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Does the source of remittance matter? : differentiated effects of earned and unearned remittances on agricultural productivity
Ghimire, Shankar; Kapri, Kul Prasad - In: Economies : open access journal 8 (2020) 1/8, pp. 1-16
understanding the migration-remittance-productivity nexus in Nepal as well as other similar socioeconomic societies from South Asia. …This paper analyzes the effect of earned and unearned remittances on agricultural productivity in Nepal. This approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168774
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Remittances, school quality, and household education expenditures in Nepal
Bansak, Cynthia; Chezum, Brian; Giri, Animesh - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-19
capital investment, remittances may serve as a vehicle for growth. In this paper, we use the 2010 Nepal Living Standards … substantially by school quality within Nepal. In addition, our results indicate that internal remittances (remittances from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333999
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Revisiting the Role of Education for Agricultural Productivity
Reimers, Malte; Klasen, Stephan - 2011
While the majority of micro studies finds that rural education increases agricultural productivity, various recent cross-country regressions analysing the determinants of agricultural productivity were only able to detect insignificant or even surprising negative effects of schooling. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329915
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Revisiting the role of education for agricultural productivity
Reimers, Malte; Klasen, Stephan - 2011
While the majority of micro studies finds that rural education increases agricultural productivity, various recent cross-country regressions analyzing the determinants of agricultural productivity were only able to detect an insignificant or even surprisingly negative effect of schooling. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286638
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Revisiting the role of education for agricultural productivity
Reimers, Malte; Klasen, Stephan - 2011
While the majority of micro studies finds that rural education increases agricultural productivity, various recent cross-country regressions analysing the determinants of agricultural productivity were only able to detect insignificant or even surprising negative effects of schooling. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010349170
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Revisiting the Role of Education for Agricultural Productivity
Reimers, Malte; Klasen, Stephan - Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (IAI), … - 2011
While the majority of micro studies finds that rural education increases agricultural productivity, various recent cross‐country regressions analyzing the determinants of agricultural productivity were only able to detect an insignificant or even surprisingly negative effect of schooling. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364972
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Revisiting the Role of Education for Agricultural Productivity
Reimers, Malte; Klasen, Stephan - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2011
While the majority of micro studies finds that rural education increases agricultural productivity, various recent cross-country regressions analysing the determinants of agricultural productivity were only able to detect insignificant or even surprising negative effects of schooling. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009274514
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A socio-economic picture of Kosovar migrants and their origin farm households
Möllers, Judith; Meyer, Wiebke; Xhema, Sherif; … - 2013
with migrants in Germany. We present data on both sides of migration: the migrant household in the destination country as …-economic features of three migration waves. Individual demographic characteristics of the migrant are analysed as well as economic … features including the income situation and the remitting behaviour. We furthermore discuss the nature of migration - if it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331329
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A socio-economic picture of Kosovar migrants and their origin farm households
Möllers, Judith; Meyer, Wiebke; Xhema, Sherif; … - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2013
with migrants in Germany. We present data on both sides of migration: the migrant household in the destination country as …-economic features of three migration waves. Individual demographic characteristics of the migrant are analysed as well as economic … features including the income situation and the remitting behaviour. We furthermore discuss the nature of migration - if it is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010980662
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Remittances and household expenditure in Nepal: Evidence from cross-section data
Thapa, Sridhar; Acharya, Sanjaya - In: Economies 5 (2017) 2, pp. 1-23
methods that allow designing and analyzing observational data and enable reducing selection bias. We use data from the Nepal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009770