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In this paper we use the Continuous Sample of Working Histories 2005 (MCVL2005) to analyze the earnings assimilation of … underlying the assimilation is the higher likelihood of recent immigrants in changing jobs among different sectors and firms, but … our results given that immigration phenomenon is quite recent in the Spanish labour market and it has taken place in an …
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engaged in a process of “territorial competition” inan integrated world economy. The identity of the region can be used as a …
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another as part of identity construction. This dissertation attempts to answer the following research questions: 1. Do self …-concept and identity motivate consumers to engage in electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM)? 2. Is there a conceptual model to represent …, hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results suggest that self-concept and identity indeed …
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Identifiers are an essential component of online communication. Email addresses and instant messenger usernames are two of the most common online identifiers. This dissertation focuses on the ways that social, technical and policy factors affect individual's behavior with online...
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In a history-based trust-management system, users and service providers use information about past transactions to make trust-based decisions concerningcurrent transactions. One category of such systems is represented by the reputation systems. However, despite the growing body of experience in...
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The development and evolution of labor market structures and institutions. Particular focus on competing explanations of recent developments in the distribution of wage and salary income and in key institutions and organizational structures. Special attention to theories of worker motivation and...
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We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990’s had no adverse effects on native wages and … ‘flexible’ as the UK labor market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration. …
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about the relationship between search costs and labor market outcomes. The final essay, “The Impact of Mexican Immigration … effect of immigration on U.S. labor market outcomes using a novel source of exogenous variation in migrant inflows. Rainfall …
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The essays of this dissertation examine the determinants of cross-border flows, in the form of immigrants and foreign aid, as well as the impact of those flows on receiving markets. The first essay finds that the composition of immigrant inflows into local markets is a significant determinant of...
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The first two essays of this dissertation use policy experiments to show that low-skilled newly arriving immigrants help keep the economy in geographic equilibrium by differentially selecting destinations that provide better labor market prospects. The first essay finds that immigrants choose...
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