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The impacts of international migration on remaining household members : omnibus results from a migration lottery program (英语)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled The impacts of international migration on remaining household members : omnibus results from a migration lottery program...
文件类型: 简介 报告号: 81506 文件日期: 2013年8月14日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Gibson,John David,Mckenzie,David J.,Stillman,Steven Eric
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What does variation in survey design reveal about the nature of measurement errors in household consumption ? (英语)
This paper uses data from eight different consumption questionnaires randomly assigned to 4,000 households in Tanzania to obtain evidence on the nature of measurement errors in estimates of household consumption...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS6372 文件日期: 2013年2月1日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Beegle,Kathleen G.,De Weerdt,Joachim,Friedman,Jed,Gibson,John David
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The impact of financial literacy training for migrants (英语)
Remittances are a major source of external finance for many developing countries but the cost of sending remittances remains high for many migration corridors. International efforts to lower costs by facilitating...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS6073 文件日期: 2012年5月1日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Gibson,John David,Mckenzie,David J.,Zia,Bilal Husnain
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The impacts of international migration on remaining household members : omnibus results from a migration lottery (英语)
We use a migration lottery program to overcome the double selectivity problems posed by migration. We compare a wide range of outcomes for the remaining household members of Tongan emigrants with those...
文件类型: 工作文件 报告号: 94664 文件日期: 2010年3月30日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Gibson,John David,Mckenzie,David J.,Stillman,Steven Eric
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How pro-poor is the selection of seasonal migrant workers from Tonga under New Zealand's recognized seasonal employer program ? (英语)
Temporary migration programs for unskilled workers are increasingly being proposed as a way to both relieve labor shortages in developed countries and aid development in sending countries without entailing...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS4698 文件日期: 2008年8月1日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Gibson,John David,Mckenzie,David J.,Rohorua,Halahingano
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Using the global positioning system in household surveys for better economics and better policy (英语)
Distance and location are important determinants of many choices that economists study. While these variables can sometimes be obtained from secondary data, economists often rely on information that is...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS4195 文件日期: 2007年4月1日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Gibson,John David,Mckenzie,David J.
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A land of milk and honey with streets paved with gold : do emigrants have over-optimistic expectations about incomes abroad ? (英语)
Millions of people emigrate every year in search of better economic and social opportunities. Anecdotal evidence suggests that emigrants may have over-optimistic expectations about the incomes they can...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS4141 文件日期: 2007年3月1日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Gibson,John David,Mckenzie,David J.,Stillman,Steven Eric
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The World Bank economic review 19 (1) (英语)
Top Indian Incomes, 1922-2000 by Abhijit Banerjee and Thomas Piketty; Can We Discern the Effect of Globalization on Income Distribution? Evidence from Household Surveys by Branko Milanovic; Financing Pharmaceutical...
文件类型: 出版 报告号: 38876 文件日期: 2005年1月1日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Banerjee,Abhijit,Brun,Jean-Francois,Carrere,Celine,Gibson,John David,Guillaumont,Patrick,Jack,William G.,Lanjouw,Jean O.,Milanovic,Branko L.,Piketty, Thomas,Wodon,Quentin T.,Rozelle,Scott Douglas,Jayasuriya,Ruwan,De Melo,Jaime A. P.