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Exports, Export Destinations, and Skills
World Bank - 2013
destinations: firms that export to high-income destinations hire more skills and pay higher wages than firms that export to middle-income …This paper explores the links between exports, export destinations and skill utilization by firms. The authors identify … two mechanisms behind these links, which we integrate into a unified theory of export destinations and skills. First …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557624
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Contemporary migration to South Africa : a regional development issue
Kabwe-Segatti, Aurelia Wa (contributor);  … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393812
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Let workers move : using bilateral labor agreements to increase trade in services
Sáez, Sebastián (contributor) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393929
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Measuring skilled migration rates : the case of small states
Docquier, Frédéric - 2009
"Recent changes in information and communication technologies have contributed to a dramatic increase in the degree of integration and interdependency of countries, markets, and people. Against this background, one aspect of particular concern for small states is the international movement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394121
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The impact of EU accession on human capital formation : can migration fuel a brain gain?
Farchy, Emily - 2009
formation even in the context of middle-income economies. And, if accompanied by policies to promote return migration, as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394139
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Career placement of skilled migrants in the U.S. labor market : a dynamic approach
Neagu, Ileana Cristina - 2009
"The initial occupational placements of male immigrants in the U.S. labor market vary significantly by country of origin even when education and other factors are taken into account. Does the heterogeneity persist over time? Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Censuses, this study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394185
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The foreign-born population in the European Union and its contribution to national tax and benefit systems : some insights from recent household survey data
Barbone, Luca - 2009
2006 European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions show that internal migrants are a relatively small share of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394193
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International migration and gender differentials in the home labor market : evidence from albania
Mendola, Mariapia - 2009
past migration episodes of household members. Controlling for the potential endogeneity of migration and for the income …-dominated Albanian migration may lead to women's empowerment in access to income-earning opportunities at the origin. "--World Bank web …
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Moving up the ladder? : the impact of migration experience on occupational mobility in Albania
Carletto, Calogero - 2009
"The contribution of return migrants to economic development in source countries can be significant. Overseas savings of returnees may lead to improvements in household welfare and provide liquidity for investments in the face of credit market failures. Labor market experience and skills...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394202