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Essays on international migration and informal markets in developing countries
Böhme, Marcus - 2013
: migration and informal markets. To mitigate the problems of both migration and the informal sector, and harness their … international migration and household investments addressing the problem of brain drain and the use of remittances. Es... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223163
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The new economics of the brain drain
Stark, Oded - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
For nearly four decades now, the conventional wisdom has been that the migration of human capital (skilled workers … not hold. A well designed migration policy can result in a “brain gain” to the developing country rather than in just a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021969
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The dynamics of inequality change in a highly dualistic economy: Honduras, 1991-2007
Klasen, Stephan; Otter, Thomas; Barría, Carlos Villalobos - Ibero-Amerika Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (IAI), … - 2012
We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality increased in Honduras until 2005, while it was falling in most other Latin American countries. Using annual household surveys, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649697
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and endogeneity cannot...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010954313
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Global integration and world migration
Stark, Oded - 2017
strengthens their inclination to resort to migration as a means of reducing this heightened stress. Other things held constant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602882
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Migration and deforestation in Indonesia
Darmawan, Rivayani; Klasen, Stephan; Nuryartono, Nunung - 2015
small amount focuses on the relationship between migration and deforestation. Migration may contribute to the forest cover … investigates the relationship between recent in-migration and deforestation in Indonesia. By combining available population census … data with the satellite image data MODIS, we find a significant positive relationship between migration and deforestation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335511
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and endogeneity cannot...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264330
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and endogeneity cannot...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265093
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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and endogeneity cannot...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268882
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Migration and deforestation in Indonesia
Darmawan, Rivayani; Klasen, Stephan; Nuryartono, Nunung - 2016
small amount focuses on the relation-ship between migration and deforestation. Migration may contribute to the forest cover … investigates the relationship between recent in-migration and deforestation in Indonesia. By combining available population census … data with the satellite image data MODIS, we find a significant positive relationship between migration and deforestation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450941