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The Geographical Mobility of Mâori in New Zealand

Sin, Isabelle; Stillman, Steven - EconWPA - 2005

This paper describes the geographical location and internal mobility of the Mâori ethnic group in New Zealand between 1991 and 2001. It is often suggested that Mâori are less mobile than other ethnic groups because of attachment to particular geographical locations. We compare the mobility of...

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IMMIGRANTS IN SPAIN: SKILLS ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT. A REGIONAL STUDY.

Díaz-Emparanza, Ignacio; Espinosa, Alexandra M. - EconWPA - 2001

The consequences of international migration for development in countries of origin and destination remain hotly debated … (attending a school), if the immigration police only authorizes very short migration. …

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A double gender-family inequality phenomenon in the international mobility of young researchers

Moguérou, Philippe - EconWPA - 2004

In this paper, we raise the question of gender differences in the geographic mobility of young researchers. We try to answer to three main questions regarding the international mobility of young researchers during the post-doc period: Are there differences among genders? Does “family” have...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556413

Moving to Jobs?

Maré, Dave; Timmins, Jason - EconWPA - 2003

and migration flows to gauge the strength of the relationship and the stability of the relationship over the business … strongly related to that region's fortunes. We also find that migration flows to the metropolitan regions of Auckland …

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Migration, Labor Market Flexibility, and Wage Determination in China: A Review

Zhao, Zhong - EconWPA - 2005

This paper reviews economic studies on rural-urban migration issues in China. The paper focuses on four issues: the … household registration system in China, the proﬁle of the migrants, explanations for rural-to-urban migration, and the … interaction between migration and labor market evolution, with special reference to labor market segregation, labor market …

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Macroeconomic Determinants of Workers’ Remittances: Host vs. Home Country’s Economic Conditions

Vargas-Silva, Carlos; Huang, Peng - EconWPA - 2005

This study examines the determinants of worker’s remittances. Variance decompositions, impulse response functions and Granger causality tests derived from a vector error correction model are used to test if remittances are affected by the macroeconomic conditions of the host (remittance...

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Human Capital: Infrastructural and Superstructural Constraints to Economic Performance across U.S. Native American Reservations and Trust Lands

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004

The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance, rather than on resources and resource productivity, has uncovered important questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to economic performance, then what explains observed...

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Economic Performance in a Cross-Section of U.S. Native American Economies

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004

Institutions either promote or constrain economic performance, but which parts of institutions advance or restrict performance, and why do economies sharing similar institutions sometimes perform differently? This paper is a modest attempt at addressing a small part of these questions. It...

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Mâori Incomes:Investigating Differences Between Iwi

Sin, Isabelle; Maré, David C - EconWPA - 2005

This paper investigates several factors that may be important for improving Mâori outcomes, and the extent to which their importance varies by iwi. Specifically, it examines the extent to which controlling for differences in characteristics of the European population and the populations of...

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DO LOWER EXPECTED WAGE BENEFITS EXPLAIN ETHNIC GAPS IN JOB- RELATED TRAINING? EVIDENCE FROM NEW ZEALAND

Gibson, John - EconWPA - 2003

Many studies show that individuals from ethnic minority groups receive low levels of job-related training, raising the question of whether lower expected wage benefits contribute to this lack of training. In this paper, unit record data are used to examine the effect of job- related training on...

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