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Risk, Network Quality, and Family Structure : Child Fostering Decisions in Burkina Faso
Akresh, Richard - 2021
their biological children to live with another family, is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and provides evidence against …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318820
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Risk, network quality, and family structure : child fostering decisions in Burkina Faso
Akresh, Richard - 2005
their biological children to live with another family, is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and provides evidence against …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610964
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Will Urban Migrants Formally Insure Their Rural Relatives? Family Networks and Rainfall Index Insurance in Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan - 2018
We present findings from a pilot study exploring whether and how existing ties between urban migrants and rural farmers may be used to provide the latter improved access to formal insurance. Urban migrants in Ouagadougou (the capital of Burkina Faso) originating from nearby villages were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918576
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Protecting Families in a Global Economy
Dau-Schmidt, Kenneth Glenn; Brun, Carmen L. - 2013
The globalization of the economy has placed tremendous pressure on the modern family. Throughout the developed world …, marriage rates are declining, birth and fertility rates are falling, real wages are flat or declining, and hours of family …, in direct opposition to family relationships. Moreover, the extensive period of training that is necessary to compete in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061574
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Risk, network quality, and family structure : child fostering decisions in Burkina Faso
Akresh, Richard (contributor) - 2005
their biological children to live with another family, is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and provides evidence against …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002576889
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Determinants of Integration and its Impact on the Economic Success of Immigrants : A Case Study of the Turkish Community in Berlin
Danzer, Alexander M.; Ulku, Hulya - 2021
Using a new data on 590 Turkish households in Berlin, we investigate the determinants and impact of integration on economic performance. We find that usual suspects such as time spent in Germany and education have positive impact, while networks have no impact on integration. There is strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324909
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International family migration and the dual-earner model
Munk, Martin D.; Nikolka, Till; Poutvaara, Panu - 2017
Gender differences in labor force participation are exceptionally small in Nordic countries. We investigate how couples emigrating from Denmark self-select and sort into different destinations and whether couples pursue the dual-earner model, in which both partners work, when abroad. Female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615817
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With a little help from my mother : the matrilineal advantage in European grand parenting
Brunello, Giorgio; Yamamura, Eiji - 2021
This study documents the matrilineal advantage in grandparent - grandchildren relationships in Europe, using data on 20 European countries and Israel from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement (SHARE). We show that maternal grandparents look after grandchildren and provide financial or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518202
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Supports for Working Families: Work and Care Policies across Welfare States
Gornick, Janet C.; Meyers, Marcia K. - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 4, pp. 13-18
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696450
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Supports for Working Families: Work and Care Policies across Welfare States
Gornick, Janet C.; Meyers, Marcia K. - In: CESifo DICE Report 1 (2003) 4, pp. 13-18
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037387