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Bringing migration into the post-2015 agenda: Notes, reflections and policy directions
Skeldon, Ronald - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
Migration was not an explicit goal of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), rightly so in this writer's view, but it … what is to follow. Two dimensions are central to such a discussion: first, the nature of the development goals post-2015 … that just might provide a path towards integrating migration into development. …
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Global Migration of the Highly Skilled: A Tentative and Quantitative Approach
Dunnewijk, Theo - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
Migration in a globalising world is on the increase, especially migration of the highly skilled. It is quite natural that given certain possibilities, people look for opportunities and chances to improve their lives. Especially when the better educated leave their country in large quantities to...
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The Impact of the Credit Crisis on Poor Developing Countries and the Role of China in Pulling and Crowding Us Out
Ziesemer, Thomas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
We show that the credit crisis of OECD countries has a negative impact on the growth of the world economy according to an error correction model including China and Australia. This causes negative growth effects in poor developing countries. The reduced growth has a direct or indirect impact on...
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Worker remittances, migration, accumulation and growth in poor developing countries
Ziesemer, Thomas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
force growth, development aid and GDP per capita growth, using dynamic panel data methods. The estimated equations are then …
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Worker remittances and government behaviour in the receiving countries
Ziesemer, Thomas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
We estimate the impact of worker remittances on savings, taxes, and public expenditures on education, all as a share of GDP, for about 30 years in two samples of countries with per capita income above and below $1200 using dynamic panel data methods. Remittances increase the savings ratio in...
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The Impact of the Credit Crisis on Poor Developing Countries: Growth, worker remittances, accumulation and migration
Ziesemer, Thomas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009
The credit crisis of OECD countries has a negative impact on the growth of the world economy according to a simple error correction model. This causes negative growth effects in poor developing countries. The reduced growth has a direct or indirect impact on the convergence issue, aid,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712247
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The impact of migration on children left behind in Moldova
Gassmann, Franziska; Siegel, Melissa; Vanore, Michaella; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
This paper empirically evaluates the well-being of children "left behind" by migrant household members in Moldova. Using data derived from a nationally-representative, large-scale household survey conducted between September 2011 and February 2012 among 3,255 households (1,801 of which contained...
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What's the best place for me? Location-choice for S&E students in India
Hercog, Metka; Van de Laar, Mindel - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
This paper examines how national migration policies and country-specific factors in receiving countries attend to a potential highly-skilled migrant when one is deciding among several possible locations. While continental European countries recognize the need to attract migrants as a key...
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Determinants of international mobility decision: The case-study of India
Hercog, Metka; Van de Laar, Mindel - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
Faced with a situation in which countries compete for international students, it becomes especially important to understand students' preferences regarding migration behaviour. This paper looks at the determinants of international mobility intentions in the specific situation of Indian students...
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Eliciting illegal migration rates through list randomization
McKenzie D.; Siegel M. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
Most migration surveys do not ask about the legal status of migrants due to concerns about the sensitivity of this question. List randomization is a technique that has been used in a number of other social science applications to elicit sensitive information. We trial this technique by adding it...
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