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A Link Between Workers' Remittances and Business Cycles in Germany and Turkey
Akkoyunlu, Åule; Kholodilin, Konstantin A. - In: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 44 (2008) 5, pp. 23-40
This paper examines the cyclical interactions between the remittances of Turkish workers in Germany and output in both … country affects the direction and strength of the relation between remittances and the host and home countries' business …
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Market Thickness and the Early Labor Market Career of University Graduates- An urban advantage?
Ahlin, Lina; Andersson, Martin; Thulin, Per - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
We analyze the influence of market thickness for skills on initial wages and subsequent wage development of university graduates. Using Swedish micro-level panel data on a cohort of graduates, we show that two out of three graduates move to large cities upon graduation. Large cities yield higher...
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Il lavoro degli immigrati : programmazione dei flussi e politiche di inserimento
Baronio, Guido (contributor);  … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001669995
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Cooperarea economică moldo-germană ǐn contextul integrării europene a Republicii Moldova
Mǎrgineanu, Ion - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003623738
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Happiness in the dual society of urban China:Hukou identity, horizontal inequality and heterogeneous reference
Jiang, Shiqing; Lu, Ming; Sato, Hiroshi - LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, … - 2008
This paper studies the impact of income inequality on the subjective well-being of different social groups in urban China. We classify urban social groups according to their hukou status: rural migrants, "born?urban residents, and "acquired?urban residents who once changed their hukou identity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005088354
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A behavioural approach to remittances analysis
Meyer, Wiebke; Mollers, Judith; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper approaches the migrant’s motivation to remit from a new, behavioural perspective. We apply the well-established Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) using a structural equation model for the first time for this specific research question. Our micro-dataset stems from a 2009/10 survey,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913802
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Worker Remittances: An International Comparison
Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Analysis of a poll of nine of the major remittance recipient countries in order to understand the market of remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205853
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Guest Workers' Remittances and Output Fluctuations in Host and Home Countries : The Case of Remittances from Turkish Workers in Germany
SAYAN, SERDAR - In: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 40 (2004) 6, pp. 68-81
, generating sizable amounts of foreign exchange receipts through the remittances these guest workers have transferred back home …. In some instances, however, the share of remittances in foreign exchange receipts has risen so high as to cause concern … remittances. Despite the importance of implications of the volatility of remittance receipts, the current literature severely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005753635
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Worker Remittances in an International Scope
Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Analysis of a poll of nine of the major remittance recipient countries in order to understand the market of remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198489
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Worker Remittances: The Human Face of Globalization
Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This report is a comparative study of worldwide transfer costs to nine countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and specifically at costs for immigrants to send money from major sending countries including from the United States. It also compares these international trends with costs and trends of...
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