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Modelling migration and regional labour markets : an application of the new economic geography model RHOMOLOI
Brandsma, Andries; Kancs, D'Artis; Persyn, Damiaan - 2013
unemployment, and interregional labour migration. The RHOMOLO model is parameterised by estimating the key structural parameters … assess the impact on regional labour markets. Our results confirm that wages and unemployment are by far the most important …
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Voluntary brain waste and the reservation wage of migrants : evidence from Austria and three CEE countries
Nowotny, Klaus - 2012 - Preliminary draft
Stylized facts show that migrants more often face overqualified employment than natives. As shown by previous research, one third of the employed foreign born with tertiary education in the EU-15 are overqualified, with levels reaching up to 57.6%, compared to 20.9% among natives. Among the...
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A search and matching approach to business-cycle migration in the euro area
Clemens, Marius; Hart, Janine - 2019
Recently migration patterns in the euro area changed markedly in response to increasing unemployment disparities. This … business-cycle related fluctuations in net migration flows and the crucial role of unemployment and vacancies in shaping …-cycle migration. In this model unemployment arises from search and matching frictions. We endogenize migration via the unemployed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317568
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How polycentric is a monocentric city? : the role of agglomeration economies
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Wendland, Nicolai - 2010
Can the demise of the monocentric economy across cities during the 20th century be explained by decreasing transport costs to the city center or are other fundamental forces at work? Taking a hybrid perspective of classical bid-rent theory and a world where clustering of economic activity is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011550697
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Influence of the coupled support to the profitability of the vegetable crops sector
Ursu, Ana - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 133-141). 2016
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current state of vegetable sector and especially soybeans, rice, beets, hemp, hops receiving support coupled with subsidy on the surface as direct pay. The analysis takes into account a number of relevant indicators for both the performance of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590646
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Socioeconomic disadvantage and politics in the geographical allocation of public resources : evidence from Turkey's fixed capital investments
Luca, Davide - 2013 - Draft version for ERSA 2013 Annual Conference
Following the political economics literature documenting how public resources are likely to be geographically distributed along equity and efficiency as well as political considerations, this article is aimed at exploring to what extent, and through which channels, politics play a role in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011534554
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Animal products market study : between scientific rigor and reality
Marin, Ancuța; Chetroiu, Rodica; Iurchevici, Lidia - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 208-215). 2019
Abstract: The paper represents the result of the efforts made to develop a market study within the first subsystem of the marketing - the entries on the market, meaning the production sector, by applying a questionnaire addressed to the producers of cow's milk, sheep meat, pork, broiler. Even...
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Determinants of mobile broadband use in developing economies : evidence from Nigeria
Hasbi, Maude; Dubusy, Antoine - 2019 - Preliminary version, incomplete
Using micro-level data coming from household surveys over 5 years, from 2013 to 2017, we analyse what are the determinants of mobile broadband adoption in developing economies. We provide empirical evidence on the presence of a learning effect stemming from mobile money use, which by providing a...
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Determinants of mobile broadband use in developing economies : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Hasbi, Maude; Dubus, Antoine - 2019
Broadband is seen as a vector of economic growth and social development. In the developing world, mobile technologies are widely adopted and mobile broadband is progressively rolled-out with high expectations on its impact on the countries' development. We highlight what the determinants of...
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Estimative analysis of breakeven point of marigold crops for seeds in conventional and organic farming system : forecast 2017/2018
Berevoianu, Rozi Liliana - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 91-96). 2017
Marigold (Tagetes) is of importance both as a decorative plant and plant used in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry, with recognized medicinal properties. This paper presents a scientific approach to the methods required forthe analysis of the economic efficiency of marigold seed culture...
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