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Data on the growth performances of countries with similar comparative (dis)advantage and political institutions reveal a striking variation across world regions. While some former autocracies such as the East Asian growth miracles have done remarkably well, others such as the Latin American...
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participation in SNSs such as Facebook and Twitter has a positive effect on face-to-face interactions. However, social trust …
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In this paper we study theoretically and empirically the role of the interaction between skilled migration and …
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We analyse whether migration is an adaptation that households employ to cope with climate in Ghana and Nigeria. If … migration is part of the present adaptation portfolio of households in developing countries, it is reasonable to expect that it … generated by General Circulation model reveal that, ceteris paribus, migration may decline in Ghana and in Nigeria. …
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Ghana, like the rest of West Africa is experiencing tremendous human migration both internally and across international … boundaries. Rural-urban migration has assumed uncontrollable dimensions in the sub-region and the social consequences have become …
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migration. This paper addresses this gap, using microeconomic data for more than 100,000 individuals living in the European …
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Option Theory, investigates the roots of the migration dynamics. In the model the decision to migrate of each individual … observable "jumps" in the migration flows and to describe how the trigger for entry can change depending on the dimension of the …
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We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a dynamic model of endogenous urban growth with two sectors of production. Production exhibits increasing returns to scale on aggregate. Urban environmental pollution, as a force that discourages agglomeration, is caused by domestic...
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economically vibrant state with Baroda as its pride. Employment opportunities attracted fresh migration to the city. Despite … of an unbelievabld dimension broke out between Hindus and Muslims. This was not a conflict arising out of migration of …
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International tourism is increasingly viewed as one of the best opportunities for a sustainable economic and social development of developing countries. There is also an increasing concern from public policy makers as to whether mass tourism coastal resorts can play a catalytic role in the...
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