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Migration and globalization: challenges and perspectives for the research infrastructure
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008
International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences …, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use …. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration trajectories. To alleviate these difficulties, we suggest: (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269198
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Trust, temperature fluctuations, and asylum applications
Carattini, Stefano; Veronesi, Marcella - 2020
, and international migration by asylum seekers. A priori generalized trust can be expected to have an ambiguous effect on … migration. On the one hand, countries with higher trust may exhibit higher adaptive capacity to temperature fluctuations and so … lower climate-induced migration. On the other hand, trust may also facilitate migration by increasing the likelihood that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270546
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Global integration and world migration
Stark, Oded - 2017
strengthens their inclination to resort to migration as a means of reducing this heightened stress. Other things held constant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594246
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Global integration and world migration
Stark, Oded - 2017
strengthens their inclination to resort to migration as a means of reducing this heightened stress. Other things held constant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011620533
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Regional Differences Assessment in the Level of Economic Development and Life Quality
Morozova, Elena; Muhacheva, Anna - 2016
The main purpose of this article is to examine theoretical and methodological framework for assessing the differences in the level of economic development and quality of life in the regions. The study of existing approaches to the regional classification led to a conclusion of insufficient use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014034785
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Involuntary migration, inequality, and integration : national and subnational influences
Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2019
Across the world, we observe different experiences in terms of inequality between migrant and 'host-country' populations. What factors contribute to such variation? What policies and programmes facilitate 'better' economic integration? This paper, and the broader collection of studies that it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137942
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A macro-level analysis of language learning and migration
Übelmesser, Silke; Sommerfeld, Ann-Marie; Weingarten, … - In: German economic review : GER 23 (2022) 2, pp. 181-232
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Public participation in Local Agenda 21: A review of traditional and innovative tools
Sors, Julie Catherine - 2001
There is a wealth of existing literature on specific methods to encourage public participation in Local Agenda 21. This paper provides a concise overview and comparative assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches. For the sake of clarity, these methods are categorised into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608779
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Public Participation in Local Agenda 21 : A Review of Traditional and Innovative Tools
Sors, Julie Catherine - 2001
There is a wealth of existing literature on specific methods to encourage public participation in Local Agenda 21. This paper provides a concise overview and comparative assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches. For the sake of clarity, these methods are categorised into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014128526
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A cross-country analysis of the risk factors for depression at the micro and macro level
Melgar, Natalia; Rossi, Máximo - 2010
Past research has provided evidence of the role of some personal characteristics as risk factors for depression. However, few studies have examined jointly their specific impact and whether country characteristics change the probability of being depressed. In general, this is due to the use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246569