The situation on the labour market in East Germany is difficult since the beginning of economic transition in the early 90's. The reasons for such a situation are complex. The implementation of single currency, the collapse of East Germany's foreign trade, the privatization method and high wages...

Resumen: este estudio se enfoca en el patrón y en las causas del desempleo en Medellín; en el patrón y la velocidad de inmigración hacia Medellín y en el impacto de la inmigración sobre la tasa de desempleo para los años 2004 y 2005. El estudio se realiza con base en el análisis de la...

The mobility of labor, defined as responsiveness and adaptation of persons or groups of persons on the challenges of the social and economic environment is therefore a social phenomenon depending on time and space. A high mobility increases opportunities for workers to find a job and employers...

After the political revolution in 1989, Romania was confronted with a phenomenon that has increased in magnitude throughout the following period: external migration. It became a permanent presence of the labor market in Romania. Unfortunately, this phenomenon manifests incisively among young...

Using the 2000 through 2008 waves of the Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares (ENIGH), Mexico's income and expenditure survey, we estimate the way in which volatility surrounding the inflows of international remittances impacts male and female labor supply. We find that male and...

Restricting immigration to young and skilled immigrants using a point system, as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, succeeds in selecting economically desirable immigrants and provides orderly management of population growth. But the point system cannot fix short-term skilled labor...

By considering the legitimisation of environmental concerns in the composition of institutional spheres and in the production of social practices, I analyse the configuration of the environmental field, along with collective actions related to the recycling of solid waste in southern Brazil....

In response to the imposition of steep enough sanctions for employing illegal migrants, the firm reassigns managers from supervision of production to verification of the legality of its workforce. This impedes production efficiency, reduces wages, and hurts the native workers.

En relación con la inmigración, no sólo los efectos más inmediatos sino también los que se pueden producir en el medio y largo plazo resultan relevantes. Por ello, la motivación del artículo es estudiar los procesos de integración de la población inmigrante en España. Para ello se...