We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants' job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of settlement. We find that there are initial downward movements along the occupational ladder, followed by improvements. As a result of restrictions in welfare eligibility since...

1. Brands : origins, heritage and importance -- 2. The art of branding -- 3. The science of measuring brand performance -- 4. Cross-cultural studies, loyalty, choice, experiments and hypothese -- 5. Research method -- 6. Results : sample comparability and brand knowledge constructs -- 7. Results...

1. Introduction -- 2. Immigration and acculturation in Australia -- 3. Cultural issues in acculturation : a comparison of Chinese and Australian cultures -- 4. Hypothesis development -- 5. Methodology -- 6. Results of the quantitative research -- 7. Results of the qualitative study -- 8....

This paper presents the second set of PRGT borrowing agreements that have been finalized through April 2023 as part of the loan mobilization round launched in July 2021 to cover the cost of pandemic-related lending and support the self-sustainability of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust...

While a carbon tax is widely acknowledged as an efficient policy to mitigate climate change, adoption has lagged. Part of the challenge resides in the distributional implications of a carbon tax and a belief that it tends to be regressive. Even when not regressive, poor households could be hurt...