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Navigating Progress: The Role Of State Capacity In Shaping China’S Internal Migration Dynamic, Yuzhu Zeng
Navigating Progress: The Role Of State Capacity In Shaping China’S Internal Migration Dynamic, Yuzhu Zeng
CGU Theses & Dissertations
Migration is an important demographic phenomenon, especially domestic migration in an open society driven by opportunities in China after the 1970s. With the surge of internal migration, regional development disparities have widened. This study aims to examine migration flows within the subnational framework in China. Mainstream theories of migration argue that economic push/pull factors affect migration flow. I propose that state capacity and citizen registration policy are also essential components and make substantial differences in population migration. State capacity in this research is defined as the government’s capacity to extract resources via taxation to implement desired policy, revealing the effectiveness …
The Impact Of Education On Reducing Poverty In South Asia, Rooppreet Kaur Sohal-Bagri
The Impact Of Education On Reducing Poverty In South Asia, Rooppreet Kaur Sohal-Bagri
CGU Theses & Dissertations
This dissertation examines the relationship between primary, secondary education attainment and poverty in South Asia. The countries of examination include India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, and Maldives. The primary function of this research is to determine if primary and secondary education attainment of peoples has an impact on being associated with reducing poverty. To accomplish and to test this goal, I have used fixed effects regression analysis to examine the following research questions: Does education expansion (primary, secondary) reduce poverty in South Asia? Does education expansion (primary, secondary) reduce poverty for women in South Asia? This first …