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Immigrant Concentration at School and Natives' Achievement : Does the Type of Migrants and Natives Matter?

Bossavie, Laurent - 2017

Using a rich dataset of primary school students in the Netherlands, this paper investigates the heterogeneous effects of immigrant concentration in the classroom on the academic achievement of natives. To identify the treatment effect, it takes advantage of some features of the Dutch primary...

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Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region: Trends, factors, impacts

Martin, Philip - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of international migration in the Asia-Pacific region and reviews … internal migration in China. After putting Asia-Pacific migration in a global context, it reviews trends in migration and the …

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Eurasian Integration and Its Institutions : Possible Contributions to Security in Eurasia

Vinokurov, Evgeny; Libman, Alexander - 2017

The authors turn to the large family of institutions that came into existence in post-Soviet Eurasia (and, in some ways, beyond it) over the last two decades. The researchers review their current state, agenda, real and perceived mandate, and their respective achievements and constraints. The...

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Microfinance institutions will be an important instrument to earn more remittance, send remittance and utilize remittance in Bangladesh

Sk. Mahmudul Alam, Mahmud - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Remittance is called the life blood of Bangladesh economy. In Bangladesh it contributes much in reducing poverty. In a study of Institute of Microfinance led by Professor S.R. Osmani, we have seen that 4 % poverty of Bangladesh solely reduced by foreign remittance. Microcredit is another...

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The Influence of International Law on the International Movement of Persons

Opeskin, Brian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Many migration theories identify ‘the law’ as a significant constraint on the international movement of persons. While this constraint often operates through national migration legislation, this study examines the influence of international law in shaping contemporary patterns in the...

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Economic impact of migration to the Middle East on the major Asian labour sending countries - an overview

Amjad, Rashid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1989

Government policies in the field of migration have been mainly reactive and regulatory. Similarly, research in the area of migration has been focussed primarily on the individual migrant and his individual family and surroundings. The main objective of this study was to develop a wider...

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Education does not seem to improve health: Evidence from Indonesia

Parinduri, Rasyad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

I examine the effects of education on health in Indonesia using an exogenous variation in education induced by an extension of Indonesia's school term length in 1978-1979, a natural experiment that fits a regression discontinuity design. I find the longer school year increases educational...

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China Integrates Asia with the World: An Empirical Study

Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The paper focuses on China’s economic integration with Asia region and the world. It also attempts to find the long run … relation with short run dynamics of China’s trade in Asia and the world. The augmented Dicky-Fuller (ADF) and Phillips …’s import from Asia depends on China’s export to the US. China has double role in international trade – (i) China acts as an …

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Climate Change Creates Trade Opportunity in India

Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Climate change is an emerging challenge to developing economy like India however it also creates opportunity to grow through climate friendly goods production and new direction of trade. This paper focuses India’s potential export trade in climate friendly goods. The estimated gravity model is...

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A Cointegration Approach to Estimate Private Investment Demand Function of Pakistan

Ali, Sharafat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The present study estimates the long run private investment function for the period from 1972 to 2011 by using Johansen cointegration approach. The results suggest debt servicing, inflation and private investment to be negatively associated. The study concludes positive impact of GDP growth...

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