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Migrant Entrepreneurship and New Urban Economic Opportunities
Nijkamp, Peter; Sahin, Mediha; Baycan-Levent, Tüzin - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
Nowadays, migrants form a significant share of the urban population, and their business is critical for urban economic growth. This paper addresses the key factors determining the position of migrant entrepreneurs in the urban economy in the Netherlands. In order to develop a solid assessment of...
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Immigration and Innovation in European Regions
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
This discussion paper resulted in a chapter in (P. Nijkamp, J. Poot, M. Sahin (Eds.)) <I>Migration Impact Assessment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256057
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The Impact of Economic Migration on Children’s Cognitive Development: Evidence from the Mexican Family Life Survey
Powers, Elizabeth - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper uses data from the Mexican Family Life Survey to estimate the impact of a household member’s migration to … the effect of parental migration is comparable to speaking an indigenous language at home or having a mother with very low … educational attainment. Additionally, household-member migration to the United States affects how children spend their time in …
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Adapting to Climate Change: Long-Term Effects of Drought on Local Labor Markets
Bastos, Paulo; Busso, Matias; Miller, Sebastian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
sector; leads to job losses and pay cuts in the local manufacturing and services sectors; and induces out-migration …
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The Economics of Co-ethnic Employment; Incentives, Welfare Effects and Policy Options
Butter, Frank A.G. den; Masurel, Enno; Mosch, Robert - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
This discussion paper resulted in a chapter in (L.P. Dana (Ed.)) <I>Handbook of Research on Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship</I>, pp. 42-60, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.<P> Co-ethnic employment refers to the stylised fact of many labour markets that there is an over-representation of workers of the same...</p></i>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256476
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The Economic Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market of Host Countries - Meta-Analytic Evidence
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
The number of immigrants across the world has doubled since 1980. The estimates of the impact of immigration on wages and employment in host countries are quantitatively small but vary widely. We use meta-regression analysis to show how the estimates vary with definitions of the labor market,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256749
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The Duration of Unemployment in Russia
Grogan, Louise; Berg, Gerard J. van den - Tinbergen Instituut - 1999
This paper uses longitudinal survey data to assess factors affecting the duration of unemployment in Russia. We examine four types of marginalised labour force participants, according to ILO guidelines and survey responses, and we estimate duration models for each type. It turns out that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256943
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Homeownership and Labour Market Behaviour: Interpreting the Evidence
Rouwendal, Jan; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
This discussion paper resulted in an article in <I>Environment and Planning A</I> (2010). Volume 42, issue 2, pages 419-433.<P> This paper reviews the empirical research that has been generated by Oswald’s thesis, which claims that there is a causal relationship from homeownership to unemployment. The...</p></i>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257004
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A Dynamic Model of Commutes
Rouwendal, Jan; Vlist, Arno van der - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
This paper studies the interaction between job mobility and housing mobility by considering the duration of commutes. Conventional models assume that the employrnent location has priority over the residentiallocation and that the latter is adapted to the former. This implies that the duration of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257512
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Product Market Competition and Trade Union Structure
Beniers, Klaas J.; Dur, Robert A.J. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
Trade unions tend to reduce the dispersion of wages among their members. Skilled workers may therefore have an incentive to separate from an encompassing union and organize into a separate craft union. In this paper, we examine a theoretical model to gain insight into the determinants of the...
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