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We investigate the impact of remittance income on the household decision to send a child to work. Using data from a Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey conducted in the Punjab province of Pakistan in 2014, we isolate the causal impact of remittance income by employing statistical matching to...
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While scholars have long studied the economics of migration, increasing waves of international and regional migration … around the world have placed greater focus on the varied impacts of migration in recent years. Critical to this line of … various aspects of the relationship between women and migration, including key ways in which non-migrant women are affected by …
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We investigate the impact of remittance income on the household decision to send a child to work. Using data from a Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey conducted in the Punjab province of Pakistan in 2014, we isolate the causal impact of remittance income by employing statistical matching to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014289173
Female labour force participation has remained low in Egypt. This paper examines whether male international migration … migration are much more likely to be employed in non-wage activities (i.e. unpaid family work) and subsistence work compared to …
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permanent migration, women stayed in school longer. Empirical evidence is consistent with this hypothesis. Marriage motives and …We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities … women has recently disappeared. We propose that the temporary nature of migration and an earlier return time relative to men …
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using marriage to engage in long-distance migration - if they are wealthy enough to match with the desirable migrating … grooms. Guided by a model in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and … marriage-related migration (not economic migration) among rural women, but only for those women coming from families above a …
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in which women make marriage and migration decisions jointly, we hypothesize that marriage and labour markets will be … bridge construction induced marriage-related migration (not economic migration) among rural women, but only for those women …Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, preventing them from taking advantage of economic …
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as well as access to native spouses’ networks and contacts. However, marriage choice is endogenous, unobserved factors … estimate marriage premiums taking into account individual heterogeneity. This is done for three types of marriages …; intermarriage to natives and intra-marriage with immigrants from home countries or other (non-Swedish) countries. A staggered fixed …
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as well as access to native spouses’ networks and contacts. However, marriage choice is endogenous, unobserved factors … estimate marriage premiums taking into account individual heterogeneity. This is done for three types of marriages …; intermarriage to natives and intra-marriage with immigrants from home countries as well as or other (non-Swedish) countries. A …
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We analyze in this paper the impact of male-dominated migration and remittance income on the participation and hours … between a 'pure' migration ("M") effect and the joint effect of migration and remittance income ("MR") and evaluate these … between remitter and recipient. -- Migration ; remittances ; labor supply ; time allocation ; gender …
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