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Cross-Country Performance in Social Integration of Older Migrants – A European Perspective
Sirven, Nicolas; Berchet, Caroline - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the relationship between migration and social integration. It explores the hypothesis that migrants essentially differ from non-migrants with regard to the length of residence in the country – which is a proxy of migrants’ social distance to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011073830
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Total factor productivity, intangible assets and spatial dependence in the European regions
Dettori, B.; Marrocu, E.; Paci, R. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2008
In the last decade there has been an upsurge of studies on international comparisons of Total Factor Productivity (TFP). The empirical evidence suggests that countries and regions differ not only in traditional factor endowments (labour and physical capital) but mainly in productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005049479
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The effect of net immigration on economic growth in an ageing economy: transitory and permanent shocks
Muysken, Joan; Ziesemer, Thomas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
This paper argues that immigration can help to alleviate the burden ageing presents for the welfare states of most … Western Economies. We develop a macroeconomic framework which deals with the impact of both ageing and immigration on economic … help to alleviate the ageing problem in the long run, as long as the immigrants will be able to participate in the labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856307
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Immigration and growth in an ageing economy - version 2
Muysken, Joan; Ziesemer, Thomas - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
This paper argues that immigration can help to alleviate the burden ageing presents for the welfare states of most … Western Economies. We develop a macroeconomic framework which deals with the impact of both ageing and immigration on economic … conclusions are that immigration will help to alleviate the ageing problem, as long as the immigrants will be able to participate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712212
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The role of social capital in shaping Europeans' immigration sentiments
Economidou, Claire; Karamanis, Dimitris; Kechrinioti, … - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/3, pp. 1-31
Migration has manifested itself to historic highs, creating divisive views among politicians, policy makers, and individuals. The present paper studies the Europeans' attitudes toward immigration, focusing particularly on the role of social capital. Based on 267,282 respondents from 22 countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012303129
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The role of social capital in shaping Europeans' immigration sentiments
Economidou, Claire; Karamanis, Dimitris; Kechrinioti, … - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 11 (2020) 1, pp. 1-31
Migration has manifested itself to historic highs, creating divisive views among politicians, policy makers, and individuals. The present paper studies the Europeans' attitudes toward immigration, focusing particularly on the role of social capital. Based on 267,282 respondents from 22 countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014552500
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EXPLAINING TFP AT FIRM LEVEL IN ITALY. DOES LOCATION MATTER?
Aiello, Francesco; Pupo, Valeria; Ricotta, Fernanda - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Statistiche e … - 2012
This study analyses how firms' internal variables and regional factors affect Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of Italian manufacturing firms. Due to the hierarchical structure of our data, we employ a multilevel model that allows for a clear distinction between firm and region-specific effects....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650731
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Estimating Verdoorn law for Italian firms and regions
Fazio, Giorgio; Maltese, Enza; Piacentino, Davide - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
In empirical regional economics, returns to scale are typically estimated at the regional level in search for evidence on alternative theories of growth and agglomeration. However, returns to scale may also have a firm-level dimension. In this paper, we exploit micro level data and estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386703
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The complementary effects of proximity dimensions on knowledge spillovers
Marrocu, Emanuela; Paci, Raffaele; Usai, Stefano - 2012
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of various proximity dimensions on the innovative capacity of 276 regions in Europe within a knowledge production function model, where R&D and human capital are included as the main internal inputs. We combine the standard geographical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011340691
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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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