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Foreign Workers and the Provision of Public Services: The Case of Kuwait
Looney, Robert E. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 20 (1993) 1, pp. 24-39
Seeks to provide some insight as to the scope for population policy in post‐war Kuwait, where officially the Government … is committed to reducing the expatriate population. Specifically attempts to determine which public services were most … likely to be responsive to increases in the foreign population. Were these services provided to both Arab and Asian workers …
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Tourismus im Ländervergleich
Lehmann Friedli, Therese; Bandi, Monika - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 8 (2016) 1, pp. 49-72
Zusammenfassung In einem Ländervergleich zwischen Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz zeigen sich die größten Differenzen im touristischen Bildungssystem in der Berufsbildung. In Deutschland und Österreich haben die Lehrabschlüsse im Gastgewerbe in den letzten Jahren im Vergleich zum...
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A microsimulation model to measure the impact of the economic crisis on household income
Addabbo, Tindara; García-Fernández, Rosa María; … - In: International Journal of Manpower 37 (2016) 3, pp. 474-493
impact of the economic cycle on households’ living conditions. The purpose of this paper is to propose a microsimulation … makers. Design/methodology/approach – The microsimulation technique developed in this paper is based on a nowcasting approach … statuses of the labour market and the related changes in income. To validate this microsimulation method, the authors apply it …
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Institutional drivers of land mobility
Geoghegan, Cathal; Kinsella, Anne; O’Donoghue, Catahl - In: Agricultural Finance Review 77 (2017) 3, pp. 376-392
microsimulation approach to compare incomes across farm systems and land use options. Tax and subsidy policies are applied to derive …
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A microsimulation approach to corporate disclosure policies
Bonsón, Enrique; Flores-Muñoz, Francisco - In: Online Information Review 38 (2014) 7, pp. 861-880
, along with specific documents regarding micro-simulation as a technique to capture diversity in data sets, is surveyed …
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Urban Development Through Smart Cities in India
Baporikar, Neeta - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 3 (2016) 3, pp. 36-49
India is on the path of developing its smart cities at a faster pace in near future. But what constitutes a smart city and what is purpose of this focus remains to be explored. Through in depth literature review and grounded approach this paper, appraises the genesis of smart city to develop a...
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The Least Squares SVM for the Prediction of Production in the Field of Oil and Gas
Peng, Jun; Qiao, Yudeng; Tang, Dedong; Ge, Lan; Xia, Qinfeng - In: International Journal of Cognitive Informatics and … 12 (2018) 1, pp. 60-74
With the development of cognitive information technology and continuous application, human society has also accelerated the development. Cognitive information is widely used in the field of oil and gas, where production forecasts are of great importance to firms and companies. In this article,...
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On Transforming a Road Network Database to a Graph for Localization Purpose
Meng, Xiangli; Rebreyend, Pascal - In: International Journal of Web Services Research (IJWSR) 13 (2016) 2, pp. 46-55
population data in a specific area. However the data obtained from road network databases usually do not fit in this usage. In …
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Demography of the Western States: Past, Present, and Future
Brown, Alicia; Smith, Ken R.; Samuelsen, Tucker - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 6 (2014) 1, pp. 23-43
Abstract Heading west to seek gold, obtain religious freedoms, or settle their own piece of land are old and commonly told American stories. These stories, guided by the dreams of generations before us are the basis for the reality now playing out in the western US with its complex history and...
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Marketplace 2000: riding the wave of population change
Kent Dychtwald, Maddy - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 14 (1997) 4, pp. 271-275
. This shift ‐ the Age Wave ‐ is based on the fact that the young population is shrinking, there is a growth in the number of …
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