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This article investigates the long-term effects of parental migration abroad on the schooling of children left behind … in Albania. Although parents' migration usually benefits children economically, the lack of parental care may cause … –mainly by fathers – is very relevant in Albania where migration has represented the only viable way to cope with increasing …
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schooling and child labour. Using the information gathered in the 1992/93 and 1997/98 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys (VLSS …
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matter of concern in the region. We study this issue for Uganda, investigating whether migration of household members affects …'s migration has a significant positive impact while adults' migration has a significant negative one on children's school … attendance rates, while remittances have no influence. These findings suggest that children's migration is indeed beneficial …
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DHS survey, suggest that mother’s schooling is a key determinant of children’s nutrition, but its direct marginal …’s secondary schooling, instead, contributes only indirectly, by increasing household wealth. A further empirical analysis shows …
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The paper attempts to determine the influence of different quality of life indicators on migration in Europe based on …
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We study the relationship between migration and children's education in Tajikistan – one of the poorest and most … negative effect. Migration of non-parent family members (such as siblings) is particularly detrimental to school attendance …
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Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...
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We study the relationship between migration and children's education in Tajikistan – one of the poorest and most … negative effect. Migration of non-parent family members (such as siblings) is particularly detrimental to school attendance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388109
Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985775
children who do not belong to the ruling caste, migration is a social mobility factor that is enhanced by formal schooling …The paper aims at studying determinants of schooling in traditional hierarchical societies confronted with an …
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