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Immigration and Innovation in European Regions
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2011
The concentration of people with diverse socio-cultural backgrounds in particular geographic areas may boost the creation of new ideas, knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. In this paper we measure the impact of the size, skills, and diversity of immigration on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326368
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Immigration and innovation in European regions
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009720768
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Immigration and innovation in European regions
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2011
The concentration of people with diverse socio-cultural backgrounds in particular geographic areas may boost the creation of new ideas, knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. In this paper we measure the impact of the size, skills, and diversity of immigration on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009296379
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Child Growth and Refugee Status : Evidence from Syrian Migrants in Turkey
Demirci, Murat; Foster, Andrew D.; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2022
This study examines disparities in health and nutrition among native and Syrian-refugee children in Turkey. With a view toward understanding the need for targeted programs addressing child well-being among the refugee population, we analyze, in particular, the Turkey Demographic and Health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264870
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Trans-Tasman Migration, Transnationalism and Economic Development in Australasia
Poot, Jacques - 2009
This paper focuses on migration between Australia and New Zealand, which has exhibited a strong, but cyclical, net movement towards Australia since the late 1960s. A long-term historical perspective is taken. Trans-Tasman migration is also compared with inter-island migration within New Zealand....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207684
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Impact of temporary migration on long-run economic development : the legacy of the sent-down youth program
Gørgens, Tue; Meng, Xin; Zhao, Guochang - 2024
Fifty years ago, China sent more than 16 million urban youths aged 16-19 to rural villages to work and they spent between 1 and 10 years there. This is known as the "sent-down youth" (SDY) program. This paper examines how this internal migration impacted rural economic development in the regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014525019
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Religious affiliation and economic performance of Romanian emigrants : an empirical approach
Roman, Monica; Goschin, Zizi - 2011
Although migration and religion studies have traditionally developed as separate research topics, in the current context of globalization and transnationalism attention begins to focus on the way they may interconnect. Consequently, recent studies of migration raise the importance and role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542562
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Through which channels can remittances spur economic growth in MENA countries?
Mim, Sami Ben; Ali, Mohamed Sami Ben - 2012
This paper studies the remittances' effect on economic growth. Using panel data techniques, the authors estimate … provide new robust evidence on how remittances are used in MENA countries and detect the main channels which may interfere in … this process. Estimation outcomes show that the most important part of remittances is consumed and that remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579802
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Through which channels can remittances spur economic growth in MENA countries?
Mim, Sami Ben; Ali, Mohamed Sami Ben - 2012
This paper studies the remittances' effect on economic growth. Using panel data techniques, the authors estimate … provide new robust evidence on how remittances are used in MENA countries and show the main channels which may interfere in … this process. Estimation outcomes show that the most important part of remittances is consumed and that remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424668
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Remittances, Capital Flows and Financial Development During the Mass Migration Period, 1870‐1913
Esteves, Rui - 2012
between remittances and measures of financial development that is both larger than the contribution of other international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108951