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Migration and Regional Wage Disparities in Germany
Fendel, Tanja - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 236 (2016) 1, pp. 3-35
Abstract This study provides an analysis of the effect of migration and commuting on regional wage disparities in … consider dynamics as well as the simultaneity between migration and regional labor market circumstances. To begin with, the … influence of migration on relative wage levels is analyzed. The results show a small positive wage effect due to the overall …
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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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Predicting with a small amount of data: an application of fuzzy reasoning to regional disparities
Philip McArthur, David; Encheva, Sylvia; Thorsen, Inge - In: Journal of Economic Studies 41 (2014) 1, pp. 12-28
areas is to stimulate employment growth. The findings suggest that this will simply increase migration towards the cities …
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Income disparities across Indian States: evidence from Kuznets curve and shift analysis
Sofi, Arfat Ahmad; Durai, S. Raja Sethu - In: International Journal of Development Issues 14 (2015) 2, pp. 171-187
Purpose – This study aims to analyse the patterns of growth and income disparities and to have a future insight about its behaviour across 22 Indian states for the period from 1980-1981 to 2010-2011. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses a three-stage methodological procedures to...
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Can trade liberalisation bring benefits to the war-affected regions and create economic stability in post-war Sri Lanka?
Naranpanawa, Athula; Bandara, Jayatilleke - In: International Journal of Social Economics 44 (2017) 12, pp. 1710-1726
Purpose There is a large body of literature on the link between trade liberalisation, growth and poverty. However, less attention has been paid to the relationship between trade and regional disparities. The purpose of this paper is to identify and quantify the regional impacts of trade...
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Motherland or home state? Allegiance of the Indian diaspora and its effect on reverse FDI
Chand, Masud - In: South Asian Journal of Global Business Research 4 (2015) 2, pp. 209-225
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential regional preferences of the diaspora and explain how such preferences affect their decision when engaging in reverse Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Since diasporas often act as conduits for trade and investment, the author is...
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