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Low-skilled labor migration in Tajikistan : determinants and effects on expenditure patterns
Meier, Kristina - 2014
It is often assumed that international labor migration from Tajikistan, while having no noticeable effects on … the migration decision is developed and tested empirically. In a second step, the effect of low-skilled labor migration on … household expenditure shares is analyzed using 2SLS. While only weak effects of migration measured by a simple dummy are visible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457933
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The role of remittances in migration decision : evidence from Turkish migration
Akkoyunlu, Sule (contributor);  … - 2007
. One important element of this theory is the role of remittances that is absent in traditional migration theories. In this …In this study we analyse the impact of workers' remittances on the decision to migrate by means of cointegration … analysis. In traditional migration theories, especially in human capital models, the decision to migrate is based upon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003471764
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Foreign inventors in the US : testing for diaspora and brain gain effects
Breschi, Stefano; Lissoni, Francesco; Miguelez, Ernest - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343638
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Development through seasonal worker programs : the case of New Zealand's RSE program
Gibson, John K.; McKenzie, David J. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348908
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Is mobile money changing rural africa? : evidence from a field experiment
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012516006
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Unconventional fiscal policy in HANK
Seidl, Hannah; Seyrich, Fabian - 2021
In HANK, we show that fiscal policy is an appropriate macroeconomic stabilization tool at the ZLB. Fiscal policy achieves the same macroeconomic aggregates and the same welfare as hypothetically unconstrained monetary policy by replicating its transmission mechanism. Consumption taxes and labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012549562
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Durable consumption, limited VAT pass-through and stabilization effects of temporary VAT changes
Clemens, Marius; Röger, Werner - 2022
This paper revives the question of whether a temporary VAT change is an adequate instrument for crisis stabilization. In empirical assessments, we find that durable goods consumption fluctuates strongly over the business cycle and that VAT rate changes affect durable goods in particular....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198802
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Unconventional fiscal policy in HANK
Seidl, Hannah; Seyrich, Fabian - 2021 - This version: August 10, 2022
We show that in a New Keynesian model with household heterogeneity, fiscal policy can be a perfect substitute for monetary policy: three simple conditions for consumption taxes, labor taxes, and the government debt level are sufficient to induce the same consumption and labor supply of each...
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The effect of labor migration on the diffusion of democracy : evidence from a former Soviet Republic
Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Rapoport, Hillel; Steinmayr, Andreas; … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201661
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Do migrants send remittances as a way of self-insurance? : evidence from a representative immigrant survey
Batista, Catia; Umblijs, Janis - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348876