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The Determinants of Internal Migration in a Developing Country: Quantitative Evidence for Indonesia, 1930-200

van Lottum, J.; Marks, D. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2010

This study specifies and estimates a gravity model for inter-provincial migration in Indonesia. Using panel data for Indonesia’s 26 provinces for 5 survey years between 1930 and 2000 we show that throughout the twentieth century economic factors were more important in the explanation of...

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Crime, incentives and political effort: A model and empirical application for India

Gehring, Kai; Kauffeldt, Florian; Vadlamannati, Krishna … - 2015

We develop a model of the incentives faced by members of parliament (MPs) when deciding whether to engage in effort for their constituencies to assess the effects of their having a criminal background. Political representatives with criminal backgrounds are considered a great problem in many...

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LDC export diversification, employment generation and the "green economy": What roles for tourism linkages?

Honeck, Dale - 2012

Pro-poor tourism is arguably one of the best green options for addressing LDC poverty, employment and economic … more. It is also a major source of new employment, especially for women, youth and the rural poor in general. While …-sectoral linkages. Taking export diversification, employment generation and the green economy in turn, the working paper analyzes …

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Crime, incentives and political effort : a model and empirical application for India

Gehring, Kai; Kauffeldt, Florian; Vadlamannati, Krishna … - 2015 - This version: August 25, 2015

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Crime, incentives and political effort : a model and empirical application for India

Gehring, Kai; Kauffeldt, Florian; Vadlamannati, Krishna … - 2015

The large share of politicians facing criminal accusations in India has sparked a public debate and an emerging literature that assesses its causes and effects. We develop a model of the incentives faced by members of parliament when deciding whether to engage in effort for their constituency to...

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Crime, Incentives and Political Effort: A Model and Empirical Application for India

Gehring, Kai; Kauffeldt, T. Florian; Vadlamannati, … - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2015

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LIVING CONDITIONS RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL DESERT STATE OF COAHUILA, CONDICIONES DE VIDA EN COMUNIDADES RURALES Y URBANAS EN LA REGION CENTRO DESIERTO DEL ESTADO DE C...

Estavillo, Verónica de Leon; Reyes, Silvia Rodriguez; … - In: Revista Global de Negocios 1 (2013) 2, pp. 91-104

This paper presents the results of a comparative study on living conditions in rural communities and municipalities in the central desert of Coahuila Mexico. We aim to contribute to existing government support programs with a more holistic approach and corresponding to the realties found. The...

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EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE POLICY: A DIACHRONIC APPROACH

MISCEAC, Gheorghe Florin - In: Management Intercultural (2015) 33, pp. 105-110

As the world’s biggest donor, for the developing countries, the European Union is an example of how to solve complex problems in a more and more interconnected world. Article hypothesis is represented by the fact that European values and principles have been established and developed around...

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Is India Better off Today than 15 Years ago? A Robust Multidimensional Answer

Gravel, Nicolas; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop - Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative … - 2007

This paper provides a robust normative evaluation of the spectacular growth episode that India has experienced in the last 15 years. Specifically, the paper compares the evolution, between 1998, 1996 and 2001 of the distribution of several important individual attributes on the basis of...

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Women in Development – Dissecting the Discourse

Vijayamohanan, Pillai N.; Asalatha, B. P.; Ponnuswamy, B. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The concept of women’s development has now become an integral part of the development discourses and policy initiatives. This development has been informed by a remarkable though gradual shift in the perception about women, from the stature of victims and passive objects to that of independent...

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