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Internal Migration and Income Inequality in China: Evidence from Village Panel Data

Ha, Wei; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - 2009

Existing studies on the impact of migration on income inequality at sending communities suffer from severe methodology … defects and data limitations. This paper analyzes the impact of rural-to-urban migration on inequality using a newly … is the first paper that examines the dynamic aspects of migration and income inequality employing a dynamic panel data …

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Immigrants and Earnings Inequality: Evidence from Hong Kong

Ou, Dongshu; Kondo, Ayako - 2012

inequality of immigrants’ and natives’ earnings changed over time. We decompose earnings inequality to explore how the changes in … immigrants’ share of the labor force have affected earnings inequality. We find that the increase in overall inequality can be … explained by the increase in the within-group variance of natives. A nonnegligible part of the increase in inequality for women …

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Equilibrio regional y patrones de migración para el continente americano 1960 - 2005: Análisis espacial por panel de datos

Enríquez Sierra, Hernán; Campo Robledo, Jacobo - 2012

The paper analyzes the migration dynamics in Americas from 1960 to 2005 using an equilibrium approach as is proposed in Sjaastad (1969) y Todaro (1969). With recent spatial econometrics techniques the migration flow is evaluated, controlling for labor mobility effect and regional wages....

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Health Care and Health Outcomes of Migrants: Evidence from Portugal

Pita Barros, Pedro; Medalho Pereira, Isabel - 2009

This paper studies the performance of immigrants relative to natives, in terms of their health status, use of health care services, lifestyles, and coverage of health expenditures. We base the analysis on international evidence that identified a healthy immigrant effect, complemented by...

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Individual Ability and Selection into Migration in Kenya

Miguel, Edward; Hamory, Joan - 2009

This study exploits a new longitudinal dataset to examine selective migration among 1,500 Kenyan youth originally living in rural areas. We examine whether migration rates are related to individual “ability”, broadly defined to include cognitive aptitude as well as health, and then use these...

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Education Inequality and Economic Growth: Framework for the Evaluation of Pakistan’s Education Policy

Hassan, Rubina; Mirza, M. Shahzad - 2005

negative relationship between average schooling years and inequality in educational opportunities, along with a strong support … very strong impact both on educational inequality and on the rate of economic growth. Our estimates establish the failure … will suffer in terms of reduced economic growth and high educational inequality for future generations. The paper …

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Human capital dynamics in China: Evidence from a club convergence approach

Valerio Mendoza, Octasiano; Borsi, Mihály Tamás; … - 2021

This paper investigates the evolution of human capital in China for 31 provinces over the period of 1985-2016 from a club convergence perspective. Per capita human capital stocks, estimated using the Jorgenson-Fraumeni lifetime income approach, are for the first time examined within a non-linear...

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Do remittances alleviate poverty and income inequality in poor countries? Empirical evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Adenutsi, Deodat E. - 2011

inequality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In carrying out the study, 34 SSA countries for which relevant data are available …-income inequality exploration. A set of dynamic panel-data models was estimated using system Generalized Method of Moments. It was found … an intensifying income-inequality aggravating effects in countries with relatively wider income gap. It is, thus …

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Modelling Linkage of Globalization and Financial Development to Human Development in CLMV Region

Chhorn, Theara; Chhorn, Dina - 2017

Several existing theories emphasize the strong positive effects of globalization and financial development on human development, either because of the rising economic welfare and the higher productivity of workers generating from increasing skill specialization or because financial development...

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Middle income trap and income inequality: Empirical evidence on the distributional effect of economic liberalization and political regime

Ahmad, Mahyudin - 2016

inequality could be the underlying factor exacerbating growth slowdowns and suppressing development strategies aiming to escape … from the trap and graduate to high income level. Using the Standardized World Income Inequality dataset, and via panel … potential endogeneity, I examine the interrelationship between income inequality, five dimensions of Economic Freedom in the …

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