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Asymmetric Information and Remittances: Evidence from Matched Administrative Data
Nyarko, Yaw; Joseph, Thomas; Wang, Shing-Yi - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
Using new data matching remittances and monthly payroll disbursals, we demonstrate how fluctuations in migrants' earnings in the United Arab Emirates affect their remittances. We consider three types of income fluctuations that are observable by families at home: seasonalities, weather shocks...
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Human capital and the Indian software industry
Arora, Ashish; Bagde, Surendra K. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Though previous studies have noted the role of skilled labor in the growth of the Indian software industry, they have not empirically investigated its importance. In this study we study the effect of the supply of engineers, measured by engineering baccalaureate capacity, on the regional growth...
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Human Capital Accounts: Choice of Rates and Construction of Volume Indices
Fraumeni, Barbara M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Both human capital and nonhuman capital play an important role in economic growth. Estimates of nonhuman (physical) capital exist for many more countries than for human capital. Recently there has been a significant increase in the number of countries for which estimates of human capital exist,...
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International Migration, Remittances, and Household Investment: Evidence from Philippine Migrants' Exchange Rate Shocks
Yang, Dean - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
Millions of households in developing countries receive financial support from family members working overseas. How do migrant earnings affect origin-household investments? This paper examines Philippine households%u2019 responses to overseas members%u2019 economic shocks. Overseas Filipinos work...
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The Knowledge Trap: Human Capital and Development Reconsidered
Jones, Benjamin F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
This paper presents a model where human capital differences - rather than technology differences - can explain several central phenomena in the world economy. The results follow from the educational choices of workers, who decide not just how long to train, but also how broadly. A "knowledge...
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The international mobility of talent : types, causes and development impact
Solimano, Andrés (ed.) - 2008
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Is the brain drain an unmitigated blessing?
Faini, Riccardo (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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UNU-WIDER special issue: The rise of China and India : growth, trade, investment and institutional developments
Wan, Guanghua (contributor);  … - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2008
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The rise of China and India : impacts, prospects and implications
Santos-Paulino, Amelia U. (contributor);  … - 2010
The rise of China and India is rapidly reshaping the world economy, with far-reaching implications for every national … Engines of Global Growth', this volume explores the foundations of China and India's development experiences and strategies … trade and investment inflows, and comparatively analyses the prospects, driving forces and implications of the rise of China …
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Can the West Save Africa?
Easterly, William - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
In the new millennium, the Western aid effort towards Africa has surged due to writings by well-known economists, a celebrity mass advocacy campaign, and decisions by Western leaders to make Africa a major foreign policy priority. This survey contrasts the predominant "transformational" approach...
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