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The Influence of International Law on the International Movement of Persons
Opeskin, Brian - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
law is made and enforced. The most prominent among them are the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507019
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Stress and Burnout Syndrome in Event Management in the Communication Agencies Business
Sanchez-Bayon, Antonio - 2020
This paper analyzes the professional stress and burnout in events management within the framework of communication agencies in Spain (selected among the main companies in the sector). The goal is to check if event managers suffer more stress, given the peaks of their activity, than other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825653
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European Union Green Deal and the Opportunity Cost of Wastewater Treatment Projects
Vindel, Jose M.; Trincado Aznar, Estrella; … - 2022
The European Union Green Deal aims at curbing greenhouse gas emissions and introducing clean energy production. But to achieve energy efficiency, the opportunity cost of different energies must be assessed. In this article, two different energy self-sufficient systems for wastewater treatment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030233
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The Governance of Migration Policy
Hanson, Gordon H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper, I examine high-income country motives for restricting immigration. Abundant evidence suggests that allowing labor to move from low-income to high-income countries would yield substantial gains in global income. Yet, most high-income countries impose strict limits on labor inflows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559038
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The Governance of Migration Policy
Hanson, Gordon H. - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
In this paper, I examine high-income country motives for restricting immigration. Abundant evidence suggests that allowing labor to move from low-income to high-income countries would yield substantial gains in global income. Yet, most high-income countries impose strict limits on labor inflows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506985
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Competitive Rent Preservation, Reform Paralysis, and the Persistence of Underdevelopment
Rajan, Raghuram G. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
Initial inequality in endowments and opportunities, together with low average levels of endowments, can create constituencies in a society that combine to paralyze reforms, even though the status quo hurts them collectively. Each constituency prefers reforms that expand its opportunities, but in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005723093
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Trafficking in Women and Forced Migration : Moving Victims Across the Border of Crime into the Domain of Human Rights
McSherry, Bernadette M. - 2010
The response to the trafficking of women is primarily dominated by the discourse of criminal law both internationally and nationally. By contrast, in the refugee law context, women are constructed as victims in a ‘culturally relative', patriarchal society. This paper explores the tensions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144028
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Adverse working conditions and immigrants' physical health and depression outcomes: a longitudinal study in Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
The study examines whether adverse working conditions for immigrants in Greece bear an association with deteriorated physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612599
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Invisible, successful, and divided : Vietnamese in Germany since the late 1970s
Bösch, Frank; Su, Phi Hong - 2018
, in particular, had not yet been confronted with non-European refugees. This changed after 1978 with the influx of around … offers a strategic case for understanding factors that shaped the arrival and resettlement experiences of Vietnamese refugees … not be uniformly positive for immigrants and refugees to have an integration experience deemed successful. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011789051
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Future migration flows to the EU : adapting policy to the new reality in a managed and sustainable way
Grieveson, Richard; Landesmann, Michael; Mara, Isilda - 2021
circular migration, be flexible, devote sufficient resources to support refugees in its neighbouring regions, tackle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012523014