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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 Promises and Perils of Agent-Based Computational Economics
Richiardi, Matteo - EconWPA - 2004
In this paper I analyse the main strengths and weaknesses of agent-based computational models. I first describe how agent-based simulations can complement more traditional modelling techniques. Then, I rationalise the main theoretical critiques against the use of simulation, which point to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125044
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Information Structure and Behaviour of a Textile Industrial District
Fioretti, Guido - EconWPA - 2002
This article presents a model of the structure of the information flows that underlie the creation of production chains between thousands of small textile firms located in Prato, central Italy. Contrary to most textile industry of western Europe and north America, Prato did not die out once...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556226
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Las regiones europeas: una tipología basada en técnicas multivariantes
Bárbara, Díaz; Eugenia, Cruces; Antonio, Morillas - EconWPA - 2005
En este trabajo se utiliza la información estadística referente a los indicadores regionales, suministrada por Eurostat, para elaborar una clasificación y caracterizar el espacio socioeconómico europeo en base a los mencionados indicadores, que, como se sabe, se refieren básicamente a datos...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119024
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Recent Trends in Border Economics
Jr, Thomas M Fullerton - EconWPA - 2004
Greater cross-border economic integration in many regions has caused the field of border economics to expand rapidly. It has also occurred as a consequence of growing recognition of the necessity to examine economic phenomena within the unique contexts imposed by geo-political market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119042
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Lesotho: Will the Enclave Empty?
cobbe, james - EconWPA - 2004
This is a brief and largely descriptive summary of migration flows in and out of Lesotho, and trends therein over tha …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005555999
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Internal Migration and Borrowing Constraints: Evidence from Peru
Laszlo, Sonia; Santor, Eric - EconWPA - 2004
that there are gains to be made from migration: ceteris paribus, migrants are expected to earn more than non …-migrants (Todaro, 1989). This paper utilizes a rich data set from Peru to assess the determinants of migration. We find that, when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556041
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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
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556783
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556799