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United Arab Emirates : migrant women in the United Arab Emirates: the case of female domestic workers

Sabban, Rima - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002

Presents an overview of the situation of foreign female domestic workers and reviews the legislative framework, government policy and private initiatives to protect their rights.

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Working conditions of Pakistani migrant workers in the Middle East.

Farooq-i-Azam - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1985

to their situation in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - examines the findings of a survey carried out from 1976 …

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The impact of the restructuring of civil aviation on employment and social practices

Essenberg, Bert - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002

Examines the social consequences of restructuring and investigates the role social dialgue can play in finding socially responsible ways to mitigate the effects of restructuring. Includes brief comparisons with the banking and financial services industry, postal services and public utilities.

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The impact of 11 September on the aviation industry : traffic, capacity, employment and restructuring

Spence Morrell, Peter; Alamdari, Fariba - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002

Discusses the impact of the crisis on the various aviation industry markets and segments on a regional, subregional and interregional basis, including both developed and developing countries.

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The impact of 11 September 2001 on the civil aviation industry : social and labour effects

Turnbull, Peter; Harvey, Geraint - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002

Reviews the relationships between management and employees in the industry so as to better understand their responses to the crisis that followed the terrorist attacks of September 11.

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When It Cannot Get Better or Worse: The Asymmetric Impact of Good and Bad News on Bond Returns in Expansions and Recessions

Beber, Alessandro; Brandt, Michael W. - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2007

We examine empirically the response of bond returns and their volatility to good and bad macroeconomic news in economic … bad news for bond returns in expansions and, to a lesser extent, when it contains good news for bond returns in … contractions. In particular, we observe the strongest bond market response to bad news in the release of non-farm payrolls in …

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International Stock-Bond Correlations in a Simple Affine Asset Pricing Model

D'Addona, Stefano; Kind, Axel H. - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2006

correlations and to explain how economic fundamentals influence the correlation between stock and bond returns. The presented model … to generate stock-bond correlations that are in line with empirically observed figures. …

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Flight-to-Quality or Flight-to-Liquidity? Evidence from the Euro-Area Bond Market

Beber, Alessandro; Brandt, Michael W.; Kavajec, Kenneth A. - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2006

Do bond investors demand credit quality or liquidity? The answer is both, but at different times and for different … reasons. Using data on the Euro-area government bond market, which features a unique negative correlation between credit … market uncertainty. In contrast, the destination of large flows into the bond market is determined almost exclusively by …

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Pricing Prepayment Option in C&I Loans at Origination

Cossin, Didier; Lu, Hongze - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich>; … - 2002

This paper presents a pricing model of commercial and industrial (C&I) loan prepayment option. Modeling of prepayment is essential in pricing mortgage contracts since prepayment truncates the timing and amount of expected cash flows. Lenders normally charge a penalty for prepayment, for example...

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