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Using a database from Chile, we have tested empirically the effects of economic residential segregation on educational achievements. Our hypothesis is based on literature's findings about segregation's negative impact on individuals' well being. We found that segregation has negative impacts....
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It has recently been argued that the informal sector in developing countries shows a dual structure, with part of the informal sector being competitive to the formal sector and part of the informal sector being the result of market segmentation. We formulate an econometric model to test this...
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We assess selection bias in estimated returns to workplace training by exploiting a field experiment with random assignment of workers to a one-week training program. We compare experimental estimates of this program with non-experimental estimates that are estimated by using a sample of agents...
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infrastructure policies in Egypt. The model is integrated with a GIS network. We illustrate the analytical capabilities of the model … transportation infrastructure projects in a spatial context. In the case of Egypt, there seems to be an important trade-off between …
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The current study aims at analyzing the impact of technological change and innovations on the labor market in Egypt … paper provides policy recommendations for forward-looking labor market policies in Egypt. …
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Egypt from the demand-side perspective, i.e. the health care consumer. This empirical study is motivated by the widespread … effective technology. Moreover, the healthcare sector in Egypt is gaining momentum, especially that the comprehensive healthcare … collected towards the EHR and the best way to apply this system in Egypt. The sample covered urban governorates, Lower Egypt and …
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The current immigration of refugees leads to a discussion about links between rural development and migration. Some …
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respect to the role of migration. Interestingly, migration seems to be unimportant for the convergence process, at odds with …
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Over the 40 years the pattern of migration has changed significantly with an increase in the share of female migrants … close substitute for household work. This paper analyzes how low skill rural-urban migration in Brazil from 1986 to 2000 … historical patterns of migrations, we are able to build an exogenous migration shock by skill to cities. Using this as an …
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realistic representation of decisions related to commuting, migration and household and employment location. The model allows …
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