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Illegal to punish or punish the illegals: Which way should Ukraine and Moldova choose?
Lundgren, Ted - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
A government seeks to minimise the maximum expected utility of migrants and smugglers, but has to do this under constraints. It is argued that a vote maximising government should choose policies based on the relative weight of the introduced lobby utility function, which acts as a constraint....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009148017
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State border corruption and illegal migration: A model
Lundgren, Ted; Lappo, Petr - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
State border corruption is still a problem for Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova. In a theoretical model, it is shown how a border guard authority should optimally allocate budgetary resources to oblasts in presence of corruption, so as to minimise the general average number of illegal migrants.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151122
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An Empirical Analysis of Identity Theft Determinants in the U.S.
Cebula, Richard; Koch, James; Unemori, Mary - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This study finds that ID theft rates tend to be an increasing function of the unemployment rate and the proportion of the population concentrated in urban areas, and a decreasing function of the relative amount of resources devoted to laws enforcement and the percentage of individuals who claim...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110442
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European Union Economy System Dynamic Model Development
Skribans, Valerijs - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The formation of the European Union (EU) is the one of the biggest political – economic events of the last 50 years. The aim of this study is to develop EU economy functioning system dynamic model. Main research method is system dynamics. General scheme of EU economy system dynamic model is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259562
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Trade and migration: a U-shaped transition in Eastern Europe
Cristobal, Adolfo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper proposes a 2-country 3-region economic geography model that can account for the most salient stylized facts experienced by Eastern European transition economies during the 1990s. In contrast to the existing literature, which has favored technological explanations, trade liberalization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786917
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Labor Markets and School-to-Work Transition in Egypt: Diagnostics, Constraints, and Policy Framework
Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.; Semlali, Amina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
transitioning from school to work in Egypt. Despite substantial improvements in labor market outcomes in recent years (in raising … employment and participation and in lowering unemployment), unemployment rates in Egypt remain exceedingly high among youth …-age-population with university education in Egypt has increased significantly between the years 1998 and 2006 (from 14% to 19% among men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777401
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The Return Motivations of Legal Permanent Migrants: Evidence from Exchange Rate Shocks and Immigrants in Australia
Abarcar, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Why do legal permanent migrants return to their home countries? How do home country conditions influence this decision? This paper uses exogenous home country exchange rate shocks arising from the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis to distinguish return motivations of a national sample of Australian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011250907
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Emigration from Pakistan - 1947-97
Mohammad, Irfan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
This paper is reflective of an attempt to construct a temporal profile of emigration from Pakistan over the past five decades. As detailed in the paper there have been distinct types of emigration streams distinguished on the basis of size, skill composition, duration of stay abroad and nature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107637
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Return Migration: an Empirical Investigation
Zakharenko, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Many people emigrating abroad eventually return home. Yet, little is known about the returnees: who are they and how do they compare to those who did not return? How does their decision to return depend on economic situation at home? In this paper, I empirically analyze the propensity of US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789649
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Le retour des migrants marocains dans leur pays d’origine, quand ? Dans quelles circonstances ?
Bouoiyour, Jamal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The aim of this study was to identify the causes of the return of Moroccan migrants to their home country. We will use for it a very original database of migrants from Morocco. The data were collected via a survey from the main post offices of Ile-de-France (metropolitan area) and Province....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257742