Search Results - subject:"LABOR MIGRATION"

Do Rainfall Deficits Predict U.S.-Bound Migration from Rural Mexico? Evidence from the Mexican Census

Nawrotzki, Raphael; Riosmena, Fernando; Hunter, Lori - In: Population Research and Policy Review 32 (2013) 1, pp. 129-158

.S.-bound migration from rural locales, a topic of increasing policy relevance. The new economics of labor migration theory provides …

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International labor migration in Vietnam and the impact of receiving countries' policies

Ishizuka, Futaba - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

Labor export has been part of Vietnamâ€™s socio-economic development strategy since the beginning of the doi moi era. Recent years, Vietnam has sent about 80,000 workers abroad per year. Vietnam has become a major source country of unskilled foreign workers for high-income East Asian...

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Empirical Research on the Mechanisms of Migration of Rural Laborers from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Xiaomin, Liu - In: The Review of Black Political Economy 40 (2013) 3, pp. 299-314

-making mechanism of the rural labor migration, could be interpreted by two factors, i.e. the motives to migrate, and the condition of … migration. The rural labor migration in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has its own characteristics. The research shows a tendency … promote rural migration in Ningxia. Meanwhile, local governments are also making efforts to accelerate the rural labor …

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Empirical research on the mechanisms of migration of rural laborers from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Xiaomin, Liu - In: The review of black political economy 40 (2013) 3, pp. 299-314

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010187630

Household migration decisions as survival strategy: the case of Burkina Faso

Konseiga, Adama - 2005

The paper examines the motivations behind the important migration from Burkina Faso to Côte d'Ivoire, the economic pole in the West African Economic and Monetary Union. The paper uses a detailed household survey dataset on migration, natural resource management, risk management and solidarity...

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Green Revolutions and Miracle Economies : Agricultural Innovation, Trade and Growth

Guha, Brishti - School of Economics, Singapore Management University - 2005

in agriculture may be the key to sustained factor accumulation in industry, in particular driving intersectoral labor … migration. A key assumption is a less than unitary price elasticity of demand for food. Our results could form a crucial link in …

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Cape Verde; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This paper focuses on Cape Verdeâ€™s Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS). The GPRS is part of a broader strategic planning exercise that has been under way in Cape Verde and has as main pillars the Grand Options of the Plan 2002â€“05 (GOP) and the National Development Plan...

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Green Revolutions and Miracle Economies : Agricultural Innovation, Trade and Growth

Guha, Brishti - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

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Labor Markets in CIS Countries

Pavlova, Olga; Rohozynsky, Oleksandr - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 2005

This work is done as contribution to the Regional Human Development Report 2004 section 3.7 on “Labor Markets”. The paper focuses on discussing peculiarities of the labor market transition in CIS countries, features of unemployment, labor legislation, and role of the trade unions. The paper...

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Has NAFTA Increased Labor Market Integration between the United States and Mexico?

Robertson, Raymond - In: The World Bank Economic Review 19 (2005) 3, pp. 425-447

This article analyzes three criteria for labor market integration between Mexico and the United States before and since the North American Free Trade Agreement: the responsiveness of Mexican wages to US wage shocks, the speed at which relative wages return to a long-run differential, and changes...

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