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Migration, remittances and educational outcomes: The case of Haiti
Bredl, Sebastian - 2009
receipt of remittances affect educational outcomes in Haiti. Based on a theoretical approach it tries to disentangle the … that budget constraints play a crucial role in schooling decisions in Haiti due to the dominance of private schools and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301373
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Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor – Common roots, shared traits, joint prospects? On the articulation of multiple modernities in African societies and Black Diasporas in L...
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Auf dem Boden der Tatsachen. Festschrift für Thomas …, (pp. 241-262). 2011
and Haiti. … mises en évidence, en analysant le cas des pauvres d'Afrique au Bénin et les diasporas africaines du Brésil et de Haïti. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011331376
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Common roots, shared traits, joint prospects? On the articulation of multiple modernities in Benin and Haiti
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Globalization and transformations of local …, (pp. 151-173). 2007
African religion on development in Benin and Haiti. … Bénin et Haïti : La culture d'innovation occidentale globalisée, telle que propagée par les grandes institutions d'aide, ne … religion africaine sur le développement au Bénin et Haïti. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011331412
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Estimating the Direct Economic Damage of the Earthquake in Haiti
Cavallo, Eduardo; Powell, Andrew; Becerra, Oscar - 2010
January 12, 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti. Damages are estimated for a disaster with both 200,000 and 250,000 total dead … and missing (i.e., the range of mortality that the earthquake is estimated to have caused) using Haiti's economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328222
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On the Implications of Immigration Policy Restricting Citizenship: Evidence from the Dominican Republic
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Gratereaux Hernández, Carlos; … - 2017
In 2010, an amendment to the Dominican constitution weakened the concept of jus soli citizenship by denying Dominican nationality to individuals born on Dominican soil to irregular immigrants. A few years later, in 2013, the Dominican High Court denationalized large numbers of individuals by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653330
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Bright Investments: Measuring the Impact of Transport Infrastructure Using Luminosity Data in Haiti
Mitnik, Oscar A.; Sanchez, Raul; Yañez-Pagans, Patricia - 2018
This paper quantifies the impacts of transport infrastructure investments on economic activity in Haiti, using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984578
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Reallocating children's time: Coping strategies after the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Novella, Rafael; Zanuso, Claire - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 4, pp. 1-32
This paper estimates the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on the household decision about children's time allocation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012098
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Migration, remittances and children's schooling in Haiti
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Georges, Annie; Pozo, Susan - 2008
In this paper, we focus on the use of remittances to school children remaining in migrant communities in Haiti. After …'s schooling and, given the substantial costs of schooling in Haiti, contribute to the accumulation of human capital in the midst …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268794
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International migration, remittances and labour supply: The case of the Republic of Haiti
Jadotte, Evans - 2009
The Republic of Haiti is a prime international remittance-recipient country in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC …) region, relative to its gross domestic product (GDP). The downside of this fact may be that Haiti, based on population size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273456