الوثائق والتقارير
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The impacts of international migration on remaining household members : omnibus results from a migration lottery program (الإنجليزية)
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...
نوع الوثيقة: مذكرة موجزة رقم التقرير: 81506 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2013/08/14 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: 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 ? (الإنجليزية)
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...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات رقم التقرير: WPS6372 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2013/02/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Beegle,Kathleen G.,De Weerdt,Joachim,Friedman,Jed,Gibson,John David
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The impact of financial literacy training for migrants (الإنجليزية)
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...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات رقم التقرير: WPS6073 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2012/05/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: 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 (الإنجليزية)
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...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل رقم التقرير: 94664 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2010/03/30 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: 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 ? (الإنجليزية)
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...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات رقم التقرير: WPS4698 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2008/08/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: 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 (الإنجليزية)
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...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات رقم التقرير: WPS4195 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2007/04/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: 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 ? (الإنجليزية)
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...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات رقم التقرير: WPS4141 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2007/03/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Gibson,John David,Mckenzie,David J.,Stillman,Steven Eric
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The World Bank economic review 19 (1) (الإنجليزية)
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...
نوع الوثيقة: المطبوعات رقم التقرير: 38876 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2005/01/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: 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.