Seasonal migration and micro-credit in the lean period : evidence from northwest Bangladesh [PDF]
This paper investigates the relationship between access to micro-credit and temporary seasonal migration, an issue which is largely ignored in the standard rural-urban migration literature.
Shonchoy, Abu S.
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Destined for Destitution : Intergenerational Poverty Persistence in Indonesia [PDF]
We estimate intergenerational poverty persistence in Indonesia using a panel dataset. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such study looking at the issue in the Indonesian context.
Asep Suryahadi +2 more
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PARTICULARITIES OF THE POPULATION, OCCUPATION AND STRUCTURE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN ROMANIA AND ITS WESTERN REGION [PDF]
Amid a slow process, but continually aging and a trend of increased migration isa decrease in the active population and employment. Productive structure has undergoneseveral changes in recent years, with a mild increase in service sector, what has ...
Gherghel Silvia
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Business Ownership and Self-Employment in Developing Economies: The Colombian Case [PDF]
We characterize entrepreneurship in developing economies through a case study for Colombia. We document self-employment and business ownership since the 1980s; while the relative size of these groups within the labor force is stable across time, they ...
Camilo Mondragón-Vélez +1 more
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Implementation and design of a teleoperation system based on a VMEBUS/68020 pipelined architecture [PDF]
A pipelined control design and architecture for a force-feedback teleoperation system that is being implemented at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and which will be integrated with the autonomous portion of the testbed to achieve share control is described.
Lee, Thomas S.
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Is population growth conducive to the sustainability of cooperation? [PDF]
This paper asks whether population growth is conducive to the sustainability of cooperation. A simple model is developed in which farmers who live around a circular lake engage in trade with their adjacent neighbors.
Jakubek, Marcin, Stark, Oded
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On-the-job Search in Italian Labour Markets: An Empirical Analysis [PDF]
This paper analyses the determinants of on-the-job search activities of Italian workers. On-the-job search is a good indicator of labour turnover, overcoming the limitations due to a lack of adequate data about labour turnover. Using several waves of the
Ponzo, Michela
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Inequality of outcomes and inequality of opportunities in Brazil [PDF]
This paper departs from John Roemer's formulation of the theory of equality of opportunities. It seeks to determine what part of observed outcome inequality may be attributed to differences in observed 'circumstances', including family background, and ...
Francisco H. G. Ferreira +2 more
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How important is cultural background for the level of intergenerational mobility? [PDF]
Using results on brother correlations of different groups of second generation immigrants based on administrative data from Denmark, this note analyzes the role of cultural background in the determination of the level of intergenerational mobility.
Schnitzlein, Daniel D.
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Family influence on early career outcomes in seven European countries [PDF]
This paper studies how much family characteristics affect early career outcomes (earnings) of children in seven European countries: Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Austria using ECHP.
Simona Comi
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