{"title":"What Happens to the Labour Supply and Schooling of the Children Left Behind by Temporary Migrants?","authors":"A. Booth, Yuji Tamura","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1504412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1504412","url":null,"abstract":"Using Vietnamese panel data, we investigate how a father's temporary migration is associated with the labour supply and human capital investment of his child left behind. Our analysis shows that a longer absence of a father is associated with more housework and less education of his son if the boy is at an age for primary or lower secondary schooling.","PeriodicalId":355227,"journal":{"name":"Development Economics eJournal","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117236858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-Term Impact of Investments in Early Schooling: Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia","authors":"Subha Mani, J. Hoddinott, J. Strauss","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1508886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1508886","url":null,"abstract":"This paper identifies the cumulative impact of early schooling investments on later schooling outcomes in a developing country context using enrollment status and relative grade attainment as short-run and long-run measures of schooling. Using a child-level longitudinal data set from rural Ethiopia, we estimate a dynamic conditional schooling demand function where the coefficient estimate on the lagged dependent variable captures the impact of all previous periods schooling inputs and resources. We find that this lagged dependent variable indicates a strong positive association between current and lagged schooling. Past history matters more for girls than boys and for children from higher income households compared to the poor.","PeriodicalId":355227,"journal":{"name":"Development Economics eJournal","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130450694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Brief Review of World Demographic Trends - Population","authors":"G. Shackman, Xun Wang, Ya-Lin Liu","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.1966739","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.1966739","url":null,"abstract":"This report shows global and regional population trends. World population continues to grow, although overall growth has slowed. However, the pattern varies by development status and by region. For more developed countries, population has been growing at a slower rate at least since the 1950s. On the other hand, in least developed countries population growth accelerated up to the 1980s and has not yet slowed. As a consequence of varying growth rates, world population distribution has changed. The proportion of the world population that is from all developing countries increased from 68% in 1950 to 82% in 2010.","PeriodicalId":355227,"journal":{"name":"Development Economics eJournal","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114158067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ICT4D: Solutions Seeking Problems?","authors":"A. Chaudhuri","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1754923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1754923","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) projects from around the world. It finds that computer and Internet promotion schemes usually fail despite active support, but mobile penetration in even the poorest countries is deepening organically. It argues that mobiles have emotional appeal because talking is a universal psycho-sociological propensity while the other two are principally utilitarian technologies that have to generate returns on investment. The search for killer apps is likely to be fruitless because technological adoption is conditional upon need and absorptive capacity. The paper raises questions about the continuing support for ICT4D among proponents.","PeriodicalId":355227,"journal":{"name":"Development Economics eJournal","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126934182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the Digital Divide: A Case of Russia and Turkey","authors":"Ali Acilar, M. Markin, E. Nazarbaeva","doi":"10.4018/jide.2012070104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jide.2012070104","url":null,"abstract":"Information and communication technology (ICT) is accepted as one of the foundations of modern society. ICTs have become an important part of the modern culture and almost all aspects of life. The information revolution started in the developed countries and mainly these countries have benefitted from these technologies. There are significant differences between developed and developing countries regarding accessing and using ICTs. This can be defined as the global digital divide. There are also different types of the digital divide within a country, such as the gender divide, the age divide, and the income divide. In this paper, the authors explore the digital divide within and between Russia and Turkey.","PeriodicalId":355227,"journal":{"name":"Development Economics eJournal","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125766416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Local Government Incorporation of Immigrants in Community Economic Development Strategies","authors":"Richard J. Smith","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1853713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1853713","url":null,"abstract":"Past literature on the Renewal Community, Empowerment Zone & Enterprise Community (RC/EZ/EC) programs focused on the application process and impact. Less is known about how participating local governments engaged immigration in the revitalization of these neighborhoods. This study analyzes strategic plans and annual reports from 117 RC/EZ/ECs submitted to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Places with increasing immigration and smaller African-American populations, relative to Asian and Hispanic populations, had increased odds of including immigrant communities in strategic plans and reports. The study describes examples of immigrant strategies for workforce development, entrepreneurship and housing.","PeriodicalId":355227,"journal":{"name":"Development Economics eJournal","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128238520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Politics of Financial Development: The Role of Interest Groups and Government Capabilities","authors":"O. Becerra, E. Cavallo, Carlos Scartascini","doi":"10.1016/J.JBANKFIN.2011.10.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JBANKFIN.2011.10.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":355227,"journal":{"name":"Development Economics eJournal","volume":"271 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"118109311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notice Failure and Notice Externalities","authors":"Peter S. Menell, M. Meurer","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1973171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1973171","url":null,"abstract":"The emergence of intangible resources, such as intellectual property illuminates a previously unrecognized market failure: what we call a “notice externality.” The incentives of those claiming intellectual property diverge from the social interest. Inventors and creators can sometimes benefit from obfuscating the scope of rights and keeping others in the dark about their intellectual property. This article explores the principal causes of notice failure in the development of intangible resources and offers a multifaceted framework for diagnosing, preventing, internalizing, and ameliorating its adverse effects.","PeriodicalId":355227,"journal":{"name":"Development Economics eJournal","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115837297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mainstreaming the Adaptations and Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor Due to Climate Change","authors":"V. Anbumozhi","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1974769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1974769","url":null,"abstract":"Many rural poor people in developing countries depend on agriculture and are highly influenced by climatic change. Adaptation to climate change impacts is increasingly being observed in both physical and ecological systems as well as in human adjustments to resource availability and risk at different spatial and societal scales. This paper reviews some of the options for reducing the vulnerability of the poor through integrated climate change adaptation strategies. The paper explains the climate change effects on agricultural production, adoption experiences in the context of sustainable livelihoods, integration of structural and nonstructural measures, amelioration effects and their costs, and the role of informal institutions in implementation.","PeriodicalId":355227,"journal":{"name":"Development Economics eJournal","volume":"210 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129412019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Political Opinion Polarisation of the Ethiopian Diaspora and Its Impact on FDI and National Development","authors":"Tedla D. Tekle","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.1909888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.1909888","url":null,"abstract":"This small treatise aims to address two distinct, but related, questions about the impact of political polarisation on MDGs flow to Ethiopia. It particularly analyses the topic from a Diaspora point of view.","PeriodicalId":355227,"journal":{"name":"Development Economics eJournal","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121473488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}