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Integrating and extending new growth theory and resource-based views, this paper provides a theoretical foundation for the catch-up hypothesis. It examines the role of technology gap, technological capability, and cultural proximity in local firms’ catch-up with MNEs. Hypotheses are developed...
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developing world, but few multivariate studies have investigated climate-induced migration. We use event history methods and a … over a 10-year period. The results indicate that men’s labor migration increases with drought and that land-poor households … hybrid narrative of environmentally-induced migration that recognizes multiple dimensions of adaptation to environmental …
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Using the experiences of first and second generation migrants from three villages in Thailand, we “personalize” the middle income trap, seeking to understand how and why migrants with growing levels of education and human capital remain rooted to their natal villages. Agrarian change is such...
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migration and poverty have a nonlinear relationship, we find that poorer municipalities are less likely to participate than …
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Research on migration and development has recently changed, in two ways. First, it has grown sharply in volume …, emerging as a proper subfield. Second, while it once embraced principally rural–urban migration and international remittances …, migration and development research has broadened to consider a range of international development processes. These include human …
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We estimate the effect of hydro-meteorological emergencies on internal migration in Costa Rica during 1995–2000. We … find that, on average, emergencies significantly increase average migration. However, we also find that emergencies with … the most severe consequences, those with loss of lives, decrease migration. The severity of the consequences may explain …
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find that the migration rate exerts statistically significant effects on both the level and the composition of human … lower growth as a consequence of skilled migration. Moreover, the losses are concentrated in countries with low levels of …
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gap in international skilled migration. …
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channels contribute evenly toward the total trade-creating effect of migration. In line with expectations, the relative …
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This analysis of the impact of internal migration on the time allocation patterns of the left-behind elderly and …. Based upon the China Health and Nutrition Survey, the multivariate analysis demonstrates that the migration of household … members increases the time spent on farm work and domestic work by the left-behind elderly and children. Migration has a …
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