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Economics of Migration of Students from the Arab Region to OECD countries
Driouchi, Ahmed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Abstract: Economic studies on migration of skilled labor are mainly related to those trained in the country of origin but are increasingly including students trained abroad that return or not to their home countries. There are incentives and constraints that are provided by both origin and...
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The effects of Air Pollution on Health Status in Great Britain
Giovanis, Eleftherios; Ozdamar, Oznur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This study explores the effects of air pollution on self-reported health status. Moreover, this study explores the … (BHPS). The effects of air pollution on individuals’ health status are estimated and their monetary value is calculated. In … one unit reduction in pollution is £29. In the case where the fee of £20 per stay, proposed by a former Health minister in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210491
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How Reliable are Meta-Analyses for International Benefit Transfers?
Lindhjem, Henrik; Navrud, Ståle - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Meta-analysis has increasingly been used to synthesise the environmental valuation literature, but only a few test the use of these analyses for benefit transfer. These are typically based on national studies only. However, meta-analyses of valuation studies across countries are a potentially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260333
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Testing Kahneman's Attitudinal WTP Hypothesis
Ryan, Anthony M.; Spash, Clive L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
A psychological interpretation of willingness to pay (WTP) bids arising from the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) claims they represent a general contribution towards environmental causes rather than a personal economic valuation. Yet the evidence supporting this contribution model has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008516593
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Environmental managment without environmental valuation?
Spash, Clive L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996
There is a rising tendency for environmental economics to be viewed as exclusively concerned with valuing everything in monetary terms and there are certainly some among its ranks whose own self-interest leads them to preach that line in public. However, acceptance of the many valid criticisms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540984
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Articulation of Plural Values in Deliberative Monetary Valuation: Beyond Preference Economisation and Moralisation
Lo, Alex Y.; Spash, Clive L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The use of deliberative methods to assess environmental values in monetary terms has been motivated by the potential for small group discussion to help with preference formation and the inclusion of non-economic values. In this review, two broad approaches are identified: preference...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008923048
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Subjective Well-Being Approach to Environmental Valuation: Evidence for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Beja Jr., Edsel L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The subjective well-being approach to environmental valuation is applied to analyze the valuation of greenhouse gas emissions. Dimensions like population and income are then incorporated into the valuation to get the fairness-adjusted marginal value of emissions. The results indicate that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784627
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Environmental economic impact assessment in China: Problems and prospects
Lindhjem, Henrik; Hu, Tao; Ma, Zhong; Skjelvik, John Magne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
project) and one for a regional pollution problem (wastewater irrigation). The paper demonstrates the potential usefulness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789374
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Valuing the Effects of Air and Noise Pollution on Health Status in Turkey
Ozdamar, Oznur; Giovanis, Eleftherios - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
for reducing the air and noise pollution. The estimates are based on data from the annual Income and Living Conditions … Survey (ILCS) in Turkey which took place in period 2006-2012. The effects of air and noise pollution on individuals’ health … the first study which examines the effects of noise and air pollution in Turkey using a great variety of econometric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207843
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Measuring relative efficiency of secondary education in selected EU and OECD countries: the case of Slovenia and Croatia
Aristovnik, Aleksander; Obadić, Alka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This article continues on a number of previous studies by other scientists in investigating secondary education efficiency by applying a non-parametric methodology. In this respect, the purpose of the article is to review some previous studies on measuring the efficiency of public (secondary)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267849