Documents et rapports
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The impacts of international migration on remaining household members : omnibus results from a migration lottery program (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81506 Date du document: 14 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: 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 ? (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6372 Date du document: 1 février 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Beegle,Kathleen G.,De Weerdt,Joachim,Friedman,Jed,Gibson,John David
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The impact of financial literacy training for migrants (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6073 Date du document: 1 mai 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: 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 (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 94664 Date du document: 30 mars 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: 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 ? (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4698 Date du document: 1 août 2008 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: 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 (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4195 Date du document: 1 avril 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: 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 ? (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4141 Date du document: 1 mars 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gibson,John David,Mckenzie,David J.,Stillman,Steven Eric
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The World Bank economic review 19 (1) (anglais)
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...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 38876 Date du document: 1 janvier 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: 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.