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Can Public Transfers Reduce Mexican Migration? A study based on randomized experimental data
Stecklov, Guy; Winters, Paul; Stampini, Marco; Davis, … - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003
Prior research on Mexican migration has shown that social networks and economic incentives play an important role in … determining migration outcomes. This study utilizes experimental data on PROGRESA, Mexico's primary poverty reduction program, to … evaluate the effects of public cash transfers on migration. Our study complements a growing body of literature aimed at …
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Migration and multi-dimensional poverty in Moldovan communities
Siegel, Melissa; Waidler, Jennifer - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
This paper aims to understand the links between migration and poverty at the community level. Most of the research to … date on the links between migration and poverty has been conducted at the micro level, while research related to migration …) education, 3) livelihood and 4) health. We look at different rates of poverty by migration/remittance prevalence and country …
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Integrating the human sciences to evolve effective policies
Biglan, Anthony; Cody, Christine - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 90 (2013) S, pp. 152-152
This paper describes an evolutionary perspective on human development and wellbeing and contrasts it with the model of self-interest that is prominent in economics. The two approaches have considerably different implications for how human wellbeing might be improved. Research in psychology,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011048115
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Employment effects of state legislation against the hiring of unauthorized immigrant workers
Bohn, Sarah; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2012
We analyze the impact of the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) on employment outcomes of low-skilled Arizona workers, with a focus on the states' unauthorized population. The intent of LAWA was to limit unauthorized workers' economic opportunities as a way to deter further illegal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548162
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Programme-135: addressing poverty and inequality in Viet Nam
Tung Duc Phung; Thanh Minh Pham - 2022
Viet Nam has achieved remarkable economic growth and poverty reduction since the Doi Moi. However, ethnic minorities and the ethnic majority do not benefit equally from the national economic progress. The proportion of poor households that are ethnic minority-headed soared from 18 per cent in...
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Unintended Consequences? Undocumented, Working Poor Families and the Refundable Child Tax Credit
Lipman, Francine J. - 2010
Immigrants toil in sweatshops for torturously long days at sub-minimum wages, which may or may not be paid, with little meaningful recourse. Immigrant workers with and without authorization to work in the United States are disproportionately represented among the lowest earners. The average wage...
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Mobile money innovations, income inequality and gender inclusion in subSaharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Agyemang-Mintah, Peter; Nnanna, Joseph; … - 2023
The study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1980 to 2019 using interactive quantile regressions. The following findings are established. First, income inequality unconditionally reduces the...
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Mobile money innovations, income inequality and gender inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Agyemang-Mintah, Peter; Nnanna, Joseph; … - In: Financial innovation : FIN 10 (2024), pp. 1-21
This study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 sub-Saharan African countries from 1980 to 2019 using interactive quantile regressions. It fnds that, frst, income inequality unconditionally reduces the involvement of women in business and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014530203
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Education, Social Mobility and Religious Movements : A Theory of the Islamic Revival in Egypt
Binzel, Christine - 2013
This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt. Developing a behavioral model of religion, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085059
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Social Network Capital, Economic Mobility and Poverty Traps
Chantarat, Sommarat - 2014
This paper explores the role social network capital might play in facilitating poor agents' escape from poverty traps. We model and simulate endogenous network formation among households heterogeneously endowed with both traditional and social network capital who make investment and technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708887