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The Effect of Immigration on Business Dynamics and Employment
Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline; Abraham, Alexander - 2020
Immigration, like any positive labor supply shock, should increase the return to capital and spur business investment … immigrant inflows. Despite this clear prediction, there is sparse empirical evidence on the effect of immigration on business … immigration on business dynamics and employment by combining U.S. data on immigrant inflows from the Current Population Survey …
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AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH BETWEEN GAME THEORY AND PARETO FRONTIER CONCEPTS FOR THE TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES ALLOCATIONS: Case of the Euphrates and Tigris
Kucukmehmetoglu, Mehmet - 2010
In the transboundary water resources allocation issues, there has been so far very limited progress made in terms of allocation techniques. This study introduces a composite water resources allocation approach that integrates both game theory and Pareto frontier technique over the case of the...
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Combining data envelopment analysis and multi-objective model for the efficient facility location-allocation decision
Hong, Jae-dong; Jeong, Ki-Young - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering International 15 (2019) 2, pp. 315-331
This paper proposes an innovative procedure of finding efficient facility location-allocation (FLA) schemes, integrating data envelopment analysis (DEA) and a multi-objective programming (MOP) model methodology. FLA decisions provide a basic foundation for designing efficient supply chain...
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An interactive weighted fuzzy goal programming technique to solve multi-objective reliability optimization problem
Kundu, Tanmay; Islam, Sahidul - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering International 15 (2019) S1, pp. 95-104
This paper presents an application of interactive fuzzy goal programming to the nonlinear multi-objective reliability optimization problem considering system reliability and cost of the system as objective functions. As the decision maker always have an intention to produce highly reliable...
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Applying nonlinear MODM model to supply chain management with quantity discount policy under complex fuzzy environment
Zhang, Zhe; Xu, Jiuping - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) 7 (2014) 3, pp. 660-680
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to deal with the supply chain management (SCM) with quantity discount policy under the complex fuzzy environment, which is characterized as the bi-fuzzy variables. By taking into account the strategy and the process of decision making, a bi-fuzzy nonlinear...
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Application of multi-objective optimization based on genetic algorithm for sustainable strategic supplier selection under fuzzy environment
Hashim, Muhammad; Nazam, Muhammad; Yao, Liming; Baig, … - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) 10 (2017) 2, pp. 188-212
Purpose: The incorporation of environmental objective into the conventional supplier selection practices is crucial for corporations seeking to promote green supply chain management (GSCM). Challenges and risks associated with green supplier selection have been broadly recognized by procurement...
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Un estudio cuantitativo de la migración en la frontera sur de México-Guatemala
Santiago, Agustín; Sautto, José M.; Bouza, Carlos; … - In: Atlantic Review of Economics 2 (2014), pp. 1-35
Migration movements in the south border of México with Guatemala, has motivated serious social, economic and politic un-stability in both countries. During the last decades of the XX-th century, the sites of the south zone have become in zones with high violence indexes, delinquency and...
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Sobrenomes e ancestralidade no Brasil
Monasterio, Leonardo Monteiro - 2016
This paper presents a method for classifying the ancestry of Brazilian surnames based on historical sources. The information obtained forms the basis for applying fuzzy matching and machine learning classification algorithms to more than 46 million workers in five categories: Iberian, Italian,...
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Raining stones? Female immigrants in the Spanish labour market
Antòn, José-Ignacio; de Bustillo, Rafael Muñoz; … - In: Estudios de Economía 39 (2012) 1, pp. 53-86
experienced impressive immigration flows during the last decade. Particularly, we explore the differential access to employment …
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The Labor Market Consequences of Refugee Supply Shocks
Borjas, George J.; Monras, Joan - 2016
The continuing inflow of hundreds of thousands of refugees into many European countries has ignited much political controversy and raised questions that require a fuller understanding of the determinants and consequences of refugee supply shocks. This paper revisits four historical refugee...
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