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Australian Trade and FDI Relations with Japan: Reflecting on the Past Seven Decades
Bayari, Celal - 2012
The post-World War II reconstruction of global trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a significant topic of discussion in the analyses of numerous bilateral economic relations, including those that are located in Asia Pacific. Since the reconstruction, Multinational Enterprises...
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Three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland: putting into perspective the influence of economic discrimination and of host society culture
Kohler, Pierre - 2012
This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse … behaviours and attitudes of migrants are diverging from or converging with those of natives. Chapter 2 examines the causes of … differences preventing the successful integration of migrants or does the root of integration failures lie in unequal economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015231518
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Dynamic conditions for smooth convergence in the Ricardo–Mill model under commitment of trade and continuum of goods
Espinosa, Alexandra M. - 2013
Under general conditions, it has been proved that free trade improves the welfare of open economies. However, the conditions to attain the free trade equilibrium are non trivial: when the productive process is planned, industries do not know the price that will prevail, while the production is...
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A social proximity explanation of the reluctance to assimilate
Fan, C. Simon; Stark, Oded - 2007
Quite often, migrants appear to exert little effort to absorb the mainstream culture and to learn the language of their … migrants’ comparing themselves more with the richer natives and less with fellow migrants, then the effort extended to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015226911
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Do emigrants self-select along cultural traits? Evidence from the MENA countries
Docquier, Frédéric; Tansel, Aysit; Turati, Riccardo - 2017
This paper empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA countries self-select on cultural traits such as religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and...
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Civic Participation of Immigrants: Culture Transmission and Assimilation
Aleksynska, Mariya - 2007
individuals after migration: it is those from industrialized, net immigration, culturally more homogeneous countries who tend to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015254797
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A Note on the Determinants of AFDC Policies
Cebula, Richard - 1980
The purpose of this Note is to provide a model of the determinants of geographic AFDC differentials. In particular, the model developed and tested below hypothesizes a basically political determination of AFDC levels, a political determination principally involving an alignment of two...
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Latvijas iestāšanās Eiropas Savienībā ekonomiskā efekta novērtēšana
Skribans, Valerijs - 2010
For Latvia with incoming into the European Union big opportunities in the international markets have opened. Paper purpose is to investigate influence of international integration processes on development of economy of Latvia. In paper various indicators of a national economy before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015225907
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Latvia’s incoming in European Union economic effect estimation
Skribans, Valerijs - 2010
Joining the European Union big opportunities in the international markets have opened for Latvia. Paper purpose is to investigate influence of international integration processes on development of economy of Latvia. In the paper Latvian economic indicators before and after entering the EU are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015227927
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Development of System Dynamic Model of Latvia’s Economic Integration in the EU
Skribans, Valerijs - 2011
Joining the European Union big opportunities in the international markets have opened for Latvia. Paper purpose is to investigate influence of international integration processes on development of economy of Latvia. Latvia's incoming in EU increased the amount of received means from structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015229166