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Díaz, Carlos; Patacchini, Eleonora - 2021

We study the interplay between parental and peer socialization in shaping criminal behavior among adolescents. We develop a simple cultural transmission model where parents affect how society influences their children's decisions. The model predicts that parental and peer socialization are...

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What drives youth's intention to migrate abroad? Evidence from international survey data

Milasi, Santo - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-30

's migration behavior at the global level. Using the individual-level survey data from Gallup World Poll across 139 countries over … migration, although budgetary constraints may prevent youth from transforming their migration desires into actual plans in low … turned into more concrete plans. Finally, this study shows that while youth's and adults' migration propensities are often …

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Restrictions on migration create gender inequality: The story of China's left-behind children

Gao, Xuwen; Liang, Wenquan; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; … - 2022

About 11% of the Chinese population are rural-urban migrants, and the vast majority of them (124 million people) possess a rural hukou which severely restrict their children's access to urban public schools. As a result, 61 million children are left behind in rural areas. We use a...

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Remittances and Child Labor in Pakistan: A Tale of Complementarities

Bang, James; Mitra, Aniruddha; Abbas, Faisal - 2023

We investigate the impact of remittance income on the household decision to send a child to work. Using data from a Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey conducted in the Punjab province of Pakistan in 2014, we isolate the causal impact of remittance income by employing statistical matching to...

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Grundschulschließungen als Katalysator von Wanderungsbewegungen?

Hyll, Walter; Schneider, Lutz - In: Wirtschaft im Wandel 17 (2011) 6, pp. 217-225

Grundschulschließungen werden kritisiert und gefürchtet. Besonders in peripheren Regionen verbindet sich mit der Aufgabe einer Schule vielfach die Sorge des demographischen Unterganges der Gemeinde infolge einer Abwanderung junger Eltern und ausbleibender Zuwanderung junger Familien. Sind...

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Fertility, Regional Demographics, and Economic Integration

Goto, Hiroshi; Minamimura, Keiya - Faculty of Economics, Kobe University - 2014

To explain the links between population distribution and economic integration, we construct a spatial economics model with endogenous fertility. A higher population concentration increases real wages and child-raising costs, thus lowering the fertility rate. However, people migrate to more...

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Fertility, Regional Demographics, and Economic Integration

Goto, Hiroshi; Minamimura, Keiya - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2015

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Restrictions on migration create gender inequality : the story of China's left-behind children

Gao, Xuwen; Liang, Wenquan; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; … - 2022

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Remittances and child labor in Pakistan : a tale of complementarities

Bang, James T.; Mitra, Aniruddha; Abbas, Faisal - 2023

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The effects of migration and fertility on the age-sex structure of Lagos State, Nigeria

Ugomma, EJEKWUMADU Esther; Ani, MADU Ignatius; … - In: Economia. Seria Management 12 (2009) 2, pp. 28-38

This research was carried out to appraise the influence of fertility and migration on the age-sex population structure … migration trends in the study area. Using partial correlation and multiple regression analyses, we determined the influence of … migration and fertility on the age structure of the population. The combined effects of the partial correlation of fertility and …

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