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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 productivity of return migrants : the case of China’s "Sea Turtles"
Sun, Wei - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19
This paper explores the productivity differential between return migrants (“Sea Turtles”) and non-migrants through a case study of China’s venture capital (VC) industry. I find that even after correcting for selection bias, return venture capitalists are less productive than comparable...
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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 criteria and locations or lack micro foundation. The model …
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The effects of international migration on the well-being of native populations in Europe
Betz, William; Simpson, Nicole B. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-21
Very little is understood about how immigrants affect the happiness, or subjective well-being of natives. We use the European Social Survey to analyze the effects of aggregate immigration flows on the subjective well-being of native-born populations in a panel of 26 countries between 2002 and...
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Payments for ecological restoration and internal migration in China : the sloping land conversion program in Ningxia
Démurger, Sylvie; Wan, Haiyuan - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-22
This paper analyzes the impact of the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) on rural labor migration in China. We use … policy on labor migration decision. We find a significant effect of the policy: the migration probability increase due to the … strengthening the impact of the program on migration. We also find that young, male and Hui nationality individuals are more likely …
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The impact of exchange rate changes on disaggregated agricultural output in Nigeria : a two-stage-least-squares approach
Yaqub, Jameelah Omolara - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 75-89
Agriculture was the mainstay of the Nigerian economy prior to independence and immediately after. Agriculture however …
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A growing dilemma of tourism diffusion and sustainability : wows and woes for Bangladesh eco-tourism
Shoeb-Ur-Rahman, Muhammad; Shahid, Rogeya Binte - In: UTMS journal of economics / University of Tourism and … 3 (2012) 1, pp. 57-69
Tourism is one of the emerging and fastest growing industries in the world today. It is well said that every twelve tourists creates a new job. Current study discusses the diffusive nature of tourism that demands an inclusion of the concept “sustainability” which in turn creates the...
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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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El estudio de casos como metodología de investigación científica en dirección y economía de la empresa : una aplicación a la internacionalización
Villarreal Larrinaga, O.; Landeta Rodríguez, J. - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 16 (2010) 3, pp. 31-52
Management, as a social science, and Strategic Management, as a specific scientific discipline of this science, require research methodologies that can deal with all of the complexities of the business phenomena to be analysed. Certain circumstances call for methodologies that can combine...
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Arbeitsmigration in Zentralasien: Kinder profitieren nicht von Geldüberweisungen
Kröger, Antje Elisabeth - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 6, pp. 11-17
Vater leben. Doch nach der Rückkehr des Vaters kehren sich die Verhältnisse wieder um. -- migration ; remittances …
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