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Immigrant Circulation and Citizenship : Hotel Canada?
DeVoretz, Don J. - 2009
Canada has experienced a unique problem as a subset of its immigrants, approximately 10%, leave after ascension to citizenship. In this paper I argue that both the degree of immigrant naturalization and subsequent emigration from Canada is conditioned by economic opportunities and Canadian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157744
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Assessing the Role of Women in Tourism Related Sectors in the Caribbean
Pastore, Francesco - 2020
This study contributes to the rapidly growing literature on women in tourism. It focuses on a group of 13 Caribbean countries. The study analyses the impact of women in apical positions within firms (top manager or owner) on firm performance – productivity, profitability and female employment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828002
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What Works Best for Getting the Unemployed Back to Work : Employment Services or Small-Business Assistance Programmes? Evidence from Romania
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2009
evaluate the relative effectiveness of these two programmes in Romania. While I find that employment services (ES) are, on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012766889
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Nature of the Relationship between Minimum Wage and the Shadow Economy Size : An Empirical Analysis for the Case of Romania
Alexandru, Adriana AnaMaria - 2018
The recent increase in the minimum wage in Romania in early May 2016 represented a popular topic at the national level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930951
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Fighting Corruption in Education : What Works and Who Benefits?
Borcan, Oana - 2015
We investigate the distributional consequences of a corruption-fighting initiative in Romania targeting the endemic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009505
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The Great Chinese Inequality Turnaround
Kanbur, Ravi - 2017
This paper argues that after a quarter century of sharp and sustained increase, Chinese inequality is now plateauing and even turning down. The argument is made using a range of data sources and a range of measures and perspectives on inequality. The evolution of inequality is further examined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960254
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'It's Not that I'm a Racist', it's that They are Roma : Roma Discrimination and Returns to Education in South Eastern Europe
O'Higgins, Niall - 2015
This paper uses a unique survey of Roma and non-Roma in South Eastern Europe to evaluate competing explanations for the poor performance of Roma in the labour market. The analysis seeks to identify the determinants of educational achievement, employment and wages for Roma and non-Roma. LIML...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039454
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Romanian Migrants During Transition and Enlargements
Andren, Daniela - 2014
, the aim of this paper is to analyze to what extent Romania's accession to the EU in 2007 has added new features to the … develop adjustment strategies in their destination countries. Romania's accession to the EU in 2007 did not generally change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039607
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Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania
Nikolova, Milena - 2016
We examine the effect of joining the European Union on individual life satisfaction in Bulgaria and Romania in the … context of the 2007 EU enlargement. Although EU membership is among the most important events in Bulgaria and Romania's modern … life satisfaction in Bulgaria and had a positive but statistically insignificant effect in Romania. One explanation is that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001327
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Evaluating Active Labor Market Programs in Romania
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2006
We evaluate the presence of effects from joining one of four active labour market programs in Romania in the late 1990s …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778998