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Re-examining the Philosophical Underpinnings of the Melting Pot vs. Multiculturalism in the Current Immigration Debate in the United States

Woldeab, Daniel; Yawson, Robert M.; Woldeab, Irina - 2021

Immigration to the United States is certainly not a new phenomenon, and it is therefore natural for immigration, culture and identity to be given due attention by the public and policy makers. However, current discussion of immigration, legal and illegal, and the philosophical underpinnings is...

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Technological Change and Immigration Policy

Gomez-Ruano, Gerardo - 2011

We propose a dynamic general equilibrium model to address the effects of technological progress on immigrant skill composition. Our results from this positive model suggest that neutral and skill-biased technological change imply essentially different immigration policies. On the one hand,...

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Mediterraneo e Unione Europea tra migrazioni e crescita sostenibile

Schilirò, Daniele - 2016

Mediterraneo ed Europa sono due realtà storicamente legate da rapporti economici, culturali e sociali. Questo contributo esamina, in particolare, gli aspetti economici e sociali delle migrazioni verso l’Europa provenienti dai paesi del Sud ed Est del Mediterraneo e i diversi problemi che...

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Mediterranean, migrations and economic development

Schilirò, Daniele - 2015

The economic development of the Mediterranean countries, particularly those on the south shore, is the theme of this … addresses the issue of economic development and the problem of migrations in the countries of the Southern Mediterranean and the … Mediterranean. It also analyzes the Mediterranean economy and, above all, the theme of the economic development of countries on the …

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Do Private Household Transfers to the Elderly Respond to Public Pension Benefits? Evidence from Rural China

Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019

Aging populations in developing countries have spurred the introduction of public pension programs to preserve the standard of living for the elderly. The often-overlooked mechanism of intergenerational transfers, however, can dampen these intended policy effects, as adult children who make...

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Important Trends and Developments Influencing the Nursing Care

Thor, Annelie; Siegfried, Patrick - 2021

development with an increasing life expectancy leading to an increasing amount of old people with a demand for care and decreasing …

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Patrilocality and Child Sex Ratios in India

Goli, Srinivas; Arora, Somya; Jain, Neha; Shekher, T V - 2022

In multi-level and multi-layered foundations of gendered approaches for understanding the kinship system, son preferences, and male-skewed child sex ratios in India; patriarchy, and patrilineality have received greater attention than patrilocality. To fill this gap, in this study, we construct a...

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A Village-level Study of Poverty in Bihar: Using panel data Approach

Singh, Krishna M.; Singh, R.K.P.; Meena, M.S.; Kumar, Abhay - 2011

remained almost constant up to 2005-2006. There has not been any significant influence of the agricultural development and … and launching of various development programmes, including MNREGA, occupational profile of rural households has changed …

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Rural Poverty in Jharkhand, India : An Empirical Study based on Panel Data

Singh, K.M.; Meena, M.S.; Singh, R.K.P.; Kumar, Abhay; … - 2012

Jharkhand state is carved out from Bihar state in 2000. The state is rich in mineral resources and poor in agricultural production. More than 75% of work force is engaged in agriculture, but generates only 20% of state’s GDP. About 45% area is under non-agricultural use and 32% is culturable...

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Empowerment of Muslim Women in India: A Study of Socio-Economic and Political Disparities

Sanu, Md Sahnewaz - 2018

This paper investigates the empowerment of Muslim women in India, vis-à-vis their male counterparts as well as women belonging to other major five religious communities, namely Hindus, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain. The study is based on secondary sources of data primarily obtained from...

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