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Geographic positioning as a determination of tourism development of Gevgelija region

Gjorgievski, Mijalce; Gramatnikovski, Sasko; Nakovski, Dejan - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 4 (2013) 1, pp. 61-69

geographical position and their role on the development of gambling tourism. Gambling tourism as a special form of tourism, for …, gambling tourism was the basic form of tourism, which further over time initiated rapid economic development of destinations … casinos in a combination of other factors that influence the development of gambling tourism, especially geographical position …

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Mind the remoteness! : income disparities across Japanese prefectures

López-Rodríguez, Jesús; Nakamura, Daisuke - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 2, pp. 393-417

decrease in explanatory power of Market access was around 15%. -- new economic geography ; market access ; income disparities …

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Alleviating extreme poverty in Chile : the short term effects of Chile Solidario

Galasso, Emanuela - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 101-127

This paper evaluates the effect of an anti-poverty program, Chile Solidario, during its first two years of operation. We find that the program tends to increases significantly their take-up of cash assistance programs and of social programs for housing and employment, and to improve education...

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The longer-term effects of human capital enrichment programs on poverty and inequality : oportunidades in Mexico

McKee, Douglas; Todd, Petra E. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 67-100

Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico's Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasing schooling and improving health of disadvantaged children. This paper studies the program's potential longer-term consequences for the poverty and inequality of these children. It adapts methods...

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The impact of income adjustments in the CASEN survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile

Bravo, David; Valderrama Torres, José A. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 43-65

The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty...

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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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Exploring effective knowledge management to improve organizational performance in globalized environment : an empirical study

Roy, Mousumi; Chatterjee, Tilak; Linnanen, Lassi - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 1, pp. 205-213

An empirical study was conducted involving several firms based in a vast and developing economy like India on effective knowledge management strategy. It was observed that firms with higher orientation in system strategy attach the highest emphasis to combination mode and, the lowest emphasis to...

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The impact of minimum age of employment regulation on child labor and schooling

Edmonds, Eric V.; Shrestha, Maheshwor - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-28

Promoting minimum age of employment regulation has been a centerpiece in child labor policy for the last 15 years. If enforced, minimum age regulation would change the age profile of paid child employment. Using micro-data from 59 mostly low-income countries, we observe that age can explain less...

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The productivity of return migrants : the case of China’s "Sea Turtles"

Sun, Wei - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19

’s economic development, I discuss why the presumably better human capital accumulated overseas does not translate into …

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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

This paper first develops a structural micro-founded model of aggregate net migration flow using matching ideas to study how migrants choose between multiple locations using multiple criteria. Migration should reduce inequality in the criteria. Most migration models either do not handle multiple...

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