Labor markets are increasingly global. Overseas work can enrich households but also split them geographically, with ambiguous net effects on decisions about work, investment, and education. These net effects, and their mechanisms, are poorly understood. This study investigates a policy discontinuity in the Philippines that resulted in quasi-random assignment of temporary, partial-household migration to high-wage jobs in Korea. This allows unusually...
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ПОДРОБНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ
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2012/12/01
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Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики
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WPS6287
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2012/12/01
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Disclosed
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Split decisions : family finance when a policy discontinuity allocates overseas work
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earned income tax credit