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Caste, ethnicity and poverty in rural India

Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2002

This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC …

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Gender norms and women's decision to work: evidence from Japan

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Tanaka, Ryūichi - 2021

associated with an increase in Japanese women's decision to work by 0.016 percentage points, the equivalent of an increase of 3 ….4% standard deviation. Our measure of non-traditional gender norms is the share of women who disagree with the statement "men … should work outside and women should look after the family". As we conduct a battery of sensitivity analyses and placebo …

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Enclaves, language and the location choice of migrants

Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002

Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that...

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Sibling rivalry in educational attainment : the German case

Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000

Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...

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What are migration networks?

Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000

Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant's country in the host region. Using Mexican migration data, we analyze the effects of the usual network variable and two additional origin-village-specific variables on migrants' location choice.

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Is child like parent? : educational attainment and ethnic origin

Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999

The speed at which immigrants assimilate is the subject of debate. Human capital formation plays a major role in this discussion. This paper compares the educational attainment of second generation immigrants to those of natives in the same age cohort. Evidence using a large German data set...

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Ethnic networks and international trade

Epstein, Gil S. (contributor); Gang, Ira N. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The influence of others on migration plans

Epstein, Gil S. (contributor); Gang, Ira N. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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A political economy of the immigrant assimilation : internal dynamics

Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2010

Within immigrant society different groups wish to help the migrants in different ways – immigrant societies are multi-layered and multi-dimensional. We examine the situation where there exists a foundation that has resources and that wishes to help the migrants. To do so they need migrant...

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Sometimes, winners lose : economic disparity and indigenization in Kazakhstan

Gang, Ira N.; Schmillen, Achim - 2014

Several post-Soviet states have introduced policies to improve the relative economic, political or social position of formerly disadvantaged populations. Using one example of such policies - "Kazakhisation" in Kazakhstan - we investigate their impact on the comparative earnings of two directly...

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