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Caste, land, and migration : a preliminary analysis of a village survey in an underdeveloped state in India
Tsujita, Yuko; Oda, Hisaya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
This paper explores migration from Bihar, one of the most underdeveloped states in India, by paying particular … findings on the determinants of migration, based on our field survey of 200 households in four villages in 2011. In terms of … decisions regarding migration moves in, with the decline in probability becoming less and less. This result confirms a non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010540681
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Marriage as women's old age insurance : evidence from migration and land inheritance practices in rural Tanzania
Kudo, Yuya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
In a traditional system of exogamous and patrilocal marriage prevalent in much of Sub-Saharan Africa, when she marries, a rural woman typically leaves her kin to reside with her husband living outside her natal village. Since a village that allows a widow to inherit her late husband's land can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010583827
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Restrictions on migration create gender inequality: The story of China's left-behind children
Gao, Xuwen; Liang, Wenquan; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; … - 2022
About 11% of the Chinese population are rural-urban migrants, and the vast majority of them (124 million people) possess a rural hukou which severely restrict their children's access to urban public schools. As a result, 61 million children are left behind in rural areas. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013420926
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Remittances and Child Labor in Pakistan: A Tale of Complementarities
Bang, James; Mitra, Aniruddha; Abbas, Faisal - 2023
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/10014284500
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Fertility, Regional Demographics, and Economic Integration
Goto, Hiroshi; Minamimura, Keiya - Faculty of Economics, Kobe University - 2014
To explain the links between population distribution and economic integration, we construct a spatial economics model with endogenous fertility. A higher population concentration increases real wages and child-raising costs, thus lowering the fertility rate. However, people migrate to more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010903888
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Fertility, Regional Demographics, and Economic Integration
Goto, Hiroshi; Minamimura, Keiya - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2015
To explain the links between population distribution and economic integration, we construct a spatial economics model with endogenous fertility. A higher population concentration increases real wages and child-raising costs, thus lowering the fertility rate. However, people migrate to more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264947
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Restrictions on migration create gender inequality : the story of China's left-behind children
Gao, Xuwen; Liang, Wenquan; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; … - 2022
About 11% of the Chinese population are rural-urban migrants, and the vast majority of them (124 million people) possess a rural hukou which severely restrict their children's access to urban public schools. As a result, 61 million children are left behind in rural areas. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013389166
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Remittances and child labor in Pakistan : a tale of complementarities
Bang, James T.; Mitra, Aniruddha; Abbas, Faisal - 2023
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
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Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China
Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, … - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2012
Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China’s aging population threatens the fiscal sustainability of its pension system, a key vehicle for intergenerational redistribution. We analyze the positive and normative effects of alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240403