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Migration, labor mobility and household poverty in Nigeria : a gender analysis
Rufai, Mistura; Ogunniyi, Adebayo Isaiah; Salman, Kabir … - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 4/101, pp. 1-24
The increase in the geographical mobility of labour as a result of poverty, unemployment and unstable economic conditions, among other factors, especially among professionals, has been associated with a brain drain in Nigeria. Despite the high level of migration and subsequent remittances from...
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Recovering solidarity : lessons from Poland's unfinished revolution
Beyer, Gerald J. - 2010
Introduction -- 1. The ethic of solidarity from 1980 to 1989 -- 2. The eclipse of solidarity after 1989 -- 3. Poverty in Poland after 1989 : empirical signs of the failure of the revolution -- 4. Recovering and applying an ethic of solidarity to Polish poverty -- 5. Freedom and participation as...
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A dream deferred : new studies in Russian and Soviet labour history
Filtzer, Donald A. (ed.); Goldman, Wendy Z. (ed.);  … - Labour History of Russia and the Soviet Union: Work in … - 2008
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Trade Liberalisation and Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam
Niimi, Yoko; Vasudeva Dutta, Puja - In: Journal of Economic Integration 22 (2007), pp. 819-851
This paper explores the poverty impact of Vietnam’s trade liberalisation over the 1990s and asks how well they could …
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Coping with health care expenses among poor households: Evidence from a rural commune in Vietnam
Nguyen, Kim Thuy; Khuat, Hai; Thi, Oanh; Ma, Shuangge; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 5, pp. 724-733
With the 1980s “Doi Moi” economic reforms, Vietnam transitioned from state-funded health care to a privatized user fee …
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Does Non-Farm Sector Employment Reduce Rural Poverty and Vulnerability? Evidence from Vietnam and India
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2015
Vietnam and India. To take account of sample selection bias associated with it, we have applied treatment-effects model. It is … the rural non-farm employment in both Vietnam and India - which is consistent with its poverty reducing role of accessing … - with the aggregate effect larger in Vietnam than in India. Access to the rural non-farm employment significantly reduces …
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Does non-farm sector employment reduce rural poverty and vulnerability? Evidence from Vietnam and India
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh - In: Journal of Asian Economics 36 (2015) C, pp. 47-61
Vietnam and India. To take account of sample selection bias associated with it, we have applied treatment-effects model. It is … the rural non-farm employment in both Vietnam and India – which is consistent with its poverty reducing role of accessing … – with the aggregate effect larger in Vietnam than in India. Access to the rural non-farm employment significantly reduces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011189735
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Spatial Variation in the Disability-Poverty Correlation: Evidence from Vietnam
Daniel, Mont; Nguyen, Cuong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
versa is not available. However, data from Vietnam allows us to examine this interrelationship in a way not done previously …
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Pro-poor growth, poverty and inequality in rural Vietnam
Kang, Woojin; Imai, Katsushi S. - In: Journal of Asian Economics 23 (2012) 5, pp. 527-539
This study explores the effects of Vietnam's transition on the welfare of different ethnic groups in rural Vietnam. It …
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Economic impacts of international migration and remittances on household welfare in Vietnam
Cuong, Nguyen Viet; Mont, Daniel - In: International Journal of Development Issues 11 (2012) July, pp. 144-163
Vietnam using Vietnam Household Living Standard Surveys 2006 and 2008. Findings – It is found that most of international … remittances are not an effective measure for poverty reduction in the short-run in Vietnam. …
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