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AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENT: A GENERAL OUTLINE OF A WESTERN EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN LINKAGE
salvary, stanley c. w. - EconWPA - 2005
It is recognized that the usefulness of accounting infor mation is contingent upon its (1) neutrality, (2) relevancy, and (3) reliability. Given that all socio-economic systems are comprised of participants and institutions, it would seem that the attainment of those three qualities is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134985
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556784
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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 … particular geographical locations. We compare the mobility of Mâori in particular locations to the mobility of similar Europeans … impediment to mobility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556799
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Population Growth in European Cities: weather matters – but only nationally
Cheshire, Paul; Magrini, Stefano - EconWPA - 2005
between 1980 and 2000. The US model which assumes perfect factor mobility does not seem well adapted to European conditions …. There is evidence strongly suggesting that equilibrating migration flows between cities in different countries are highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119045
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Subsidios de Educación: Impacto en la Migración y Convergencia Regional.
Duran, Gonzalo - EconWPA - 2005
: During the last couple of decades, the migratory movements in Chile have been minimum, regions are far from achieving match in the per capíta income, situation that would give persistence to the regional inequity. According to studies, in 52 years, half of the gap between a rich and a poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125980
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119455
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Unequal Access to Foreign Spaces: How States Use Visa Restrictions to Regulate Mobility in a Globalised World
Neumayer, Eric - EconWPA - 2005
foreign spaces, reinforcing existing inequalities. Trans- national mobility is encouraged for passport holders from privileged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408301
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Educational mismatch of disadvantaged groups in the labour
Blázquez, Maite; Malo, Miguel Angle - EconWPA - 2004
mismatch in a broad sense towards a better match, and a higher probability of employment mobility towards inactivity or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408314
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Workplace location and travel effects from teleworking
Lim, H.N. - EconWPA - 2002
the Netherlands, policy makers have a long-standing interest in telework as a means to reduce mobility and consequently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408329
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Alliances and Negotiations
MAnzini, Paola; Mariotti, Marco - EconWPA - 2000
A characteristic of many bargaining situations is that the negotiators represents the interests of a set of parties (trade unions, political parties, etc.) with composite interests, whose bargaining behaviour is regulated by some collective decision mechanism. In this paper we provide a natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005550932