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Returns to migration : the role of educational attainment in rural Tanzania
Kudo, Yuya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
education in the migration premium. By separating migrants into those that moved out of original villages but remained within … Kagera and those who left the region, this study finds that, in consumption, the return on investment in education is higher … at both destinations. However, whilst the higher return on education fully explains the gains associated with migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650721
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Compliance with the institutional wage in dualistic models
Martins, Ana Paula - 2011
This research extends simple two-sector models in order to inquire the impact of the extent of coverage or enforcement of minimum wage legislation in one of the sectors on the equilibrium outcome. Two versions of institutional wage avoidance are presented. They may be seen as representing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524841
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Compliance with the institutional wage in dualistic models
Martins, Ana Paula - 2011
This research extends simple two-sector models in order to inquire the impact of the extent of coverage or enforcement of minimum wage legislation in one of the sectors on the equilibrium outcome. Two versions of institutional wage avoidance are presented. They may be seen as representing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524877
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Migration and climate change in rural Africa
Cattaneo, Cristina; Massetti, Emanuele - 2015
We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it will also be an adaptation to future climate change....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010505122
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Are migrants in large cities underpaid? : evidence from Vietnam
Cuong Viet Nguyen; Pham Minh, Thai - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 20, pp. 1-23
-migrants. The main difference in observed wages between migrants and non-migrants is explained by differences in age and education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574797
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Rural‐urban migration, welfare and employment : comparing results from Thailand and Vietnam
Grote, Ulrike; Waibel, Hermann - 2017
This paper compares empirical findings on the motivation and welfare impacts of rural-urban migration from two comprehensive case studies conducted in Thailand and Vietnam. Panel data of around 4,000 rural households and tracking surveys of close to 1,000 migrants are used from the two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905777
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Paternal migration, child labour and education: a study in brickfield areas of West Bengal
Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
educational vulnerability and capability formation. They are deprived of basic education and therefore become bonded to the low … policies taken by Sarva Shikhsa Abhiyan in ensuring education of these migrant children has also been examined. Children are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260928
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'Should I stay or should I go?' : a case study on young women leaving rural Sweden : paper prepared for the 52nd Anniversary European Congress of the Regional Science Association I...
Rauhut, Daniel; Johansson, Mats - 2012
Västernorrland due to better opportunities to get a job and education. With regard to out-migration, the findings also suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521742
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Migration and university education : an empirical (macro) link
Akkoyunlu, Şule; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2022
Distinguishing between short-run and long-run outcomes we provide new insight into the relationship between education … university education in Turkey and migration to Germany. We implement bounds testing procedures to ascertain the long …-linear long-run and short-run relationship between home country university education and Turkish migration to Germany over 1970 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254234
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Migration and university education : an empirical (macro) link
Akkoyunlu, Şule; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2022
Distinguishing between short-run and long-run outcomes we provide new insight into the relationship between education … university education in Turkey and migration to Germany. We implement bounds testing procedures to ascertain the long …-linear long-run and short-run relationship between home country university education and Turkish migration to Germany over 1970 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013256990