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Among Southern New England immigrants, the largest populations are from Portugal and Canada (each with about 100 …
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character. Who are the region's immigrants? Where do they live? How are they doing? An analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of …
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portrait of New England’s immigrants. It is the latest in a series of publications from the Center on the movement of people … the region’s immigrants, and explores how these have changed in recent decades. It then describes the demographic … immigrants’ socioeconomic status and reliance on public assistance as well as their civic contributions. Throughout the report …
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. Counteracting these trends, however, is the continued influx of immigrants from abroad. As a result, foreign-born residents play an …
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This paper examines the potential causes of the subprime loan crisis and discusses its impact in the United States. The root causes of the crisis include unethical practices by brokers and lenders, a lack of corrective action by credit rating agencies, lax regulation by the Federal Government of...
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The New England fishing industry is presented in detail including an historical review, a discussion of current difficulties, and an examination of the public policy dilemma between resource conservation and industry promotion. Continuing efforts to revitalize the United States fishing industry...
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In 1973, the New England Fishery Development Program (NEFDP), an industry/government partnership was formed to offset a portion of the economic decline of the New England fishing industry while encouraging the development of underutilized species and nontraditional fishery products. The purpose...
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Most states have exhausted their unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund and borrowed from the federal government at least once during the past 35 years. Under such circumstances, states are required by law to raise UI taxes to replenish their trust funds and to pay off their debts to the federal...
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This study examines the impact of the determinants of new firm formation in New England at the county level from 1999 to 2009. Based on the Spatial Durbin panel model that accounts for spillover effects, it is found that population density and human capital positively affect single-unit firm...
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