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Do international tourist arrivals change residents' attitudes towards immigration? : a longitudinal study of 28 European countries
Ivlevs, Artjoms; Smith, Ian - 2023
Western Europe, the relationship tends to turn from positive to negative at relatively high levels of tourism. The … instrumental variable analysis suggests that incoming tourism has a positive causal effect on attitudes towards immigration in both … Western and Eastern Europe. Overall, our study reveals an overlooked dimension of the tourism-migration nexus and highlights …
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Happy hosts? : international tourist arrivals and residents' subjective well-being in Europe
Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2016
While there has been a growing interest in the relationship between perceived tourism impacts and residents' quality of … pronounced in countries where tourism intensity is relatively high, as well as among people living in rural areas. In addition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517732
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Assessing the role of women in tourism related sectors in the Caribbean
Pastore, Francesco; Webster, Allan D.; Hope, Kevin - 2020
This study contributes to the rapidly growing literature on women in tourism. It focuses on a group of 13 Caribbean …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252703
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The contribution of vocational training to employment, job-related skills and productivity : evidence from Madeira island
Budría, Santiago (contributor);  … - 2008
tourism are particularly effective. -- Training ; employment ; productivity ; job-related skills ; ordered logit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688807
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Microeconomic determinants of domestic tourism expenditure in India
Azam, Mehtabul - 2022
Using a nationally representative household survey from India, we examine individuals' domestic tourism participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187175
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Migration, migrants and policy in the United Kingdom
Hatton, Timothy J.; Wheatley Price, Stephen - 1999
This paper draws together, in the form of a survey, a number of different aspects of the United Kingdom's international migration experience since the Second World War. The areas covered include changes in the volume and composition of international migration and the factors influencing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316910
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The effects of in-work benefit reform in Britain on couples : theory and evidence
Francesconi, Marco (contributor); Rainer, Helmut (contributor) - 2007
This paper examines the effects of the Working Families' Tax Credit (WFTC) on couples in Britain. We develop a simple model of household decisions which explicitly accounts for the role played by the tax and benefit system. Its main implications are then tested using panel data from the British...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635400
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Assessing the importance of male and female part-time work for the gender earnings gap in Britain
Mumford, Karen (contributor); Smith, Peter N. (contributor) - 2007
This study examines the role of individual characteristics, occupation, industry, region, and workplace characteristics in accounting for differences in hourly earnings between men and women in full and part-time jobs in Britain. A four-way gender-working time split (male full-timers, male...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003637265
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Wages and ageing : is there evidence for the "inverse-U" profile?
Myck, Michał (contributor) - 2007
How individual wages change with time, and how they are expected to change as individuals grow older, is one of crucial determinants of their behaviour on the labour market including their decision to retire. The profile of individual hourly wages has for a long time been assumed to follow an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003637282
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Training, job satisfaction and workplace performance in Britain : evidence from WERS 2004
Jones, Melanie K.; Jones, Richard J.; Latreille, Paul L.; … - 2008
This paper analyses the relationship between training, job satisfaction and workplace performance using the British 2004 Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS). Several measures of performance are analysed including absence, quits, financial performance, labour productivity and product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003754935