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Where is the grass greener? : a micro-founded model of migration with application to Guangdong

Simmons, Peter; Xie, Yuanyuan - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-23

study how migrants choose between multiple locations using multiple criteria. Migration should reduce inequality in the …

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Menschenhandel : Deutschland beim Opferschutz nur Mittelmaß

Cho, Seo-young - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 39, pp. 3-12

Mehr als 2,45 Millionen Menschen sind laut den Vereinten Nationen Opfer von Menschenhandel, die Dunkelziffer ist hoch. Viele Staaten haben deshalb ihre Bemühungen verstärkt, gegen Menschenhandel vorzugehen und den Opfern zu helfen. Das DIW Berlin hat nun den 3P-Index, der die staatlichen...

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The Economic, Social and Administrative Pharmacy (ESAP) Discipline in US schools and colleges of pharmacy

Alkhateeb, Fadi M.; Latif, David A.; Adkins, Rachel - In: International journal of management, economics and … 2 (2013) 3, pp. 187-204

Schools and colleges of pharmacy in the United States have struggled over the past several decades with identifying a consistent title for the broad body of knowledge related to the social, economic, behavioral, and administrative aspects of pharmacy. This paper examines the educational...

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Assessing market for multi-national corporations at Nigeria's bottom of the pyramid : hints from consumer behaviour

Adebayo, Nathaniel Adeyemi - In: International journal of management, economics and … 2 (2013) 3, pp. 157-186

Undoubtedly, poverty reduction has become a front-burner issue in development and business agenda. Since its announcement and defense by its advocates as a potent weapon against poverty, the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) concept has been bedeviled by controversies. A major controversy is whether...

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Multiculturalism versus assimilation : attitudes towards immigrants in Western countries

Vani, Borooah K.; John, Mangan - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 2 (2009) 2, pp. 33-50

A long standing area of debate in Western countries is that of the appropriate philosophy for facilitating large scale immigration; should immigrants preserve their traditions and culture while living in the host country (integration/multiculturalism) or should they assimilate themselves into...

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Wage and occupational assimilation by skill level : migration policy lessons from Spain

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-20

What are the migration policy lessons that can be learned from the Spanish case? Unlike countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants, in Spain having a high-school degree does not give immigrants an advantage in terms wage or occupational assimilation (relative to their native...

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Jugendarbeitslosigkeit sinkt deutlich : regionale Unterschiede verstärken sich

Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 19, pp. 3-13

Die Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland sinkt auf den tiefsten Stand seit der Wiedervereinigung. Zwischen 2005 und 2012 hat sich die Zahl der Erwerbslosen unter 25 Jahren mehr als halbiert. Im internationalen Vergleich steht Deutschland damit hervorragend da. Nirgendwo in Europa ist die...

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Do immigrants squeeze natives out of bad schedules? : evidence from Italy

Giuntella Osea - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23

This paper documents the effect of immigrant concentration on natives’ work schedules. I show that immigrants are more likely to work at non‐standard hours (i.e. evenings, nights and Sundays) and that a higher proportion of immigrants in the local labor market is associated with a lower...

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Self-selection patterns among return migrants : Mexico 1990-2010

Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M.; Lara, Jaime - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-18

This paper analyzes the self-selection patterns among Mexican return migrants during the period 1990–2010. To calculate … the selection patterns, we nonparametrically estimate the counterfactual wages that the return migrants would have … that the wages of return migrants are larger than those that the migrants would have obtained had they not migrated. …

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Differences in employment outcomes for college town stayers and leavers

Winters, John V. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-22

New college graduates must choose whether to stay in the geographic area where they completed their degree or move to a new location to begin their careers. This paper classifies 41 U.S. metropolitan areas as “college towns” and investigates differences in employment outcomes between college...

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