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Ganesh K. Seshan

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First Name:Ganesh
Middle Name:K.
Last Name:Seshan
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RePEc Short-ID:pse471
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World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
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Working papers

  1. Seshan,Ganesh Kumar & Zubrickas,Robertas, 2015. "Asymmetric information about migrant earnings and remittance flows," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7368, The World Bank.
  2. Ganesh Seshan & Dean Yang, 2014. "Motivating Migrants: A Field Experiment on Financial Decision-Making in Transnational Households," NBER Working Papers 19805, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Alexis Antoniades & Ganesh Seshan & Roberto A. Weber & Robertas Zubrickas, 2013. "On altruism and remittances," ECON - Working Papers 131, Department of Economics - University of Zurich.
  4. Anos Casero, Paloma & Seshan, Ganesh, 2006. "Public-private sector wage differentials and returns to education in Djibouti," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3923, The World Bank.
  5. Anos Casero, Paloma & Seshan, Ganesh, 2006. "Fiscal and social impact of a nominal exchange rate devaluation in Djibouti," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4028, The World Bank.
  6. Seshan, Ganesh, 2005. "The impact of trade liberalization on household welfare in vietnam," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3541, The World Bank.

Articles

  1. Alexis Antoniades & Ganesh Seshan & Roberto Weber & Robertas Zubrickas, 2018. "Does altruism matter for remittances?," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 70(1), pages 225-242.
  2. Ganesh Seshan & Robertas Zubrickas, 2017. "Asymmetric Information about Migrant Earnings and Remittance Flows," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 31(1), pages 24-43.
  3. Ganesh K. Seshan, 2014. "The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Household Welfare in a Developing Country with Imperfect Labour Markets," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(2), pages 226-243, February.
  4. Seshan, Ganesh & Yang, Dean, 2014. "Motivating migrants: A field experiment on financial decision-making in transnational households," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 119-127.
  5. Ganesh K. Seshan, 2013. "Public-Private-Sector Employment Decisions and Wage Differentials in Peninsular Malaysia," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(S5), pages 163-179, November.
  6. Seshan Ganesh K., 2012. "Does More Time Spent Calling Home Correlate with Higher Remittances? Evidence from Migrants in the State of Qatar," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 12(1), pages 1-23, September.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Seshan,Ganesh Kumar & Zubrickas,Robertas, 2015. "Asymmetric information about migrant earnings and remittance flows," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7368, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Thanos Mergoupis & Robertas Zubrickas, 2024. "Work experience, information revelation, and study effort," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 76(2), pages 495-513.
    2. Gaia Narciso & Catia Batista, 2014. "Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment," 2014 Meeting Papers 524, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    3. Carolina Alban Conto, 2021. "Does Distance-Driven Information Asymmetry Affect Private Income Transfers? Theory and Evidence From Colombia," Working Papers hal-03192955, HAL.
    4. Kazianga, Harounan & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2018. "Will Urban Migrants Formally Insure their Rural Relatives? Family Networks and Rainfall Index Insurance in Burkina Faso," GLO Discussion Paper Series 194, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    5. Thomas Joseph & Yaw Nyarko & Shing-Yi Wang, 2015. "Asymmetric Information and Remittances: Evidence from Matched Administrative Data," NBER Working Papers 20986, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    6. De Arcangelis, Giuseppe & Fertig, Alexander & Liang, Yuna & Srouji, Peter & Yang, Dean, 2023. "Measuring remittances," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    7. Joachim De Weerdt & Garance Genicot & Alice Mesnard, 2019. "Asymmetry of Information within Family Networks," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 54(1), pages 225-254.
    8. Kate Ambler & Susan Godlonton, 2020. "Information Asymmetries and Remittance Recipient Income: A Field Experiment in Malawi," Department of Economics Working Papers 2020-12, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    9. Mobarak, Ahmed & Sharif, Iffath & Shrestha, Maheshwor, 2021. "Returns to International Migration: Evidence from a Bangladesh-Malaysia Visa Lottery," CEPR Discussion Papers 15990, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    10. Murard, Elie, 2016. "Consumption and Leisure: The Welfare Impact of Migration on Family Left Behind," IZA Discussion Papers 10305, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    11. Giuseppe Arcangelis & Majlinda Joxhe, 2021. "Intra-household allocation with shared expenditure choices: experimental evidence from Filipino migrants," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 1245-1274, December.
    12. Kaufmann, Marc & Machado, Joël & Verheyden, Bertrand, 2021. "Why Do Migrants Stay Unexpectedly? Misperceptions and Implications for Integration," IZA Discussion Papers 14155, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    13. Ur Rehman, Obeid, 2023. "Spousal communication and information sharing: Evidence from migrants and their spouses," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).
    14. Yalei Zhai & Hisaki Kono, 2021. "The poor receive less: Remittance behaviour of female migrants in Myanmar," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(5), pages 910-926, July.

  2. Ganesh Seshan & Dean Yang, 2014. "Motivating Migrants: A Field Experiment on Financial Decision-Making in Transnational Households," NBER Working Papers 19805, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Ambler, Kate, 2015. "Don't tell on me: Experimental evidence of asymmetric information in transnational households," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 52-69.
    2. Tim Kaiser & Annamaria Lusardi, 2024. "Financial Literacy and Financial Education: An Overview," NBER Working Papers 32355, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Pierre Bachas & Paul Gertler & Sean Higgins & Enrique Seira, 2017. "How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More," NBER Working Papers 23252, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Barsbai, Toman & Bartos, Vojtech & Licuanan, Victoria S. & Steinmayr, Andreas & Tiongson, Erwin R. & Yang, Dean, 2022. "Picture this: Social distance and the mistreatment of migrant workers," Kiel Working Papers 2237, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    5. Michael Clemens, 2017. "Testing for Repugnance in Economic Transactions: Evidence from Guest Work in the Gulf," Working Papers 463, Center for Global Development.
    6. Doi, Yoko & McKenzie, David & Zia, Bilal, 2014. "Who you train matters: Identifying combined effects of financial education on migrant households," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 39-55.
    7. Melissa Siegel, 2017. "Commentaires sur « Des politiques migratoires pour promouvoir le développement »," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 25(1), pages 97-103.
    8. Entorf, Horst & Hou, Jia, 2018. "Financial education for the disadvantaged? A review," SAFE Working Paper Series 205, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE.
    9. Kaiser, Tim & Menkhoff, Lukas, 2017. "Does Financial Education Impact Financial Literacy and Financial Behavior, and if so, When?," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 37, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
    10. De Arcangelis, Giuseppe & Fertig, Alexander & Liang, Yuna & Srouji, Peter & Yang, Dean, 2023. "Measuring remittances," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    11. Galiani, Sebastian & Gertler, Paul & Navajas-Ahumada, Camila, 2022. "Trust and saving in financial institutions by the poor," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
    12. Molina Millán, Teresa & Macours, Karen, 2017. "Attrition in Randomized Control Trials: Using Tracking Information to Correct Bias," IZA Discussion Papers 10711, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    13. Nocito, Samuel & Venturini, Alessandra, 2024. "Inter-Institutional Cooperation and Migrants' Financial Education: An Italian Case Study," IZA Discussion Papers 17214, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    14. Mckenzie,David J. & Mohpal,Aakash & Yang,Dean, 2021. "Aspirations and Financial Decisions : Experimental Evidence from the Philippines," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9586, The World Bank.
    15. Tim Kaiser & Annamaria Lusardi & Lukas Menkhoff & Carly Urban, 2020. "Financial Education Affects Financial Knowledge and Downstream Behaviors," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1864, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    16. Dean Yang & David McKenzie, 2016. "Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration," Working Papers id:10999, eSocialSciences.
    17. Bruhn, Miriam & Lara Ibarra, Gabriel & McKenzie, David, 2014. "The minimal impact of a large-scale financial education program in Mexico City," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 184-189.
    18. Barua, Rashmi & Shastry, Gauri Kartini & Yang, Dean, 2020. "Financial education for female foreign domestic workers in Singapore," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    19. Martin Paul Jr. Tabe‐Ojong & Thomas Heckelei & Sebastian Rasch, 2023. "Aspirations and investments in livestock: Evidence of aspiration failure in Kenya," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 54(5), pages 674-696, September.
    20. Skotnicka, Magdalena & Karwowska, Kaja & Śmiechowska, Maria, 2018. "The Problem of Food Waste in Different Types of Households on the Example of the Residents of Poland and Polish People Residing in the United Kingdom – Pilot Study," Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, vol. 18(33, Part ), September.
    21. Samuel Nocito & Alessandra Venturini, 2022. "Does Cooperation among Institutions Foster Migrants Inclusion? Evidence from a Case-Study on Financial Literacy in Italy," Working Papers 10/22, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
    22. Ur Rehman, Obeid, 2023. "Spousal communication and information sharing: Evidence from migrants and their spouses," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 165(C).
    23. Ambler, Kate & Jones, Kelly M. & O’Sullivan, Michael, 2021. "Increasing Women's Empowerment: Implications for Family Welfare," IZA Discussion Papers 14861, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    24. Azevedo, Viviane & Lafortune, Jeanne & Olarte, Liliana & Tessada, José, 2024. "Personalizing or reminding? How to better incentivize savings among underbanked individuals," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 222(C), pages 25-63.

  3. Anos Casero, Paloma & Seshan, Ganesh, 2006. "Public-private sector wage differentials and returns to education in Djibouti," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3923, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Coppola, Andrea & Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar, 2011. "Higher wages, lower pay : public vs. private sector compensation in Peru," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5858, The World Bank.
    2. Bold, Tessa & Barton, Nicholas & Sandefur, Justin, 2017. "Measuring Rents from Public Employment: Regression discontinuity evidence from Kenya," CEPR Discussion Papers 12105, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Nicholas Barton & Tessa Bold & Justin Sandefur, 2017. "Measuring Rents from Public Employment: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Kenya - Working Paper 457," Working Papers 457, Center for Global Development.
    4. Ning, Guangjie, 2010. "Can educational expansion improve income inequality? Evidences from the CHNS 1997 and 2006 data," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 34(4), pages 397-412, December.

  4. Seshan, Ganesh, 2005. "The impact of trade liberalization on household welfare in vietnam," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3541, The World Bank.

    Cited by:

    1. Bakhshoodeh, M., 2010. "Impacts of world prices transmission to domestic rice markets in rural Iran," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(1), pages 12-19, February.
    2. Muriithi, Beatrice W. & Matz, Julia Anna, 2015. "Welfare effects of vegetable commercialization: Evidence from smallholder producers in Kenya," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 80-91.
    3. Cuong Viet Nguyen, 2009. "Does production of traded agricultural products help poverty reduction? evidence from Vietnam," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 29(2), pages 726-735.
    4. Nguyen, Anh & Jones, Nicola, 2006. "Vietnam’s Trade Liberalisation: Potential Impacts on Child Well-being," MPRA Paper 1385, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Klytchnikova, Irina & Diop, Ndiame, 2006. "Trade reforms, farm productivity, and poverty in Bangladesh," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3980, The World Bank.
    6. Le, Minh Son, 2014. "Trade openness and household welfare within a country: A microeconomic analysis of Vietnamese households," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 33(C), pages 56-70.
    7. Mohammad Bakhshoodeh, 2008. "Impacts of World Prices Transmission to Domestic Markets and Welfare of Marginal Households: An Empirical Application to Rice in Iran," Working Papers 399, Economic Research Forum, revised 03 Jan 2008.
    8. Vincent Leyaro & Oliver Morrissey & Trudy Owens, 2010. "Food Price Changes and Consumer Welfare in Tanzania 1991 – 2007," Discussion Papers 10/01, University of Nottingham, CREDIT.
    9. Viet Cuong, Nguyen, 2011. "Does Agriculture Help Poverty and Inequality Reduction? Evidence from Vietnam," Agricultural Economics Review, Greek Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 11(1), pages 1-13, February.

Articles

  1. Alexis Antoniades & Ganesh Seshan & Roberto Weber & Robertas Zubrickas, 2018. "Does altruism matter for remittances?," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 70(1), pages 225-242.

    Cited by:

    1. Thanos Mergoupis & Robertas Zubrickas, 2024. "Work experience, information revelation, and study effort," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 76(2), pages 495-513.
    2. Farid Makhlouf & Refk Selmi, 2021. "The role of remittances in times of socio-political unrest: Evidence from Tunisia," Working Papers hal-03263815, HAL.
    3. Abbas, Shujaat, 2020. "Impact of oil prices on remittances to Pakistan from GCC countries: evidence from panel asymmetric analysis," MPRA Paper 107246, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Gorny, Paul M. & Groos, Eva & Strobel, Christina, 2024. "Do Personalized AI Predictions Change Subsequent Decision-Outcomes? The Impact of Human Oversight," MPRA Paper 121065, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Alessio Ciarlone, 2023. "Remittances in times of crisis: evidence from Italian corridors," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 1402, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    6. Yalei Zhai & Hisaki Kono, 2021. "The poor receive less: Remittance behaviour of female migrants in Myanmar," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(5), pages 910-926, July.

  2. Ganesh Seshan & Robertas Zubrickas, 2017. "Asymmetric Information about Migrant Earnings and Remittance Flows," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 31(1), pages 24-43.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Ganesh K. Seshan, 2014. "The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Household Welfare in a Developing Country with Imperfect Labour Markets," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(2), pages 226-243, February.

    Cited by:

    1. Mitra, Devashish, 2019. "Responses to Trade Opening: Evidence and Lessons from Asia," ADBI Working Papers 913, Asian Development Bank Institute.
    2. Brummund, Peter & Merfeld, Joshua D., 2021. "Should Farmers Farm More? Comparing Marginal Products within Malawian Households," IZA Discussion Papers 14703, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Han, Jun & Liu, Runjuan & Ural Marchand, Beyza & Zhang, Junsen, 2013. "Market Structure, Imperfect Tariff Pass-Through, and Household Welfare in Urban China," Working Papers 2013-11, University of Alberta, Department of Economics, revised 01 Feb 2016.
    4. Thang T. Vo & Dinh X. Nguyen, 2021. "Impact of Trade Liberalization on Household Welfare: An Analysis Using Household Exposure-to-Trade Indices," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 153(2), pages 503-531, January.

  4. Seshan, Ganesh & Yang, Dean, 2014. "Motivating migrants: A field experiment on financial decision-making in transnational households," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 119-127.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  5. Ganesh K. Seshan, 2013. "Public-Private-Sector Employment Decisions and Wage Differentials in Peninsular Malaysia," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(S5), pages 163-179, November.

    Cited by:

    1. Ismail, Rahmah & Wye, Chung Khain & Mohd Palel, Nur Sabrina, 2017. "Analysis of Glass Ceiling and Sticky Floor Effects for Gender Wage Gap in Malaysian Labour Market," Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, vol. 51(2), pages 131-142.
    2. Bold, Tessa & Barton, Nicholas & Sandefur, Justin, 2017. "Measuring Rents from Public Employment: Regression discontinuity evidence from Kenya," CEPR Discussion Papers 12105, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Cuberes, David & Schmillen, Achim & Teignier, Marc, 2023. "The aggregate gains of eliminating gender and ethnic gaps in the Malaysian labor market," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
    4. Nicholas Barton & Tessa Bold & Justin Sandefur, 2017. "Measuring Rents from Public Employment: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Kenya - Working Paper 457," Working Papers 457, Center for Global Development.

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  1. NEP-DEV: Development (3) 2005-12-14 2006-05-27 2006-10-14
  2. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (3) 2013-10-25 2014-01-24 2015-07-25
  3. NEP-AFR: Africa (2) 2006-05-27 2006-10-14
  4. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (2) 2013-10-25 2014-01-24
  5. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (2) 2006-05-27 2006-10-14
  6. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (1) 2005-12-14
  7. NEP-CBE: Cognitive and Behavioural Economics (1) 2013-10-25
  8. NEP-EDU: Education (1) 2006-05-27
  9. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (1) 2013-10-25
  10. NEP-INT: International Trade (1) 2005-12-14
  11. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2006-05-27
  12. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2006-10-14
  13. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (1) 2013-10-25

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