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Effect of education on migration decisions in Ghana: a rural-urban perspective
Amuakwa-Mensah, Franklin; Boakye-Yiadom, Louis; … - In: Journal of Economic Studies 43 (2016) 2, pp. 336-356
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of education on migration decisions focusing on rural … as a basis for examining the impact of education on migration. The migration decision equation was based on the Heckman … implications – Based on the mixed effect of education on migration decision as evident from the study, policies to enhance the …
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Immigration, education and entrepreneurship in developed countries
Neupert, Kent E.; Baughn, C. Christopher - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 7 (2013) 3, pp. 293-310
entrepreneurship, immigration and education. In contrast to studies that report on immigration and entrepreneurship in a region or … single country, the authors seek to determine whether levels of immigration, and the level of education obtained by the … immigration and education level on entrepreneurial activity using regression analysis. Findings – The stock of immigrants in a …
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Fragil und prekär? Private Care-Arbeit in der Schweiz / Insecure and precarious? Private care work in Switzerland
Hettlage, Raphaela; Baghdadi, Nadia - In: Arbeit 22 (2013) 3, pp. 212-223
Abstract Als Folge der verstärkten Erwerbsorientierung und der demographischen Veränderungen werden individuelle Care-Verpflichtungen zunehmend ausgelagert und statt als Familienarbeit im Rahmen von marktlich organisierten Care-Arrangements bearbeitet. Die Care-Arbeiterinnen sind oftmals...
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A New Approach of Dynamic Load Balancing Scheduling Algorithm for Homogeneous Multiprocessor System
Alam, Mahfooz; Varshney, Ankur Kumar - In: International Journal of Applied Evolutionary … 7 (2016) 2, pp. 61-75
Load balancing of parallel tasks in homogeneous as well as heterogeneous systems are major trouble for researches of both industry and academia. Load balancing were broadly classified into two categories namely static load balancing and dynamic load balancing. Nowadays, numerous of researches...
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Combined Heat and Power Dispatch using Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Biogeography-based Optimization
Roy, Provas Kumar; Ghosh, Madhumita - In: International Journal of Energy Optimization and … 6 (2017) 1, pp. 49-65
theory of biogeography and is inspired by the two concepts, namely migration of species between “islands” via flotsam, wind …
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Solving OPF Problems using Biogeography Based and Grey Wolf Optimization Techniques
Das, Puja; Banerjee, Subrata; Roy, Provas Kumar; … - In: International Journal of Energy Optimization and … 6 (2017) 3, pp. 55-77
This paper presents biogeography-based optimization (BBO) and grey wolf Optimization(GWO) for solving the multi-constrained optimal power flow (OPF) problems in the power system. In this paper, the proposed algorithms have been tested in 9-bus system under various conditions along with IEEE 30...
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Towards A Virtual Machine Migration Algorithm Based On Multi-Objective Optimization
Chen, Xiang; Tang, Jun-rong; Zhang, Yong - In: International Journal of Mobile Computing and … 8 (2017) 3, pp. 79-89
-configuration caused by system computation resource status changing and load fluctuation. Based on migration objectives as QoS (Quality of … Service), resource competition and energy consumption, the VM migration time, migration objective node selection and VM … migration destination host selection. Experiment results show that the multi-objective optimization management method with …
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The Systems Forum: What Value Have Systems Ideas in Making Sense of The Complexity of Issues Like Migration?
Stowell, Frank; Roderick, Ian - In: International Journal of Systems and Society (IJSS) 3 (2016) 2, pp. 50-73
session was ‘migration'. …
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Labour Market Regulations and In-formalisation of Migrant Worker: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Sector
Sofi, Irfan Ahmad; Khan, Mohd Imran; Kunroo, Mohd Hussain; … - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 7 (2016) 2, pp. 169-195
Abstract India is considered as one of the countries with a stringent body of labour laws. Though there is no lack of pro-worker employment protection legislation (EPL) and contract labour laws, the vulnerabilities of workers seem to be increasing rapidly in this neo-liberal phase of the global...
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Flucht und Migration: Herausforderung für Bildung, Ausbildung und Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Walwei, Ulrich - In: Arbeit 25 (2016) 3-4, pp. 169-194
Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) zur quantitativen Entwicklung der Migration in der jüngeren Vergangenheit … sowie zur bisherigen Arbeitsmarktintegration von Migranten und Flüchtlingen. Zudem werden die kurz- und längerfristigen …
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