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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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Fast times during spring breaks : are traffic fatalities another consequence?
French, Michael T.; Gumus, Gulcin - 2014
Every year in the United States, millions of college students travel for spring break, spending billions of dollars. We examine a potential adverse consequence of spring break that has received little attention in the literature - traffic safety. In particular, we estimate the impact of spring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010387777
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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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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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Does the color of the collar matter? : firm specific human capital and post-displacement outcomes
Schwerdt, Guido; Ichino, Andrea; Ruf, Oliver; … - 2008
We investigate whether the costs of job displacement differ between blue collar and white collar workers. In the short run earnings and employment losses are substantial for both groups but stronger for white collar workers. In the long run, there are only weak effects for blue collar workers...
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The effects of marginal employment on subsequent labour market outcomes
Böheim, René - 2006
We analyse the consequences of starting a wage subsidised job, "marginal employment", for unemployed workers. Marginal employment is a type of wage subsidy paid to unemployed workers and they do not lose their unemployment benefits if the wage is below a certain threshold. We ask if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355553
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Do wages compensate for anticipated working time restrictions? : Evidence from seasonal employment in Austria
Del Bono, Emilia (contributor); Weber, Andrea (contributor) - 2006
In this paper we investigate the existence of compensating wage differentials across seasonal and non seasonal jobs, which arise due to anticipated working time restrictions. We build on a theoretical model by Abowd and Ashenfelter (1981), which links the compensating wage differential to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355570
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How do extended benefits affect unemployment duration? : A regression discontinuity approach
Lalive, Rafael (contributor) - 2006
. Interestingly, this program is targeted to individuals aged 50 years or older, living in certain eligible regions in Austria. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003344610