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Anti-corruption trainig programs in center and eastern Europe

michael, bryane - EconWPA - 2005

Drawing upon the work of the NISPAcee Working Group on Preventing Corruption in Public Administration, this book reviews the current state of anti-corruption training and education in Central and Eastern Europe. Original data and analysis from anti-corruption trainers and policymakers from over...

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Growth and Convergence across the US: Evidence from County-Level Data

Higgins, Matthew; Levy, Daniel; Young, Andrew - EconWPA - 2005

We use county data with 3,058 observations to study growth and convergence in the US. We assess the effect of 40 conditioning variables on the counties’ balanced growth paths. Using OLS and 3SLS-IV, the later yielding consistent estimates, we report estimates for the full sample and for metro,...

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Stakeholders, Bargaining and Strikes

Manzini, Paola; Ponsati', Clara - EconWPA - 2001

We study bilateral bargaining problems with interested third parties, the stakeholders that enjoy benefits upon a bilateral agreement. We explore the strategic implications of this third party involvement. Our main finding is that the potential willigness of the stake holders to make...

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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 …

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Private bills: a theoretical and empirical study of lobbying

Boylan, Richard - EconWPA - 1998

last 50 years most private bills have dealt with immigration, public opinion of immigration measures the constituency …

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Comparing the “D.V” lottery with the point system: costs, benefits and a superior alternative.

Uwaifo, Ruth - EconWPA - 2005

The diversity visa lottery popularly known as the D.V lottery is a U.S relatively new immigration policy that was … in the U.S. However, from the policy inception, immigration specialists seriously doubted the claimed objective. They … would be probably had to verify. In this paper, we review in details the D.V immigration policy program considering …

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Public pensions and immigration policy when voters are differently skilled

Krieger, Tim - EconWPA - 2004

Although immigration of workers generates a positive externality on members of domestic pension systems, many countries … effects from immigration as well. …

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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 …

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The Earnings of US immigrants

Jasso, Guillermina; Rosensweig, Mark; Smith, James P. - EconWPA - 2003

Using a new survey of legal immigrants to the United States, the authors develop and test a model of the determinants of skill selectivity of those migrants

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Effects of Business Cycles on Labour Market Assimilation of Immigrants

Aydemir, Abdurrahman - EconWPA - 2003

This study addresses the effects of macroeconomic conditions on the labour market outcomes of immigrants. It simultaneously identifies the separate effects of macro conditions at the time of entry to the labour market and at the time of the survey, while allowing for cohort effects. Also, for...

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