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We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The … original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human …
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The paper sheds light on the apparent success of dollarization in Ecuador. The experience of Argentina with …, remittances. Reliance on remittance income is seen as a stop gap that cannot secure sustainability of the monetary system and …
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mechanisms proposed. Next the main linkages identified between migration and development – remittances, return migration and …
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economic position. We also find that remittances from females emphasize investment in home improvements and acquisition of farm … land and nonfarm assets, whereas remittances of men are channeled more toward housing assets and business ventures. …
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large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross … will hamper remittance growth. We revisit the relationship between education and remitting behavior using microdata from … surveys of immigrants in eleven major destination countries. The data show a mixed pattern between education and the …
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This paper provides evidence on the long run relationship between European settlers presence and education levels in … massive funds allocated to the <p> education sector post-war; (2) the role of the market via migration; (3) social interaction … effects whereby natives progressively adopted education and fertility norms of the settlers. …
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Residents in rural China doubt the benefits from education, yet there is empirical evidence supporting positive effects … in urban and rural areas. This paper investigates whether education affects a variety of income attainment indicators for … households in rural China, using a household survey from the provinces of Hebei and Liaoning. The analysis estimates education …
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Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is wellstudied in the … literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children - many … of whom live in low- or middle-income countries. This study focuses on Syrian refugee children in Turkey and examines the …
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This paper surveys evidence on discrimination in Latin America and shows that there is a widespread perception of discrimination, especially against the poor, the uneducated and those who lack connections. The channels through which discrimination occurs may be built on the basis of economic...
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correlation is not observable for remittances, an alternative form of foreign-exchange inflows where the capital flight motivation …
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