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Remittances and Inequality: A Dynamic Migration Model
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2003
We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … wealth inequality but may generate higher income inequality. Moreover, the short-run and long-run impacts of migration on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261545
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Remittances and Inequality: A Dynamic Migration Model
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
We develop a model of the interdependencies between migration, remittances and inequality, and investigate how … migration and subsequent remittances affect inter-household inequality in the origin communities. An important feature of our … wealth inequality but may generate higher income inequality. Moreover, the short-run and long-run impacts of migration on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822274
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Regional migration and wage inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union
Girsberger, Esther Mirjam; Méango, Romuald; Rapoport, … - 2018
We investigate the impact of regional migration on average wages and on wage inequality in the West African Economic … entails a decrease in inequality that ranges between -1.5% (for the Gini index) and -4.5% (for the interquartile ratio). This … is essentially driven by a reduction in inequality between countries, while the effect of migration on within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959449
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The role of China's household registration system in the urban-rural income differential
Boffy-Ramirez, Ernest; Moon, Soojae - 2017
curbing rising income inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732057
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Redistributive policies and migrants' labor market choices
Mitterbacher, Kerstin; Palan, Stefan; Fleiß, Jürgen - 2022
Migration in its various forms, such as economic migration, is a central issue in contemporary research and politics. Our paper provides insights into the behavior of societies faced with the possibility of migratory inflow into their respective social security and welfare systems. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083366
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Household migration and child educational attainment : the case of Uganda
Ferrone, Lucia; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2015
In many Sub-Saharan African countries, a large number of people migrate internally or abroad because of demographic, economic and political factors. This pronounced mobility is likely to have consequences for child education, which is still a matter of concern in the region. We study this issue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498497
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Modelling migration and regional labour markets : an application of the new economic geography model RHOMOLOI
Brandsma, Andries; Kancs, D'Artis; Persyn, Damiaan - 2013
The present paper describes the modelling of regional labour markets in the newly developed dynamic spatial general equilibrium model RHOMOLO, where the labour market equilibrium is determined by firms' labour demand, a wage-curve determining unemployment, and interregional labour migration. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581448
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Forced off farm? : labor allocation response to land requisition in rural China
Shuang Ma; Mu, Ren - 2017
Land requisition has been an important process by which Chinese local governments promote urbanization and generate revenue. This study investigates the impacts of land requisition on farmers' decisions of labor allocation between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. We argue that,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631523
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Migrant networks and destination choice: evidence from moves across Turkish provinces
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Duman, Erkan - 2021
This paper estimates effects of birth place migration networks and other location attributes on destination choices of internal migrants conditional on migration. We also study heterogeneity in the role of these factors for migrant types who differ by skill group, age at migration, and reason of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012596992
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Migrant networks and destination choice: evidence from moves across Turkish provinces
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Duman, Erkan - 2021
This paper estimates effects of birth place migration networks and other location attributes on destination choices of internal migrants conditional on migration. We also study heterogeneity in the role of these factors for migrant types who differ by skill group, age at migration, and reason of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607790