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A new approach to migrant labor rights enforcement : the crisis of undocumented worker abuse and Mexican consular advocacy in the United States
Bada, Xóchitl; Gleeson, Shannon - In: Labor studies journal : official journal of United … 40 (2015) 1, pp. 32-53
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The long-run effect of Mexican immigration on crime in US cities : evidence from variation in Mexican fertility rates
Chalfin, Aaron - In: The American economic review 105 (2015) 5, pp. 220-225
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Graduate migration in Italy : lifestyle or necessity? : ERSA 2011 - conference paper
Marinelli, Elisabetta - 2011
analyses the structural drivers of migration (i.e. the key regional characteristics that attract high-skilled migrants) and the … social structures that underpin it (i.e the role of migration networks). Secondly, it compares the preferences of migrants … market, particular attention is given to migrants who are applying, in their jobs, exactly the skills gained through their …
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The effect of (mostly unskilled) immigration on the innovation of Italian regions
Bratti, Massimiliano; Conti, Chiara - 2014
Immigration has recently been at the centre of the political and economic agenda. Economists have studied extensively the impact of immigration on several economic and social indicators of host countries. The effect of immigration on innovation and technical change is, however, not much studied....
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Spatial distribution dynamics
Gerolimetto, Margherita; Magrini, Stefano - 2015 - Very preliminary version, this version: June 12, 2015
It is quite common in convergence analyses across regions that data exhibit strong spatial dependence. While the literature adopting the regression approach is now fully aware that neglecting this feature may lead to inaccurate results and has therefore suggested a number of statistical tools...
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Ethnic attrition and the observed health of later-generation Mexican Americans
Antman, Francisca M.; Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - In: The American economic review 106 (2016) 5, pp. 467-471
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The counterproductive consequences of border enforcement
Massey, Douglas S. - In: The Cato journal : an interdisciplinary journal of … 37 (2017) 3, pp. 539-554
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The impact of minimum wage on the spatial distribution of exporting hazard rate : the empirical research using the data from the annual survey of Chinese industrial firms over the...
Sun, Churen; Zhang, Tao; Zhao, Ruili - 2013
As cities play important roles in economic growth, the competitive power of foreign trade of cities has gained more and more attentions. Exporting hazard rate, as one dimension of foreign competitive power, shall be specifically measured. And its spatial distribution across cities shall be...
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Structural changes and convergence in EU and in Adriatic-Balkans region
Albu, Lucian-Liviu - 2011
Coming from standard economic growth theory and empirical evidences, we concentrated on the convergence process as a result of structural changes in economy. We investigate the differences among countries in EU in terms of the share in total economy of main sectors. Then, based on the spatial...
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Quantifying the impact of current crisis on the convergence in EU and post-crisis scenarios
Albu, Lucian-Liviu - 2012
Certainly the current crisis is affecting seriously the convergence process in EU. Starting from the spatial distribution in EU of some fundamental development indicators before the current crisis, we try to estimate the impact of the prolonged crisis. During last years, the less developed...
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