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Subnational Probabilistic Population Forecasts: the Example of Australia

Wilson, Tom; Bell, Martin - 2003

The variability of demographic trends at the subnational scale, particularly internal and international migration, renders subnational population forecasting more difficult than at the national scale. Illustrating the uncertainty of the demographic future for subnational regions is therefore a...

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Dynamics in highly skilled Migration: A European Perspective

Avato, Johanna - 2009

concerns of the European Union. The research will look at the causes of migration and what factors cause the selection of … factors that reinforce migration patterns that have evolved over the past decades, the third study analyzes network effects … expectations because other factors that reinforce migration, e.g. networks, may not be offset sufficiently by such policies. The …

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Auswirkungen der internationalen Migration auf die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Theoretische und empirische Analysen vor dem Hintergrund der EU-Osterweiterung

Pflugbeil, Stephan Dirk - 2005

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht wissenschaftlich anhand eines theoretischen Modells, wie sich internationale Migration auf die Volkwirtschaft des Aufnahmelandes auswirkt nicht nur im Rahmen der EU-Osterweiterung. Kapitel eins enthält neben einer Hinführung zum Thema einen allgemeinen...

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International Mobility to Support Innovation in Eastern Europe: Estonia, a Case Study

Kalvet, Tarmo - 2009

Human capital has become a central element in the innovation debate, but in the discourse on international mobility, Eastern European "catching-up countries" are usually afflicted with a brain drain that is inconsistent with their economic development. The case study of Estonia shows that to...

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Human capital, international migration, R&D spillovers, and productivity growth: A panel data analysis

Le, Thanh - 2006

This paper focuses on the role of R&D efforts – both domestic and foreign – and human capital investments to the development of national productivity. As technology is also embodied in human capital, the paper empirically investigates the significance of labour mobility as an effective...

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Micro evidence of the brain gain hypothesis : the case of Cape Verde

Batista, Catia; Lacuesta, Aitor; Vicente, Pedro

Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household survey purposely designed and conducted to answer this specific question for the case of Cape Verde. This is allegedly the African country suffering from the largest "brain drain",...

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International migration pressures in the long run

Campos, Rodolfo G. - 2017

En este trabajo se estima la contribución del crecimiento demográfico a la migración bilateral por medio de un modelo gravitacional y se utilizan los resultados para proyectar flujos migratorios basados en las previsiones de crecimiento demográfico de las Naciones Unidas. Para ello se...

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The Economics of Obesity-Related Mortality among High Income Countries

Huffman, Wallace E.; Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Tegene, … - 2006

The high and rapidly rising adult obesity rates in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand are associated with major health risks, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke, and some forms of cancer; large health care costs; and premature deaths annually. For...

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The Need for a Military System Effectiveness Framework: The System of Systems Approach

Soban, Danielle Suzanne; Mavris, Dimitri N. - 2001

The need for a comprehensive framework for the analysis of military system effectiveness is presented. Changes in the world’s economy and its effect on decision making is discussed, as well as the three primary ways decision makers use information: resource allocation, requirements definition,...

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IRP methods for Environmental Impact Statements of utility expansion plans

Cavallo, J.D.; Hemphill, R.C.; Veselka, T.D. - 2008

Most large electric utilities and a growing number of gas utilities in the United States are using a planning method -- Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) - which incorporates demand-side management (DSM) programs whenever the marginal cost of the DSM programs are lower than the marginal cost of...

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