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Migration and families left behind : families that stay behind when a member migrates do not clearly benefit
Démurger, Sylvie - 2015
behind through remittances. However, splitting up families in this way may also have multiple adverse effects on education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430776
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An analysis of perceptions on financial education and asset building in the Alabama Black Belt
Tackie, Nii O.; Sarpong, Syreeta; Baharanyi, Ntam; … - 2012
The study focused on analyzing perceptions on financial education and asset building in the Alabama Black Belt. Data … level, and a higher proportion of single, never married persons. A majority (71%) had not taken financial education classes … annual household income played a major role in having taken financial education classes; persons under 18 years of age in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009706318
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Can community information campaigns improve girls' education?
Cotton, Christopher; Nanowski, Jordan; Nordstrom, Ardyn; … - 2020
We examine the impact of a large, randomized Girls' Education Challenge (GEC) project in rural Zimbabwe. The … multifaceted project initially provided information about girls' rights and education barriers to girls, parents, teachers, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183648
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The microeconomic determinants of emigration and return migration of the best and brightest : evidence from the Pacific
Gibson, John K. (contributor);  … - 2009
A unique survey which tracks worldwide the best and brightest academic performers from three Pacific countries is used to assess the extent of emigration and return migration among the very highly skilled, and to analyze, at the microeconomic level, the determinants of these migration choices....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794013
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The effect of occupational visas on native employment : evidence from labor supply to farm jobs in the Great Recession
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
The effect of foreign labor on native employment within an occupation depends on native labor supply to that occupation – which is rarely directly measured – even if native and foreign labor are perfect substitutes in production. This paper uses two natural quasi-experiments to directly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607330
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Microeconometric analyses on economic consequences of selective migration
Ruhose, Jens - 2015
This volume was prepared by Jens Ruhose while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes four self-contained chapters that contribute to the understanding of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300396
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Ethnicity and the immigration of highly skilled workers to the United States
Jasso, Guillermina (contributor) - 2009
This paper examines ethnicity among highly skilled immigrants to the United States. The paper focuses on five classic components of ethnicity -country of birth, race, skin color, language, and religion - among persons admitted to legal permanent residence in the United States in 2003 in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796343
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Gender, educational attainment, and the impact of parental migration on children left behind
Antman, Francisca M. - 2012
experience. The results point to a statistically significant positive effect of paternal U.S. migration on education for girls …. -- migration ; father absence ; education ; gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548641
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Escaping the Holocaust : human and health capital of refugees to the United States, 1940-42
Blum, Matthias; Rei, Claudia - 2015
The large-scale persecution of Jews during World War II generated massive refugee movements. Using data from 20,441 predominantly Jewish passengers from 19 countries traveling from Lisbon to New York between 1940 and 1942, we analyze the last wave of refugees escaping the Holocaust and verify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391560
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Ethnicity and the Immigration of Highly Skilled Workers to the United States
Jasso, Guillermina - 2009
This paper examines ethnicity among highly skilled immigrants to the United States. The paper focuses on five classic components of ethnicity - country of birth, race, skin color, language, and religion - among persons admitted to legal permanent residence in the United States in 2003 in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765217