HiCN Working Papers Series
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High-Skilled Migration from Myanmar: Responses to Signals of Political and Economic Stabilization
Yashodhan Ghorpade, Muhammad Saad Imtiaz and Theingie Han
In recent years Myanmar has witnessed considerable economic and political instability, leading many young people, particularly the higher-skilled, to consider migrating abroad for improved prospects. […]
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Yashodhan Ghorpade, Muhammad Saad Imtiaz
We examine the relationship between violent conflict and the willingness of potential migrants to accept lower skilled work (occupational downgrading). We develop a theoretical model […]
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Extending a Lifeline or Cutting Losses? Conflict and Household Receipts of Remittances in Pakistan
I examine the causal effects of long-term exposure to conflict, measured at the micro level, onhouseholds’ receipt of remittances. Using IV estimation to overcome the […]
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Calamity, Conflict and Cash Transfers: How Violence Affects Access to Aid in Pakistan
I examine how prior exposure to conflict affected household-level access to cash transfer programmes in the aftermath of the massive 2010 floods in Pakistan. Using […]
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Can Rigorous Impact Evaluations Improve Humanitarian Assistance?
Yashodhan Ghorpade, Tilman Brück, Jyotsna Puri Anastasia Aladysheva Vegard Iversen
Abstract: Despite the widespread occurrence of humanitarian emergencies such as epidemics, earthquakes, droughts, floods and violent conflict and despite the significant financial resources devoted to […]
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This paper attempts to examine the broad theoretical and empirical literature on how poor households respond to shocks to their incomes and livelihoods brought upon […]