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African leaders : their education abroad and FDI flows
Constant, Amelie; Tien, Bienvenue N. - 2010
they become leaders. -- FDI ; leaders' educational level ; return migration ; Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312932
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Quotas and quality : the effect of H-1B visa restrictions on the pool of prospective undergraduate students from abroad
Kato, Takao; Sparber, Chad - 2010
In deliberating whether to pursue an undergraduate education in the US, a foreign student takes into consideration the expected probability of securing US employment after graduation. The H-1B visa provides a primary means of legal employment for college-educated foreign-nationals. In October...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003965651
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Did post-enlargement labor mobility help the EU to adjust during the Great Recession? : the case of Slovakia
Kahanec, Martin; Kureková, Lucia Mýtna - 2014
of migration flows in terms of the destinations, gender, age, educational attainment and occupation, reflecting changing … migration has served as an important adjustment mechanism in the country and more generally in the EU labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364962
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Labour use and its adjustment in Indian manufacturing industries
Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor);  … - 2005
. -- labour use ; employment ; adjustment ; globalization ; manufacturing ; India …This study provides an empirical investigation of the adjustment process of labour in Indian manufacturing industries …, which evolved through structural transformation in the era of globalization. The analysis is based on a dynamic model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002805423
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Non-farm enterprise productivity and spatial autocorrelation in rural Africa : evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria
Owoo, Nkechi S.; Naudé, Wim - 2014
The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa may be associated with the productivity of other spatially … from the geo-referenced 2011 Ethiopian Rural Socioeconomic Survey (ERSS) and the 2010/2011 Nigeria General Household Survey … productive. In Nigeria, we find evidence for spatial autocorrelation at the individual enterprise level but not at the community …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010379209
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The Americanization of European higher education and research
Borghans, Lex; Cörvers, Frank - 2009
Over the past two decades there has been a substantial increase in the mobility of students in Europe, while also research has become much more internationally oriented. In this paper we document changes in the structure of research and higher education in Europe and investigate potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900731
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Pulls of international student mobility
Kahanec, Martin; Králiková, Renáta - 2011
Economic theory suggests that high-skilled immigration generally has positive effects on the receiving economy. International student mobility is an important channel through which high-skilled immigrants arrive. The purpose of this paper is to identify some of the key determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523453
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Do study abroad programs enhance the employability of graduates?
Di Pietro, Giorgio - 2013
Despite the great popularity of international educational mobility schemes, relatively little research has been conducted to explore their benefits. Using data on a large sample of recent Italian graduates, this paper investigates the extent to which participation in study abroad programs during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201331
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The two-step Australian immigration policy and its impact on immigrant employment outcomes
Gregory, Robert G. - 2014
Three decades ago most immigrants to Australia with work entitlements came as permanent settlers. Today the annual allocation of temporary visas, with work entitlements, outnumbers permanent settler visas by a ratio of three to one. The new environment, with so many temporary visa holders, has...
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Return intentions of university-educated Turkish expatriates
Güngör, Nil Demet (contributor);  … - 2005
The study presents research findings on the return intentions of Turkish professionals residing abroad, where the targeted group comprises individuals working at a full time job abroad and possessing a tertiary-level degree. The data are obtained from an internet survey of Turkish professionals...
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