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European migration, national origin and long-term economic development in the US

Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; von Berlepsch, Viola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Have Irish, German or Italian settlers arriving in the US at the turn of the 20th century left an institutional trace which determines economic development differences to this day? Does the national origin of migrants matter for long-term development? This paper explores whether the distinct...

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‘Dying from’ to ‘living with’: Framing institutions and the coping processes of African American women living with HIV/AIDS

Watkins-Hayes, Celeste; Pittman-Gay, LaShawnDa; Beaman, Jean - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 12, pp. 2028-2036

American women beginning in 2005, we reveal how and why interactions with non-profit and government institutions help to … institutions’ shape the form and tenor of coping trajectories by offering initial information about one's HIV status, a conceptual … institutions not only play a critical part in helping women cope with HIV but also renegotiate their self-conceptions as black …

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How foreign direct investment promote institutional quality: Evidence from Vietnam

Dang, Duc Anh - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (2013) 4, pp. 1054-1072

joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), I find that variations in economic institutions across the provinces of Vietnam … that the direction of influence is from greater foreign investment to better institutions. These results hold after … controlling for various additional covariates, and are also robust to various alternative measures of institutions. I also find …

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Attitudes and beliefs related to HIV/AIDS in urban religious congregations: Barriers and opportunities for HIV-related interventions

Bluthenthal, Ricky N.; Palar, Kartika; Mendel, Peter; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 10, pp. 1520-1527

HIV-related stigmas have been seen as a barrier to greater religious congregation involvement in HIV prevention and care in the United States and elsewhere. We explored congregational and community norms and attitudes regarding HIV, sexuality, and drug use through a qualitative case study of 14...

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Maternal religious attendance and low birth weight

Burdette, Amy M.; Weeks, Janet; Hill, Terrence D.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 12, pp. 1961-1967

We use data from the U.S. Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study to test whether maternal religious attendance is protective against low birth weight. Building on previous research, we also consider the mediating influence of mental health, cigarette use, alcohol use, illicit drug use, poor...

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Amish enterprise: the collective power of ethnic entrepreneurship

Kraybill, Donald B.; Nolt, Steven M.; Wesner, Erik J. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 3-20

This paper examines how Amish communities build and sustain enterprises that produce and/or sell goods to both ethnic and non-ethnic markets. Based on qualitative research including interviews with 161 Amish entrepreneurs in 23 communities in the USA, the authors develop a transformative model...

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The church in place and space: the case of the Springfield diocese

Formosi, Michael; Kotval, Zenia; Mullin, John - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 386-396

places and are also important to city and town planners. Many of our older institutions are shifting from their long time …

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The ethics of future business leaders: a cross-cultural comparison

Elkin, Graham; King, Stuart - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 1 (2009) 3, pp. 263-276

Undergraduate students in general and business students in particular are the future leaders of both private and public corporations. To anticipate their future behaviour and to develop ideas about undergraduate business education, an understanding of student attitudes towards business ethics is...

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The green economy and job creation: inclusion of people with disabilities in the USA

Bruyère, Susanne; Filiberto, David - In: International Journal of Green Economics 7 (2013) 3, pp. 257-275

The percentage of total employment associated with green goods and services has increased in the USA over the past several years, presenting employment opportunities in a number of related emerging fields. As employment options arise to provide green goods and services, people with disabilities...

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Interdependence of fiscal decentralisation and economic development: a vector autoregression analysis

Shamsub, Hannarong; Mehanna, Rock-Antoine - In: Global Business and Economics Review 7 (2005) 2/3, pp. 262-277

This empirical study investigates the relationship between local fiscal decentralisation and economic development among all US states from 1977 through 1997 by employing a vector autoregression (VAR) model. While past literature focused on a one way relationship between fiscal decentralisation...

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