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abhängig gemacht. Das Wetter im Urlaub hat einen großen Einfluss auf das Urlaubserlebnis. Dieser Artikel untersucht, ob … schlechtes Wetter zu einer höheren Reklamations-rate bei Ferienhausgästen führt. Dafür wurde der Zusammenhang zwischen dem …
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Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, we estimate the impact of weather …-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the destination regions to be employed. Consistent with the … therefore less conducive to capital mobility: a 10 percentage points increase in the net in-migration rate in these areas …
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MDTFs can enhance aid effectiveness by reducing transaction costs and by mitigating the high risk levels inherent in post-crisis situations.
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Even before the massive earthquake struck Haiti early this year, the country was one of the biggest beneficiaries of South-South cooperation in the Americas. In fact, since 2004, the first UN peacekeeping mission made up mostly of South American forces has been serving in the beleaguered...
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The paper aimes at sketching influences of weather and climate on tourism. Weather and climate influence the supply and … the demand of tourism. In connection with the climate change the discussions about the impact of weather and climate on …
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Purpose This paper aims to investigate weather sensitivity of tourism businesses in New Zealand to examine whether … adaptive responses and “learning” about current weather can help operators to prepare more proactively for future climatic … three key tourist destinations in New Zealand. Data were content-analysed and coded into weather types, impacts and business …
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Migration at University College London; his email address is hillel mail.biu.ac.il. This article is part of the World Bank …Measuring International Skilled Migration: A New Database Controlling for Age of Entry Michel Beine, Frederic Docquier …, and Hillel Rapoport Recent data on international migration of skilled workers define skilled migrants by education level …
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What is the impact of male migration on the labor market behavior of women in Nepal? The instrumental variable full … results indicate that male migration has a negative impact on the level of the labor market participation by women in the … characteristics) in the impact of male migration. The findings highlight the important gender dimension of the impact of predominantly …
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of the world's migrants and the top destination for migrants from some 60 sending countries. Migration to Western Europe … comprehensive picture of bilateral global migration over the second half of the 20th century emerges. The data reveal that the … global migrant stock increased from 92 million in 1960 to 165 million in 2000. Quantitatively, migration between developing …
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We examine asymmetric information about migrant earnings and its implications for remittance behavior using a sample of Indian households with husbands working overseas in Qatar. On average, wives underreport their husbands' income and underreporting is more prevalent in households with higher...
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