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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556413
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125631
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125690
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Family background and schooling outcomes before and during the transition - Evidence from the Baltic countries
Hazans, Mihails; Rastrigina, Olga; Trapeznikova, Ija - EconWPA - 2005
Parental education is found to have a strong positive effect on propensity to enroll in and complete secondary and tertiary education, both in Soviet times and during transition, but mother’s education effect have been weakening. A human capital gap between titular ethnicities and Russian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556778
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Apparent Solow- and Solow-like Technological Residuals and the Economic Performance of U.S. Native American Economies
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich - EconWPA - 2004
This paper decomposes the large regression residuals of income across 84 U.S. Native American economies (USNAEs) into Solow and Solow-like parts. Decomposition is accomplished algebraically. The calculations find a weak to negative correlation between income and Solow residuals, and a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118791
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Shared Legacies, Disparate Outcomes: Why American South Border Cities Turned the Tables on Crime and Their Mexican Sisters Did Not
Albuquerque, Pedro H. - EconWPA - 2005
The article evaluates crime trends in south border American and Mexican sister cities using panel data analysis. The region offers a unique assessment opportunity since cities are characterized by shared cultural and historical legacies, institutional heterogeneity, and disparate crime outcomes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412508
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Staying Competitive in the High-tech Global Economy: Another Look at the H-1B Visa
Cynamon, Barry - EconWPA - 2001
This paper addresses a specific suggestion for immigration reform—that we must seek skilled immigrants—by examining … support for a move to unlimited H-1B visa issuance. Great care is taken to include up to date media coverage as immigration … immigration and then reviews the current landscape of U.S. immigration and the H-1B visa market, showing the strong moral and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408048
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Treading Water in the High-tech Global Economy: An Investigation of United States Immigration Policy with an Eye on the H-1B Visa
Cynamon, Barry Z. - EconWPA - 2001
This paper addresses objections to immigration on the basis of their skill level—examining the historical results of … United States immigration policy in an effort to support a move to unlimited H-1B visa issuance. Great care is taken to … include up to date media coverage as immigration policy is greatly affected by public opinion. Not only does an historical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556501
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Women, Microfinance, and Savings: Lessons and Proposals
Vonderlack, Rebecca; Schreiner, Mark - EconWPA - 2001
Microfinance—both credit and savings—has potential to improve the well- being of poor women in developing countries. This paper explores practical ways to achieve that potential. Based on lessons from informal saving mechanisms that women already use, the paper proposes two savings services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062414
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Gender Inequality in a Globalizing World
Seguino, Stephanie - EconWPA - 2005
effects on growth and well- being, and has done little to promote greater gender equality. This paper argues that the example … growth was rapid, it was not enough to produce greater gender equality. A concentration of women in mobile export industries … that face severe competition from other low-wage countries reduces their bargaining power and inhibits closure of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412981