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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? A comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
habits)?; (iii) how does religiosity of immigrants affect integration: is it serving as a bridge that smoothens integration … into the local population, or as a buffer against the harsh integration process?; and (iv) are the intersections between … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …
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Bridges or buffers? : motives behind immigrants’ religiosity
Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive – whether...
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Culture wars in America
Lazear, Edward P. - 1996
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Linkages among the US energy futures markets
Aruga, Kentaka; Managi, Shunsuke - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 36 (2013) 1, pp. 13-26
This study investigates the price linkage among the US major energy sources, considering structural breaks in time series, to provide information for diversifying the US energy sources. We find that only a weak linkage sustains among crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, coal, natural gas, uranium...
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Regionalization and Home Bias: The Case of Canada
Ceglowski, Janet - In: Journal of Economic Integration 15 (2000), pp. 548-564
The bilateral trade flows between Canada and the US have grown rapidly in the 1990s. Are they evidence of an emerging North American trading bloc? A gravity model of trade finds that while economic size and proximity can explain much of the substantial trade between Canada and the US, the US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010840811
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Introduction
Frieden, Jeffry A. - Princeton University Press
monetary integration. He also analyzes the politics of Latin American currency policy over the past forty years, and focuses on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011093935
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Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy
Frieden, Jeffry A. - Princeton University Press
monetary integration. He also analyzes the politics of Latin American currency policy over the past forty years, and focuses on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011093938
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La Chine et l'Amérique latine : le grand chambardement ?
Arès, Mathieu; Deblock, Christian; Lin, Ting-Sheng - In: Revue Tiers-Monde n°208 (2011) 4, pp. 65-82
production networks and integration processes. In a short time, the Latin American economic map was completely reshaped. Yet, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011187763
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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
habits)?; (iii) how does religiosity of immigrants affect integration: is it serving as a bridge that smoothens integration … into the local population, or as a buffer against the harsh integration process?; and (iv) are the intersections between … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652535
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Policy Initiative Dilemmas Surrounding Media Convergence: A Cross National Perspective
Menon, Siddhartha - In: Prometheus 24 (2006) 1, pp. 59-80
The discourse surrounding convergence of mass media content and infrastructures has been fraught with extravagant expectations and rhetoric. This article utilizes a cross-national perspective and focuses on regulatory aspects of the media convergence issue in order to explore the disconnect...
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