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Quantitative Messung der Reurbanisierung - Quellen, Begriffe und Ergebnisse der Wanderungsstatistik
Eichhorn, Lothar - In: Reurbanisierung zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit: Ein …, (pp. 67-74). 2019
If migration statistics are used to examine the phenomenon of reurbanisation it is necessary to consider the … superimposition of relocations from abroad on national internal migration in order to avoid drawing misleading conclusions. It is not … possible to completely isolate the phenomenon of reurbanisation using migration statistics. However, by focusing on net …
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Migrating into Financial Markets: How Remittances Became a Development Tool
Bakker, Matt - 2015
We understand very little about the billions of dollars that flow throughout the world from migrants back to their home countries. In this rigorous and illuminating work, Matt Bakker, an economic sociologist, examines how these migrant remittances - the resources of some of the world's least...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902305
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The Effects of Development on Migration: Theoretical Issues and New Empirical Evidence
Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael - 1999
Empirical research on the determinants of international migration including the LDCs has so far neglected one important … issue: the complex relationship of development and migration. Since the beginning of the 1990s several arguments have been … discussed which hint at the possibility that progress in development of less developed regions might lead to more migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262276
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European migration, national origin and long-term economic development in the US
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; von Berlepsch, Viola - 2013
coincided with the greatest waves of European migration (1880, 1910) in order to uncover the settlement patterns of migrants of … determined both the attractiveness of different US counties at the time of migration, as well as current levels of development … difference for long-term economic development whatsoever. This holds for the first and second wave of migration. Hence being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397420
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Secularism or catholicism? The religious composition of the United States to 2043
Skirbekk, Vegard; Goujon, Anne; Kaufmann, Eric - 2008
We project the religious composition of the United States to 2043, considering fertility differences, migration …, intergenerational religious transmission and conversion by 11 ethnoreligious groups. If fertility and migration trends continue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352586
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Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis? A comparison of Europe and the United States
Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - 2014
The question of whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market is an important criterion for an … new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour market shocks. We find that recent migration flows have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010478924
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Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis? A comparison of Europe and the United States
Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - 2014
The question of whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market is an important criterion for an … new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour market shocks. We find that recent migration flows have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010484712
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Constitutions and economic development: Evidence from the American Indian Nations
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Jorgensen, Miriam; Sunde, Uwe - 2012
This paper presents an empirical examination of economic and institutional development. Utilizing a novel data set on American Indian tribal nations, we investigate how constitutional design affects economic development, while holding the broader legal and political environment fixed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287652
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Arbeitskräfte aus Mittel- und Osteuropa: bisher keine starke Zuwanderung - und auch keine Belastungen für den Arbeitsmarkt zu erwarten
Brenke, Karl - In: DIW Wochenbericht 78 (2011) 18, pp. 2-17
Die Erweiterung der EU im Jahr 2004 hat sich auch auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt bemerkbar gemacht. Vor allem wurde von Arbeitsmigranten die Möglichkeit genutzt, eine selbständige Beschäftigung aufzunehmen. Trotz Hindernissen bei der Zuwanderung und der Gewährung von Arbeitsgenehmigungen hat...
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