This paper examines how the probability of sending remittances and the level of remittances sent are influenced by immigrants' desire to insure against uncertainty, as opposed to factors that result in remittances with altruistic motives. Using for the first time both 1) data from the Mexican...

This article focuses on the selection of women into industries of different skill intensities as another dimension in the discussion of the differences in wages among similarly skilled women. Using the Current Population Survey (CPS) data and controlling for education and other factors, we find...

This paper explores the method of sale in the privatization process and difficulties implementing the most efficient option. In countries where state involvement has been more pervasive, the method of privatization chosen is less often the best available option, improvements in efficiency have...

This paper uses cross-national data from happiness surveys, jointly with data on per capita income and pollution, to examine how self-reported well-being varies with prosperity and environmental conditions. This approach allows us to show that citizens care about prosperity and the environment,...

We deviate from standard practice in the literature on state failure and instead use classification tree methods to predict state failure. We argue that the rarity of state failure, along with classification tree’s simplicity of use and interpretation makes this approach more attractive than...