are mitigated through eventual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024406
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Will urban migrants formally insure their rural relatives? : family networks and rainfall index insurance in Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2018
We present findings from a pilot study exploring whether and how existing ties between urban migrants and rural farmers may be used to provide the latter improved access to formal insurance. Urban migrants in Ouagadougou (the capital of Burkina Faso) originating from nearby villages were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810586
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Will urban migrants formally insure their rural relatives? : family networks and rainfall index insurance in Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2018
We present findings from a pilot study exploring whether and how existing ties between urban migrants and rural farmers may be used to provide the latter improved access to formal insurance. Urban migrants in Ouagadougou (the capital of Burkina Faso) originating from nearby villages were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131246
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Child ability and household human capital investment decisions in Burkina Faso
Akresh, Richard; Bagby, Emilie; de Walque, Damien; … - 2010
constrained households' decisions to invest in their education. We use a direct measure of child ability for all primary school … and how much to invest in their child's education. We find children with one standard deviation higher own ability are 16 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278808
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The effects of "girl-friendly" schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT school construction program in Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan; Levy, Dan; Linden, Leigh L.; Sloan, Matt - 2012
We evaluate the causal effects of a program that constructed high quality girl-friendly primary schools in Burkina Faso, using a regression discontinuity design 2.5 years after the program started. We find that the program increased enrollment of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 by 20...
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Does graduate education abroad matter? : evidence from Burkina Faso
Tinta, Abdoulganiour Almame; Ouedraogo, Salifou; … - In: Education economics 31 (2023) 2, pp. 211-224
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Impact of school feeding programmes on educational outcomes: Evidence from dry cereals in schools in Burkina Faso
Nikiema, Pouirkèta Rita - 2017
Food for Education (FFE) programmes have been implemented in developing countries since the 1960s. This paper examines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943785
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Adjusting Household Structure : School Enrollment Impacts of Child Fostering in Burkina Faso
Akresh, Richard - 2004
Researchers claim that children growing up away from their biological parents may be at a disadvantage and have lower human capital investment. This paper measures the impact of child fostering on school enrollment and uses household and child fixed effects regressions to address the endogeneity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262125
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Risk, Network Quality, and Family Structure : Child Fostering Decisions in Burkina Faso
Akresh, Richard - 2005
Researchers often assume household structure is exogenous, but child fostering, the institution in which parents send their biological children to live with another family, is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and provides evidence against this assumption. Using data I collected in Burkina Faso,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262195