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Short and long-run labor market effects of developing country exports : evidence from Bangladesh
Robertson, Raymond; Kokas, Deeksha; Cardozo, Diego; … - 2020
the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) - spread through Bangladesh's labor markets. Although the end of the MFA was arguably … exogenous to Bangladesh, we instrument export demand with OECD imports to ensure identification. We compare estimates of the …. Unlike in other studies, these local labor market effects dissipate quickly. Furthermore, Bangladesh's export shock was …
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Who uses green mobility? : exploring profiles in developed countries
Echeverría, Lucía; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; … - 2021
Mobility gives individuals access to different daily activities, facilities, and places, but at the cost of imposing environmental burdens. The sustainable growth of society is linked to green mobility (e.g., public transport, walking, cycling) as a way to alleviate individual carbon footprints....
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A review of the circular economy and its implementation
Heshmati, Almas - 2015
Circular economy (CE) is a sustainable development strategy that is being proposed to tackle urgent problems of environmental degradation and resource scarcity. CE's 3R principles are to reduce, reuse and recycle materials. The principles account for a circular system where all materials are...
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Are employees better off in socially responsible firms?
Tamm, Katrin; Eamets, Raul; Mõtsmees, Pille - 2010
are also found between firm size and job satisfaction. -- corporate social responsibility ; stakeholder view ; employee …
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Reputation as insurance : how reputation moderates public backlash following a company's decision to profiteer
Arroyos-Calvera, Danae; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2022
We examine whether a company's corporate reputation gained from their CSR activities and a company leader's reputation, one that is unrelated to his or her business acumen, can impact economic action fairness appraisals. We provide experimental evidence that good corporate reputation causally...
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Pathways from school to work in the developing world
Manacorda, Marco; Rosati, Furio Camillo; Ranzani, Marco; … - 2015
This paper uses micro data from the ILO-STWT surveys to provide novel evidence on the duration, end point and determinants of the transition from school to work in a sample of 23 low and middle-income countries around the world. The negative effects of low levels of human capital and high levels...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376271
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Tropical storms and mortality under climate change
Pugatch, Todd - 2019
Extreme weather induced by climate change can have major consequences for human health. In this study, I quantify the effect of tropical storm frequency and severity on mortality using objective meteorological data and the universe of vital statistics records from a large developing country,...
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Marriage markets in developing countries
Anukriti, S; Dasgupta, Shatanjaya - 2017
This chapter reviews the literature on marriage in developing countries. We describe how marital matching occurs; the trends in age at marriage; assortative mating patterns; marriage payments; and spousal decision-making after a marriage has occurred. Lastly, we discuss trends and rationales for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613108
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Determinants of international migration : empirical evidence for migration from developing countries to Germany
Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael - 1998
By means of a descriptive survey of theoretical literature the paper first works out the potential determinants that may drive international migration from developing to developed countries. Furthermore, we look on the relationship between trade, development and migration. Empirical studies...
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The effects of development on migration : theoretical issues and new empirical evidence
Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael - 1999
Empirical research on the determinants of international migration including the LDCs has so far neglected one important issue: the complex relationship of development and migration. Since the beginning of the 1990s several arguments have been discussed which hint at the possibility that progress...
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