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Integration Policy Towards Immigrants: Current Experience

Bureiko, Nadiia - In: CES Working Papers 4 (2012) 1, pp. 12-23

In the contemporary world the intensity of the immigration movements is constantly increasing. Countries which experience great immigrant flows are facing numerous problems which should be solved. The article studies the current immigration flows in EU countries, the United States of America and...

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The Refugees and the Economic Growth in the EU States: Challenges and Opportunities

Diaconu, Laura - In: CES Working Papers 7 (2015) 4, pp. 881-890

Nowadays, one of the major concerns of the EU leaders is how to cope with the large inflows of refugees that are coming from the Arab region, because of the prolonged conflicts and civil wars. While some EU leaders consider that this is a humanitarian crisis and the member states should act...

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Distributional differences and the Native American gender wage gap

Burnette, Jeffrey; Zhang, Weiwei - In: Economies 7 (2019) 2, pp. 1-18

We use the Theil index and data from the 2012-2016, American Community Survey 5-Year Sample to document and analyze gender wage inequality for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) women across single, multiracial and ethnic identity groups. Mean differences in hourly wages by gender...

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Latent earning capacity and the race marriage gap

Nakosteen, Robert A.; Zimmer, Michael A. - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-20

One of the most persistent socioeconomic phenomena in the process of family formation is the relatively low rate of marriage by black men and women. The enduring conventional wisdom has been that low black marriage rates reflect a relative shortage of marriageable black men. Yet numerous studies...

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Investigating the determinants of household welfare in the Central Highland, Vietnam

In: Cogent Economics & Finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-11

To provide policy implication for improving household welfare, one should understand which characteristics of households in a specific location they live, enable them to raise their welfare levels. This paper uses micro-econometric models for investigating the determinants of household welfare...

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The formation of immigrant networks in the short and the long run

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler-Cohen, Odelia - In: Economies 4 (2016) 3, pp. 1-16

In this paper, we present a formal framework of possible network formations among immigrants. After arriving in the new country, one of the new immigrant's important decisions is with whom to maintain a link in the foreign country. We find that the behavior of the first two immigrants affects...

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Self-employment in times of crisis: The case of the Spanish financial crisis

Contreras, Sergio A. - In: Economies 7 (2019) 3, pp. 1-14

While some researchers have suggested that the self-employment (SE) sector is a haven during a financial crisis, others believe that SE is not necessarily the desired outcome, but an indicator that the labor market is tightening for some groups. Few researchers have compared the SE sector before...

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Overdose deaths and entrepreneurial activity

Sumell, Albert - In: Economies 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-10

of opioid dependency in communities by estimating the relationship between drug overdose deaths and entrepreneurship. In … particular, the empirical models measure how entrepreneurship, as measured by the percentage of self-employed workers, changes in …

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The role of entrepreneurship in stimulating economic growth in developed and developing countries

Doran, Justin; McCarthy, Nóirín; O'Connor, Marie - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-14

This paper analyses whether different measure of entrepreneurship can explain economic growth. It utilises 14 … difference indicators of entrepreneurship to analyse the contribution of entrepreneurial activity, aspirations, and attitudes to … Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. It also examines whether the importance of entrepreneurship varies across high …

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European Entrepreneurship in Times of Crisis: Realities, Challenges and Perspectives

Iacobuta, Andreea-Oana; Socoliuc, Oana-Ramona - In: CES Working Papers 6 (2014) 2, pp. 85-96

The role of entrepreneurship in economic growth and development has been largely debated and acknowledged, both in … literature and in policy making. Wihin the context of the present crisis, at a European level, entrepreneurship development is … and initiatives to make entrepreneurship the growth engine of European economy and to put the principle of “think small …

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