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Migration of international students and mobilizing skills in the MENA Region
Nour S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
This paper uses both the descriptive and comparative approaches to provide an overview of migration of international students from the Middle East and North Africa MENA region and mobilizing skills in the MENA Region. We fill the gap in the MENA literature and present a more comprehensive and...
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The links between economic integration and remittances behaviour of migrants in the Netherlands
Bilgili Ö. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
explore how their economic integration is related to different aspects of their economic remittances behaviour. The main … transnationalism argument, this paper concludes that economic integration is positively linked to propensity to remit and the amount of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011146892
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A set of time series data labour market stocks and flows for the Netherlands 1980 to 2010
Mullers, Manuel; Muysken, Joan; Regt, Erik de - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
In this paper we present data on flows in the labour market for the period 1980 - 2010, which have been constructed using various sources. The focus of our analysis is on four labour market states within the working age population of age 15 - 64: Employment, Unemployment, Not working and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856334
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Earnings Mobility in Europe: 1994-2001 : Do more flexible labour markets experience a higher earnings mobility?
Sologon, Denisa Maria; O'Donoghue, Cathal - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
The economic reality of the 1990s in Europe forced the labour markets to become more flexible. Using a consistent comparative dataset for 14 European countries, the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), we explore the evolution and the cross-national differences in earnings mobility across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712057
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Shaping earnings instability: labour market policy and institutional factors
Sologon, Denisa Maria; O'Donoghue, Cathal - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
The concerns regarding the economic insecurity stemming from earnings instability have been gaining momentum in the contemporary political discourse. If earnings instability is as a proxy for risk, for risk-averse individuals, increasing earnings instability bears substantial welfare costs....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712144
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Immigrant entrepreneurship on the move: A longitudinal analysis of first and second generation immigrant entrepreneurship in the Netherlands
Beckers, Pascal; Blumberg, Boris F. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
relatively high levels of human capital and their better integration into society compared to their colleagues of their parent … longitudinal perspective. Contrary to what is usually expected, higher levels of socio-cultural integration of second generation … noteworthy as are the differences with non-immigrant entrepreneurs. While high levels of human capital and social integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856322
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Tipping points? Ethnic composition change in Dutch big city neighbourhoods
Ong C. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
Micro-level studies using individual and household data have shown that residential location choices are influenced by neighbourhood ethnic composition. Using three conurbation samples in the Netherlands - Amsterdam metropolitan area, Rotterdam-The Hague metropolitan area, and the countrys...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856363
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To return permanently or to return temporarily?: Explaining migrants' intentions
Bilgili Ö.; Siegel M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
return. Moreover, we demonstrate that while economic integration has no clear link with return intentions, individuals with a … lower socio-cultural integration are more likely to intend to return permanently. We also find that social homeland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856367
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Afghan unaccompanied minors in the Netherlands: Far away from home and protected?
Siegel M.; Buil C. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
opportunities, leisure, mental health care, integration and length of asylum procedure.Key words Afghanistan, unaccompanied minors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856388
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Segregation in neighbourhoods and labour market outcomes of immigrants: Evidence from random assignment in the Netherlands
Beckers, Pascal; Borghans, Lex - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
How important is the integration of immigrants in society for labour market outcomes? In this paper we examine the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856489