Sökning: "Remittances"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Remittances.
1. Essays on Remittances, Discrimination and Interpersonal Comparisons
Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER
2. Remittances, Access & Adaptation: Options to Secure Rural Livelihoods in Morocco and Myanmar
Sammanfattning : State leaders have adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and pledged to leave no one behind. This thesis advances knowledge for attaining these goals, through systems thinking and place-based research in the context of climate and land-change processes in Morocco and Myanmar. LÄS MER
3. Remittances, regions and risk sharing
Sammanfattning : This thesis in economics includes three self-contained papers united by a common theme: the importance of economic fluctuations within and between countries for capital flows and risk sharing inside and across national borders. The first two papers study the determinants of workers’ remittances, as well as the consequences for macroeconomic volatility for the countries that receive them, using econometric methods and a general equilibrium model. LÄS MER
4. Essays on Development and Experimental Economics: Migration, Discrimination and Positional Concerns
Sammanfattning : Paper 1: A Field Experiment of Discrimination in the Norwegian Housing Market: Gender, Class, and Ethnicity We test for gender, class, and ethnic discrimination in the Norwegian rental housing market using fake application letters. Females, individuals with high job status, and ethnic Norwegians are more likely to receive positive responses. LÄS MER
5. Economics of Migration
Sammanfattning : Abstract Population movements are more substantial today than at any other point in human history. If managed effectively, migration can be beneficial for all aspects of social and economic life. This thesis contains four papers, all of which are related to the economic consequences and determinants of migration, within and across countries. LÄS MER