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The 'Tampa' Effect. Australian Asylum Policy in International Perspective
Hatton, Timothy J.; Lim, Audrey - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
Australia’s policies towards asylum seekers hit the headlines when it refused to admit those aboard the Tampa in September 2001. This tough stance and the raft of legislation that followed became known as Australia’s ‘Pacific Solution’. It was clearly intended to deter those who might...
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The dynamic relationship between asylum applications and recognition rates in Europe (1987–2010)
Toshkov, Dimiter Doychinov - In: European Union Politics 15 (2014) 2, pp. 192-214
The intensity of asylum flows over the last 20 years represents a significant challenge to national and European policy making. This article studies the dynamic reciprocal effects between asylum applications and recognition rates in 29 European countries over 24 years. Furthermore, it explores...
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International labour-cum-Capital Migration: Theory, Welfare Implications and Evidence
Clarke, Harry R - Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe Business … - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008867784
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Globalization and human capital formation
Andersson, Frederik; Konrad, Kai A. - Abteilung "Marktprozesse und Steuerung", … - 2001
This paper compares education investment in closed and open economies without government and with a benevolent government. Closed economies suffer from a holdup problem of excessive redistribution, and governments use education policy as a second-best tool. Globalization that increases labor...
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Book Reviews
Redmond, Jennifer; Iosifides, Theodoros; Salmenhaara, Perttu - In: Migration Letters 8 (2011) 2, pp. 173-184
, 288 pp., (ISBN13: 9780199574414), (paper). Birgit Jentsch and Myriam Simard (eds.), International Migration and Rural … Jacobs, Experience and Representation, Contemporary Perspectives on Migration in Australia, Farnham: Ashgate, 2010, 176 pp …-90-8964-250-9), (cloth). Elisabeth Eide and Kaarina Nikunen, Media in Motion: Cultural Complexity and Migration in the Nordic Region. Farnham …
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A socio-economic picture of Kosovar migrants and their origin farm households
Möllers, Judith; Meyer, Wiebke; Xhema, Sherif; … - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2013
with migrants in Germany. We present data on both sides of migration: the migrant household in the destination country as …-economic features of three migration waves. Individual demographic characteristics of the migrant are analysed as well as economic … features including the income situation and the remitting behaviour. We furthermore discuss the nature of migration - if it is …
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Does non-farm income diversivication in Northern Albania offer an escape from rural poverty?
Meyer, Wiebke; Möllers, Judith; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2008
structure, migration patterns, attitudes towards and reasons for income diversification into the non-farm sector. Income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008597173
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International labour-cum-Capital Migration: Theory, Welfare Implications and Evidence
Clarke, Harry R - Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe Business … - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541771
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Happiness in the dual society of urban China:Hukou identity, horizontal inequality and heterogeneous reference
Jiang, Shiqing; Lu, Ming; Sato, Hiroshi - LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, … - 2008
This paper studies the impact of income inequality on the subjective well-being of different social groups in urban China. We classify urban social groups according to their hukou status: rural migrants, "born?urban residents, and "acquired?urban residents who once changed their hukou identity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005088354
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Trade Liberalization in a Globalizing World
Faini, Riccardo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Globalization is not only about the rise of trade, FDI, and migration. It is also about the changing linkages among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822046