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Immigration, education and entrepreneurship in developed countries
Neupert, Kent E.; Baughn, C. Christopher - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 7 (2013) 3, pp. 293-310
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a country‐level consideration of the relationship between entrepreneurship, immigration and education. In contrast to studies that report on immigration and entrepreneurship in a region or single country, the authors seek to determine whether...
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Determinants of health professionals’ migration in Africa: a WHO based assessment
Simplice, Asongu - In: International Journal of Social Economics 42 (2015) 7, pp. 666-686
has examined the theoretical postulations of a World Health Organization report on determinants of health-worker migration.  …
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Globalization and health worker crisis: what do wealth-effects tell us?
Simplice, Asongu - In: International Journal of Social Economics 41 (2014) 12, pp. 1243-1264
Purpose – Owing to lack of relevant data on health human resource (HHR) migration, the empirical dimension of the … hypothetical determinants of health-worker migration in the context of globalization when income-levels matter. In plainer terms …
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Relocation branding: a strategic framework for attracting talent from abroad
Silvanto, Sari; Ryan, Jason - In: Journal of Global Mobility 2 (2014) 1, pp. 102-120
Purpose – The global migration and movement of talent plays an important role in the economic growth and …
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An empirical study of nation branding for attracting internationally mobile skilled professionals
Silvanto, Sari; Ryan, Jason; McNulty, Yvonne - In: Career Development International 20 (2015) 3, pp. 238-258
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically assess the importance for nations of key institutional, economic, and societal factors for attracting skilled professionals from abroad. It examines the existing literature on international talent mobility and empirically tests the validity...
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Fragil und prekär? Private Care-Arbeit in der Schweiz / Insecure and precarious? Private care work in Switzerland
Hettlage, Raphaela; Baghdadi, Nadia - In: Arbeit 22 (2013) 3, pp. 212-223
Abstract Als Folge der verstärkten Erwerbsorientierung und der demographischen Veränderungen werden individuelle Care-Verpflichtungen zunehmend ausgelagert und statt als Familienarbeit im Rahmen von marktlich organisierten Care-Arrangements bearbeitet. Die Care-Arbeiterinnen sind oftmals...
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Labour Market Regulations and In-formalisation of Migrant Worker: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Sector
Sofi, Irfan Ahmad; Khan, Mohd Imran; Kunroo, Mohd Hussain; … - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 7 (2016) 2, pp. 169-195
Abstract India is considered as one of the countries with a stringent body of labour laws. Though there is no lack of pro-worker employment protection legislation (EPL) and contract labour laws, the vulnerabilities of workers seem to be increasing rapidly in this neo-liberal phase of the global...
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Flucht und Migration: Herausforderung für Bildung, Ausbildung und Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Walwei, Ulrich - In: Arbeit 25 (2016) 3-4, pp. 169-194
Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) zur quantitativen Entwicklung der Migration in der jüngeren Vergangenheit …
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Does More Time Spent Calling Home Correlate with Higher Remittances? Evidence from Migrants in the State of Qatar
Seshan, Ganesh K. - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 12 (2012) 1
Abstract This paper investigates an intriguing relationship between the demand for telecommunication and remittance services by migrants in Qatar. The hypothesis is that there are important synergies between telecommunications and remittances. Migrants with greater telecom access may have higher...
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Welfare Magnets, Border Effects or Policy Regulations: What Determinants Drive Migration Flows into the EU?
Peridy, Nicolas J - In: Global Economy Journal 6 (2006) 4
In recent years, there has been a lack of empirical work devoted to the explanation of migration patterns into the … European Union with the exception of country specific studies. At the same time, migration theories have undergone a … considerable renewal, which has led to the development of new variables for explaining migration decisions. Three of them are of …
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