Past researchers, examining the duration of joblessness, have failed to include a variable to account for the unemployed's migration decision. By employing a simultaneous structure with a censored dependent variable and an endogenous binary migration variable, the present study demonstrates that...

As the Chinese economy has rapidly grown in recent years, more expatriates are also attracted back to China. When one returns, he is called a “Haigui” (i.e., “Sea Turtle” or a returnee from overseas), denoting a person with valuable advanced knowledge and skills from overseas. However,...

Results from this study suggest that states. in order to encourage new business formation and to compensate for unfavorable economic conditions, have budgeted more funds to support economic development agency activities. It is concluded that past studies, by failing to control for state economic...

Housing stock is one of the most important components of household wealth in the U.S. Public policy has vigorously promoted home ownership based on the belief that it strengthens the individual's commitment and contribution to the community. Yet it is possible that this social goal generates...

This study focuses government sourcing decisions in Nebraska, including the benefits and costs of government performance (insourcing) versus contracting with the private sector (outsourcing). The study generally concludes that government insourcing is likely to increase taxpayer costs and...

This article examines the relationship between casino gambling and bankruptcy rates in U.S. counties using a panel of UlS. county-level data from 1990-2005. We contribute to the literature in several ways, perhaps most notably by examining the possibility that the effect of a casino on...