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The effects of immigration in a developing country : Brazil in the age of mass migration
Escamilla-Guerrero, David; Papadia, Andrea; Zimran, Ariell - 2024
studying the effects of immigration to Brazil during the Age of Mass Migration on its agricultural sector in 1920. This context … natives. Finally, we find that it is unlikely that immigration's effect on agriculture slowed Brazil's structural …The effects of immigration are reasonably well understood in developed countries, but they are far more poorly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014463122
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Who are poor and do they remain poor?
Ducanes, Geoffrey M.; Tan, Edita A. - 2014
This paper examines the link between poverty and income, on the one hand, and human capital and location, on the other. In the process, the paper proposes a shift in the household indicator of human capital from the usual education of the household head to the education of the most educated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010362230
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The Effects of Immigration in a Developing Country : Brazil in the Age of Mass Migration
Escamilla-Guerrero, David; Papadia, Andrea; Zimran, Ariell - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
studying the effects of immigration to Brazil during the Age of Mass Migration on its agricultural sector in 1920. This context … natives. Finally, we find that it is unlikely that immigration's effect on agriculture slowed Brazil's structural …The effects of immigration are reasonably well understood in developed countries, but they are far more poorly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468282
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The interactive effects of remittances on economic growth and inequality in Western Balkan countries
Bajra, Ujkan Q. - In: Journal of business economics and management 22 (2021) 3, pp. 757-775
Hardly any studies have investigated the impact of migrant remittances on economic growth (EG) and inequality in the Western Balkans as a whole (WB6). Using the method of instrumental variables (VI), the findings show that while remittances influence economic growth, their inflow also promotes a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012506307
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Pro-poor progress in education in developing countries?
Harttgen, Kenneth; Klasen, Stephan; Misselhorn, Mark - 2009
Spurred by international commitments and expanded funding at the national and international level, attendance in education and associated years of schooling have expanded substantially in developing countries in recent years. But has this expansion in enrolments reduced existing inequalities in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010254237
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A Cross-Country Analysis of the Roles of Border Openness, Human Capital and Legal Institutions in Explaining Economic Development
Oyekola, Olayinka - 2020
immigration and law, but that the income effects of border openness and legal institutions can be substantially raised with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838266
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Human capital flight and output growth nexus : evidence from Nigeria
Adeosun, Oluyemi Theophilus; Popogbe, Oluwaseyi Omowunmi - In: Review of economics and political science : REPS 6 (2021) 3, pp. 206-222
Purpose Human capital flight from developing countries to developed nations has been rising and giving concerns to governments and scholars alike. This paper aims to explore the impact migration from Nigeria has on economic output growth by focusing on the migration rate, remittances, population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615362
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Readings in human development : concepts, measures and policies for a development paradigm
Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko (contributor); Shiv Kumar (contributor) - 2006 - 2. ed., 3. impression
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002913603
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Foreign direct investment for development : maximising benefits, minimising costs
2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001710578
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Foreign Direct Investment for Development : Maximising benefits, minimising costs
2002
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an integral part of an open and effective international economic system and a major catalyst to development. Yet, the benefits of FDI do not accrue automatically and evenly across countries, sectors and local communities. National policies and the international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015054774