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Barriers of culture, networks, and language in international migration: A review
Wang, Zhiling; de Graaff, Thomas; Nijkamp, Peter - In: REGION 5 (2018) 1, pp. 73-89
of destination arguably much more uncontrollable. This study shows that migration is in a complex way intertwined with … culture, networks and language, (i) by reviewing related studies on the barriers of culture, networks and language in … international labor mobility, and (ii) by exploring missing gaps and prospective avenues for research. Nowadays, the migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012591431
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Barriers of culture, networks, and language in international migration : a review
Wang, Zhiling; Graaff, Thomas de; Nijkamp, Peter - In: Region : the journal of ERSA 5 (2018) 1, pp. 73-89
of destination arguably much more uncontrollable. This study shows that migration is in a complex way intertwined with … culture, networks and language, (i) by reviewing related studies on the barriers of culture, networks and language in … international labor mobility, and (ii) by exploring missing gaps and prospective avenues for research. Nowadays, the migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011876099
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Protecting Cultural Monuments Against Terrorism
Frey, Bruno S.; Rohner, Dominic - 2005
Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy for discouraging terrorist attacks on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168229
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Cultural distance and gravity effects among migrants : a comparative analysis of the EU15
Tubadji, Annie; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
of the presence of significant gravity effects of culture. The paper seeks to highlight three new research issues: (i … different immigrant groups; and (iii) the full culture-based development (CBD) mechanism of a joint cultural impact on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565957
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Immigrants' "ability" and welfare as a function of cultural diversity : effect of cultural capital at individual and local level
Tubadji, Annie; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014
This paper presents an operationalization of a mixed Bourdieu–Mincer-type model that seeks to find evidence for individual and local cultural capital effects on human capital 'ability'. We aim to compare these effects for native workers and immigrants (as well as between immigrants themselves)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409050
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Immigrants' 'Ability' and Welfare as a Function of Cultural Diversity : Effect of Cultural Capital at Individual and Local Level
Tubadji, Annie - 2014
This paper presents an operationalization of a mixed Bourdieu–Mincer-type model that seeks to find evidence for individual and local cultural capital effects on human capital 'ability'. We aim to compare these effects for native workers and immigrants (as well as between immigrants themselves)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046650
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Protecting Cultural Monuments Against Terrorism
Frey, Bruno S.; Rohner, Dominic - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2005
Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy for discouraging terrorist attacks on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005463528
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Protecting Cultural Monuments Against Terrorism
Frey, Bruno S.; Rohner, Dominic - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2005
Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy for discouraging terrorist attacks on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005673504
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Cultural distance and gravity effects among migrants: A comparative analysis of the EU15
Tubadji, Annie; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
of the presence of significant gravity effects of culture. The paper seeks to highlight three new research issues: (i … different immigrant groups; and (iii) the full culture-based development (CBD) mechanism of a joint cultural impact on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397388
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Altruism to Strangers for our Own Sake: Domestic Effects from Immigration
Tubadji, Annie; Nijkamp, Peter - 2012
This paper seeks to identify relationships between human capital and cultural capital, in the context of local labour market productivity. The key constituents of human capital, identified in the literature, are jointly examined in a close-to-reality-model. The main advantage of our model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326304