Poverty and inequality

Poverty and inequality refer to macro and micro level absolute and relative deprivation within sending and receiving countries and the relative inequality between countries.

Studies listed under this migration driver refer to poverty, inequality, absolute and relative deprivation, and positive and negative selection of migrants.

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Rural Migration and Relative Deprivation in Agro-Pastoral Communities Under the Threat of Cattle Rustling in Nigeria

Authors Saifullahi Sani Ibrahim, Huseyin Ozdeser, Behiye Cavusoglu, ...
Year 2021
Citations (WoS) 2
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1 Journal Article

Deprivation and Poverty inHongKong

Authors Peter Saunders
Year 2013
Journal Name Social Policy & Administration
Citations (WoS) 23
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2 Journal Article

Interstate migration of the US poverty population: Immigration “pushes” and welfare magnet “pulls”

Authors William H. Frey, Kao-Lee Liaw, Yu Xie, ...
Year 1996
Journal Name Population and Environment
Citations (WoS) 31
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3 Journal Article

Growth, Equal Opportunities, Migration, and Markets

Principal investigator Ruud Koopmans (Principal Investigator), Susanne Veit (Principal Investigator)
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"Theoretical background and objectives The GEMM project addresses the ‘Migration, Prosperity and Growth Dimension’ of the call on the European Growth Agenda within the Horizon 2020 framework of the European Commission. With over 20 researchers located in 8 countries in Europe, our consortium will approach this important topic and deliver: An analysis of the obstacles to the successful incorporation of migrants and in particular to the attraction and retention of highly skilled migrants; A thorough assessment of the migration related drivers of growth and the optimal functioning of markets; An assessment of ethnic inequality in the labor market as a barrier to competitiveness and innovation in Europe; A set of policy recommendations that contain concrete guidelines as to how migrants can contribute to the EU economy and society. These deliverables are realized by putting forward an innovative research agenda that combines scientific rigor, a mixed methods and comparative approach, and crosscutting expertise. The main contribution of this project is to advance our understanding of ethnic inequality as a central barrier to the optimal functioning of the European labor market and thus to growth and innovation. Ethnic inequality inhibits two main migration related drivers of growth: the efficient use of human capital and managing mobility of human capital both within Europe and from other regions in the world. In the research framework, we analyze the interrelatedness between ethnic inequality as a barrier to growth, and the two migration-related drivers of growth. We achieve a unified research focus across work packages in two ways: by analyzing types of migrants defined by their educational qualifications – individuals with high, medium and vocational, and low skills; by exploring three sets of determinants of inequality - individual (gender, age, health, family situation, caring responsibilities, social ties (friendship ties), religious affiliation), contextual (neighborhood deprivation, segregation, climate of reception), institutional determinants (employment discrimination, labor market (occupational, sectoral) segmentation, flexibility and security of work, access to social welfare (policy regimes more broadly)."
Year 2015
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Introduction : irregular migrant domestic workers in Europe : who cares?

Authors Anna TRIANDAFYLLIDOU
Year 2013
Book Title Anna TRIANDAFYLLIDOU (ed.), Irregular migrant domestic workers in Europe : who cares?, Burlington ; Farnham : Ashgate, 2013, Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series, 209-232
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5 Book Chapter

Inequality, Family Processes, and Health in the "New" Rural America

Authors Linda M. Burton, Daniel T. Lichter, Regina S. Baker, ...
Year 2013
Journal Name American Behavioral Scientist
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7 Journal Article

Poverty Concentration and Determinants in China's Urban Low‐income Neighbourhoods and Social Groups

Authors SHENJING HE, FULONG WU, CHRIS WEBSTER, ...
Year 2010
Journal Name International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Citations (WoS) 28
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8 Journal Article

The effect on morbidity of variability in deprivation and population stability in England and Wales: an investigation at small-area level

Authors PJ Boyle, AC Gatrell, O Duke-Williams
Year 1999
Journal Name Social Science & Medicine
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9 Journal Article

Southern Negro Migration: Social and Economic Components of an Ecological Model

Authors William F. Stinner, Gordon F. De Jong
Year 1969
Journal Name Demography
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10 Journal Article

Vocational Status, Hukou and Housing Migrants in the New Century: Evidence from a Multi-city Study of Housing Inequality

Authors Junhua Chen, Ying Wu, Huijia Li
Year 2018
Journal Name Social Indicators Research
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12 Journal Article

Voting with their feet: highly skilled emigrants from southern Europe

Authors Anna Triandafyllidou, Ruby Gropas
Year 2014
Journal Name American Behavioral Scientist
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13 Journal Article

Socio-Demographic, Cause, and Benefit of Internal and International Migration: A case study of Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan

Authors Baqir KHAWARİ, Mohammad Sadiq KHAWARİ
Year 2023
Journal Name Turkish Journal of Diaspora Studies
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14 Journal Article

City of Water Port-au-Prince, Inequality, and the Social Meaning of Rain

Authors Claire Antone Payton
Year 2021
Journal Name JOURNAL OF URBAN HISTORY
Citations (WoS) 1
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15 Journal Article

Regards sur la migration irrégulière des Sénégalais : vouloir faire fortune en Europe avec des pirogues de fortune

Authors Serigne Mansour TALL, Aly TANDIAN
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Avec une agriculture peu rentable à cause des sols peu fertiles et des précipitations irrégulières mais aussi du fait du désengagement de l’État de ce secteur au début des années 80 imposé par les programmes d’ajustement structurel, de nombreuses populations sénégalaises rurales ont émigré vers les centres urbains pour échapper à la pauvreté endémique. Dans ces villes, les migrants deviennent de simples acteurs du secteur informel où ils cohabitent avec des citadins victimes de déflations, de licenciements, de fermeture d’entreprises, etc. L’émigration vers d’autres pays devient dans ce contexte une alternative au dénuement économique. Ce papier met en exergue le voyage des sénégalais qui utilisent des pirogues de fortune dans l’espoir d’atteindre l’Europe via les îles canaries. L’auteur analyse les motivations sous-tendant ces itinéraires « irréguliers » ou « illégaux » et met en lumière les stratégies ainsi que les ressources que ces migrants utilisent pour partir. Abstract As agriculture is becoming unprofitable with only partially productive land and irregular precipitation, not to mention the disengagement of the state-imposed structural adjustment programmes, many rural Senegalese have moved to urban centers to escape poverty. In these towns, they become informal sector workers where they coexist with the urban victims of deflation, layoffs, business closures, and so on. Thus, emigration to other countries becomes an alternative to economic deprivation. The paper focuses on the Senegalese who embark on “fortune seeking pirogues”, hoping to reach Europe via the Canary Islands. The author analyses the motivations of these ‘irregular’ or illegal migratory itineraries and sheds light on the strategies and resources that they employ in order to leave.
Year 2010
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Land Tenure Inequality, Harvests, and Rural Conflict: Evidence from Southern Spain during the Second Republic (1931-1934)

Authors Jordi Domenech
Year 2015
Journal Name Social Science History
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17 Journal Article

ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUALITY: MODERN APPROACHES TO CONCEPTUALIZING THE CONCEPT

Authors Tatiana S. Martynenko
Year 2020
Journal Name VESTNIK TOMSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA-FILOSOFIYA-SOTSIOLOGIYA-POLITOLOGIYA-TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
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18 Journal Article

Poverty and Youth Migration Out of Nigeria: Enthronement of Modern Slavery

Authors Innocent A. Nwosu, Mary J. Eteng, Joseph Ekpechu, ...
Year 2022
Citations (WoS) 4
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19 Journal Article

Regards sur la migration irrégulière des Sénégalais : vouloir faire fortune en Europe avec des pirogues de fortune

Authors Serigne Mansour TALL, Aly TANDIAN
Description
Avec une agriculture peu rentable à cause des sols peu fertiles et des précipitations irrégulières mais aussi du fait du désengagement de l’État de ce secteur au début des années 80 imposé par les programmes d’ajustement structurel, de nombreuses populations sénégalaises rurales ont émigré vers les centres urbains pour échapper à la pauvreté endémique. Dans ces villes, les migrants deviennent de simples acteurs du secteur informel où ils cohabitent avec des citadins victimes de déflations, de licenciements, de fermeture d’entreprises, etc. L’émigration vers d’autres pays devient dans ce contexte une alternative au dénuement économique. Ce papier met en exergue le voyage des sénégalais qui utilisent des pirogues de fortune dans l’espoir d’atteindre l’Europe via les îles canaries. L’auteur analyse les motivations sous-tendant ces itinéraires « irréguliers » ou « illégaux » et met en lumière les stratégies ainsi que les ressources que ces migrants utilisent pour partir. Abstract As agriculture is becoming unprofitable with only partially productive land and irregular precipitation, not to mention the disengagement of the state-imposed structural adjustment programmes, many rural Senegalese have moved to urban centers to escape poverty. In these towns, they become informal sector workers where they coexist with the urban victims of deflation, layoffs, business closures, and so on. Thus, emigration to other countries becomes an alternative to economic deprivation. The paper focuses on the Senegalese who embark on “fortune seeking pirogues”, hoping to reach Europe via the Canary Islands. The author analyses the motivations of these ‘irregular’ or illegal migratory itineraries and sheds light on the strategies and resources that they employ in order to leave.
Year 2010
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Examining longitudinal patterns of individual neighborhood deprivation trajectories in the province of Quebec: A sequence analysis application

Authors Laurence Letarte, Pierre Gagnon, Rachel McKay, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
Citations (WoS) 10
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21 Journal Article

Global Mobility Corridors for the Ultra-Rich. The Neoliberal Transformation of Citizenship

Authors Roxana Barbulescu
Book Title Debating Transformations of National Citizenship
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22 Book Chapter

Op zoek naar veilige(r) landen. Onderzoek naar beweegredenen van asielzoekers

Authors The Dutch Advisory Committee on Migration Affairs (Adviescommissie voor Vreemdelingenzaken, ACVZ)
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Een advies over de komst van asielzoekers uit door Nederland als veilig aangemerkte landen. Waarom dienen zij een asielaanvraag in, terwijl de kans op inwilliging nihil is? Uit het onderzoek is gebleken dat motieven voor personen om uit veilig aangemerkte landen te vertrekken zeer divers zijn en een krachtige drijfveer vormen voor migratie naar ‘Europa’. Die motieven komen bijvoorbeeld voort uit een gebrek aan perspectief in eigen land – armoede, werkloosheid, ongelijkheid – versterkt door gebrekkig bestuur en corruptie en zijn krachtiger dan de aantrekkingskracht van Nederland. Nederland is dan ook vaak niet de eerste bestemmingskeuze. Tijdens de reis ontstaan meer pullfactoren voor Nederland, die vaak zijn ingegeven door verhalen van landgenoten over Nederland. Op basis van dit onderzoek doet de ACVZ de volgende aanbevelingen: • 1) Pak de grondoorzaken van migratie aan en overweeg legale migratiekanalen. • 2) Zet in op een geharmoniseerde EU-definitie van veilig land en uniforme toepassing ervan. • 3) Verkort de Dublinprocedure en/of doe meer zaken zelf af. • 4) Versterk de inzet op terugkeer. Bied maatwerk inreisverboden en terugkeerondersteuning. • 5) Richt informatiecampagnes in, ook op personen die al onderweg zijn.
Year 2018
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23 Report

‘European bays of hope’: Trans-Mediterranean fatalities and African migration crisis in selected migritude poems

Authors Emmanuel Adeniyi
Year 2022
Journal Name Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture
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24 Journal Article

Migration to the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala: Why place matters

Authors David L. Carr
Year 2008
Journal Name Human Organization
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25 Journal Article

Migration-related health inequalities: Showing the complex interactions between gender, social class and place of origin

Authors Davide Malmusi, Carme Borrell, Joan Benach
Year 2010
Journal Name Social Science & Medicine
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26 Journal Article

Mauritanie : Migration Hautement Qualifiée

Authors Sidna Ndah MOHAMED SALEH
Description
Le présent rapport cherche à dresser un panorama de la question de la migration hautement qualifiée en Mauritanie. Des données récentes estiment que l’effectif des compétences mauritaniennes de niveau supérieur ayant émigrées représente une proportion comprise entre 10,4% et 12,0% par rapport à l’ensemble de la main d’œuvre mauritanienne ayant un niveau d’instruction supérieur ; ce chiffre correspond égalent à quelques 22,0% du nombre de migrants mauritaniens à l’étranger. La présente note analytique vise à clarifier les causes de la migration qualifiée qui sont étroitement liées avec le fonctionnement du marché du travail dans ce pays. En effet, la Mauritanie demeure un pays à faible revenu dont l’économie se base principalement sur les revenus provenant des ressources naturelles (industries extractives, pêcheries, pétrole, par exemple) et de l'aide provenant de l’étranger. Outre à cette structure économique, le marché du travail est caractérisé par un niveau de chômage élevé et persistant ainsi que par une informalité importante de l’emploi. Par ailleurs, les sortants du système éducatif, notamment les diplômés, se retrouve également confronté à la question du chômage. Ce phénomène laisse à penser qu’une certaine inadéquation entre le système de formation et les besoins du marché du travail existe en Mauritanie. Au déficit d’opportunités d’emploi s’ajoute un niveau de pauvreté élevé favorisant tous types d'émigration, notamment pour les individus ayant un niveau d’instruction supérieur et pouvant probablement davantage se permettre les coûts de l’émigration. The aim of this paper is to offer a profile of highly-skilled migrants from Mauritania. From recent data, we know that highly-skilled emigrants make up about 22.0% of all emigrants; or between 10.4% and 12.0% of the highly-skilled labor force in Mauritania. Here, we focus on the pull factors of this type of emigration which are mainly related to the functioning of the labor market. Mauritania remains a low-income country with an economy based largely on income from natural resources – i.e. fishery industries and extractive activities – as well as foreign aid. High levels of unemployment and informal employment are the main features characterizing this labor market. As the graduate population seems to be particularly vulnerable to such negative labor-market conditions, the mismatch between the educational system and labor-market needs plays a fundamental role in the decision to emigrate. Finally, together with these labor-market determinants, poverty represents a constant push-factor for all types of emigration and thus also for highly-skilled individuals, who can better afford the costs of emigration.
Year 2010
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27 Report

The deprivation experienced by disabled asylum seekers in the United Kingdom: symptoms, causes, and possible solutions

Authors Rebecca Yeo
Year 2017
Journal Name Disability & Society
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28 Journal Article

The Politics of Refugee Protection in a (Post)COVID-19 World

Authors Heaven Crawley
Year 2021
Citations (WoS) 35
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29 Journal Article

Vulnerability in trafficked women from a socio-critical nursing approach: Health, Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals

Authors Ines Gomez Fontaina, Lucia Valeije Guerra, Marta Eiras Lopez, ...
Year 2023
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30 Journal Article

Scottish mortality rates 2000-2002 by deprivation and small area population mobility

Authors Denise Brown, Alastair H. Leyland
Year 2010
Journal Name Social Science & Medicine
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31 Journal Article

Women's migration and quality of life in Turkey

Authors Mohammad Hemmasi, Carolyn V Prorok
Year 2002
Journal Name Geoforum
Citations (WoS) 11
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32 Journal Article

Socioeconomic position, population density and site‐specific cancer mortality: A multilevel analysis of Belgian adults, 2001–2011

Authors Paulien Hagedoorn, Hadewijch Vandenheede, Katrien Vanthomme, ...
Year 2018
Journal Name International Journal of Cancer
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33 Journal Article

Health trajectories of immigrants in the United States: Does income inequality of country of origin matter?

Authors Dina Maskileyson
Year 2019
Journal Name Social Science & Medicine
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34 Journal Article

Urban Marginalization and the Declining Capacity for Disaster Risks in Contemporary China

Authors Jia Xu, Makoto Takahashi
Year 2021
Citations (WoS) 2
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35 Journal Article

The Spread of Inequality

Authors Deborah S. Rogers, MW Feldman, Omkar Deshpande
Year 2011
Journal Name PLOS ONE
Citations (WoS) 9
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38 Journal Article

Torturing environments and multiple injuries in Mexican migration detention

Authors Julia Manek, Andrea Galan-Santamarina, Pau Perez-Sales
Year 2022
Citations (WoS) 4
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40 Journal Article

Migration, housing constraints, and inequality: A quantitative analysis of China

Authors Min Fang, Zibin Huang
Year 2022
Citations (WoS) 4
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41 Journal Article

Using Internet search data to examine the relationship between anti-Muslim and pro-ISIS sentiment in U.S. counties

Authors Christopher A. Bail, Friedolin Merhout, Peng Ding
Year 2018
Journal Name SCIENCE ADVANCES
Citations (WoS) 1
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42 Journal Article

Individualisierung als Deutungsmuster sozialer Ungleichheit

Authors Gerd Nollmann, Hermann Strasser
Year 2002
Journal Name Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie
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45 Journal Article

Enhancing Knowledge for Renewed Policies against Poverty

Description
NOPOOR aims to build new knowledge on the nature and extent of poverty in developing countries to provide policymakers with a broader understanding of poverty. We believe that poverty cannot be tackled without a comprehensive approach. We know that poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon, but NOPOOR will explore new and uncharted dimensions. It is not just a picture of poverty, but also an understanding of poverty entry and exit processes that is needed for achieving MDGs and for making more effective the policies. Nineteen experienced partners are involved in the project, which includes ten teams from developing and emerging countries in three regions (Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia). These countries have implemented different poverty reduction policies, and this will form the basis for the comparative and case studies approach taken. The project will identify key mechanisms that explain the persistence and exacerbation of poverty, which have been altered by the insertion of developing countries into the globalization process, including trade, aid, FDI and migration, and by the growing interdependence of economies. Causes may differ between countries. This calls for policies and actions to be tailored to each poor country’s characteristics, including their access to resources, political regime, quality of institutions and governance. These points are developed by various approaches, including political economics, and different methods: surveys, econometric studies and case studies. NOPOOR will put significant resources into generating new knowledge from original surveys, database work and qualitative work. .It will also look forward to future scenarios. Conclusions will be oriented to policy recommendations. Beyond this contribution to scientific knowledge, NOPOOR will pursue an active policy of dissemination and capacity building, including training of young Southern researchers and the implementation of a permanent network with National Institutes of Statistics (NIS). The project is policy-oriented. NOPOOR will accompany the EU's agenda for its policy against poverty by consultations, guidance notes, and policy briefs on issues relating to the program. The review of MDG will constitute an important point of focus in the future years.
Year 2012
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46 Project

NOPOOR

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NOPOOR aims to build new knowledge on the nature and extent of poverty in developing countries to provide policymakers with a broader understanding of poverty. We believe that poverty cannot be tackled without a comprehensive approach. We know that poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon, but NOPOOR will explore new and uncharted dimensions. It is not just a picture of poverty, but also an understanding of poverty entry and exit processes that is needed for achieving MDGs and for making more effective the policies. Nineteen experienced partners are involved in the project, which includes ten teams from developing and emerging countries in three regions (Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia). These countries have implemented different poverty reduction policies, and this will form the basis for the comparative and case studies approach taken. The project will identify key mechanisms that explain the persistence and exacerbation of poverty, which have been altered by the insertion of developing countries into the globalization process, including trade, aid, FDI and migration, and by the growing interdependence of economies. Causes may differ between countries. This calls for policies and actions to be tailored to each poor country’s characteristics, including their access to resources, political regime, quality of institutions and governance. These points are developed by various approaches, including political economics, and different methods: surveys, econometric studies and case studies. NOPOOR will put significant resources into generating new knowledge from original surveys, database work and qualitative work. .It will also look forward to future scenarios. Conclusions will be oriented to policy recommendations. Beyond this contribution to scientific knowledge, NOPOOR will pursue an active policy of dissemination and capacity building, including training of young Southern researchers and the implementation of a permanent network with National Institutes of Statistics (NIS). The project is policy-oriented. NOPOOR will accompany the EU's agenda for its policy against poverty by consultations, guidance notes, and policy briefs on issues relating to the program. The review of MDG will constitute an important point of focus in the future years.
Year 2012
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47 Project

Modern labor migration from Kalmykia and Tuva: economic, socio-cultural and gender aspects

Authors Nogan Badmaeva, Organa D. Natsak
Year 2021
Citations (WoS) 13
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48 Journal Article

Imperfection Measures and the Production of Poverty: A Case Study of the Use of the Asset Index in Bangladesh

Authors Mausumi Mahapatro, Deborah Johnston
Year 2020
Journal Name SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
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49 Journal Article

Gender differences in income inequality among immigrant populations to the United States

Authors Gary A. Hoover, Mehmet E. Yaya
Year 2010
Journal Name The Social Science Journal
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51 Journal Article

Inheritance Institutions and Landholding Inequality in Nineteenth-Century Germany: Evidence from Hesse-Cassel Villages and Towns

Authors Simone A. Wegge
Year 2021
Journal Name JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
Citations (WoS) 9
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53 Journal Article

Trends in Elderly Poverty in Hong Kong: A Decomposition Analysis

Authors Siu-Yau Lee, Kee-Lee Chou
Year 2016
Journal Name Social Indicators Research
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54 Journal Article

Human Rights for All Is Better than Citizenship Rights for Some

Authors Daniel Kanstroom
Book Title Debating Transformations of National Citizenship
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55 Book Chapter

When poverty meets affluence: Migrant street workers in Scandinavia

Principal investigator Anne Britt Djuve (Project Leader), Jon Horgen Friberg (), Guri Tyldum ()
Description
The phenomenon of EU migrants who go abroad to beg, collect bottles, trade and do other types of informal “street work” (Adriaenssen 2011) has featured on the political agendas of most European countries over the last decade. While the EU framework was intended to encourage the free movement of labour, there is little regulation in place to address the free movement of poverty. As unwanted mobility from EU member states can no longer be stopped at the borders, European states have come to depend on internal policing and regulations in attempts to regulate these practices. Thus far, there has been little research into this particular form of mobility and the related institutional responses. This project addresses this knowledge gap. Drawing on theories of economic sociology and institutional theory, we will explore the causes for and outcomes of this mobility, its organisation and the development and impact of policies and discourses in countries of destination. As this mobility in many ways represents an “extreme” case of transnational migration and ethnic relations, knowledge about the mechanisms involved may challenge or strengthen assumptions within existing theories. The project will therefore engage with wider theoretical debates within the field of migration studies.
Year 2015
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Poverty Dynamics of Households in Rural China

Authors Katsushi S. Imai, Jing You
Year 2014
Journal Name OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
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58 Journal Article

Health care for the poor - An exploration of primary-care physicians' perceptions of poor patients and of their helping behaviors

Authors Menachem Monnickendam, Shlomo M. Monnickendam, Chana Katz, ...
Year 2007
Journal Name Social Science & Medicine
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59 Journal Article

Determinants of rural-urban migration in Duna district, Southern Ethiopia

Authors Negese Tamirat, Sanait Tadele, Workalemahu Assefa
Year 2024
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60 Journal Article

Immigrant health, place effect and regional disparities in Canada

Authors Lu Wang, Wei Hu
Year 2013
Journal Name Social Science & Medicine
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62 Journal Article

IS MIGRATION STATUS A DETERMINANT OF URBAN NUTRITION INSECURITY? EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM MUMBAI CITY, INDIA

Authors Neetu Choudhary, D. Parthasarathy
Year 2009
Journal Name Journal of Biosocial Science
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63 Journal Article

The invisible barrier: Neighbourhood poverty and integration of immigrants in Canada

Authors Abdolmohammad Kazemipur, Shiva Halli
Year 2000
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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64 Journal Article

Minimum wage and income inequality among the migrant population in China

Authors Yanan Li, Jing Qi, Shanshan Wu
Year 2024
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65 Journal Article

An Historical Assessment and Analysis of Economic Imperialism in West Africa

Authors Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale, Natewinde Sawadogo
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Labor and Society
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66 Journal Article

The Sheltering Effect of Occupational Closure? Consequences for Ethnic Minorities’ Earnings

Authors Ida Drange, Håvard Helland
Year 2019
Journal Name Work and Occupations
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68 Journal Article

Recent changes in the geography of social disparities in premature mortality in Quebec

Authors Robert Pampalon, Denis Hamel, Philippe Gamache
Year 2008
Journal Name Social Science & Medicine
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69 Journal Article

Migrant poverty and social capital: The impact of intra- and interethnic contacts

Authors Boris Heizmann, Petra Böhnke
Year 2016
Journal Name Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
Citations (WoS) 4
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70 Journal Article

Links between immigration and social inequality in education: A comparison among five European countries

Authors Steffen Hillmert
Year 2013
Journal Name Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
Citations (WoS) 10
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71 Journal Article

Chinese migration to Cuba: racial legislation and colonial rule in the mid-nineteenth-century Spanish Empire

Authors Oriol Regue-Sendros
Year 2018
Journal Name JOURNAL OF IBERIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
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72 Journal Article

Poverty and Adverse Peer Relationships among Children in Germany: a Longitudinal Study

Authors Claudia Schmiedeberg, Nina Schumann
Year 2019
Journal Name Child Indicators Research
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74 Journal Article

Migration, Migrants, and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Authors Deisy Ventura, Jameson Martins da Silva, Leticia Calderón, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name Oxford Global Public Health Encyclopedia
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75 Journal Article

Reading Too Much and Too Little into the Matter? Latent Limits and Potentials of EU Freedom of Movement

Authors Julija Sardelić
Book Title Debating European citizenship
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76 Book Chapter

Culture, but more than culture: an exploratory study of the HIV vulnerability of Indian immigrants in Canada

Authors Yanqiu Rachel Zhou, Basanti Majumdar, Natasha Vattikonda
Year 2016
Journal Name Culture, Health & Sexuality
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77 Journal Article

Social Conflict and Outgroup Sentiment in South Korea: Evidence from the Yemeni Anti-Refugee Campaign

Authors Harris Hyun-soo Kim
Year 2023
Citations (WoS) 1
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79 Journal Article

Left the caciques behind: A commentary about contradictions of migration and development in the Philippines

Authors José María García Martínez
Year 2023
Journal Name Society Register
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81 Journal Article

Migration information campaign through music: The effect of Kofi Kinaata’s highlife song on young people in Ghana

Authors Samuel Nuamah Eshun, Boadi Agyekum
Year 2022
Journal Name Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture
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82 Journal Article

Migration and Asylum Flows to Germany: New Insights Into the Motives

Authors Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann, Adriana Cardozo, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso
Year 2021
Journal Name Politics and Governance
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83 Journal Article

Be Careful How You Frame the Issues

Authors Josiah McC. Heyman
Year 2009
Journal Name Society
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84 Journal Article

Growth, Equal Opportunities, Migration and Markets

Description
The Horizon 2020 programme of the European Commission provides an important opportunity for advancement of our knowledge of growth and innovation in the European Union labour markets as well as the dynamism that creates inclusive but competitive social environments. The GEMM project relates in particular to the Migration, Prosperity and Growth Dimension of the Call on the European Growth Agenda. With over 30 researchers located in several EU member states and Norway, our consortium will approach the topic and deliver: - An analysis of the obstacles to the successful incorporation of migrants and in particular to the attraction and retention of highly-skilled migrants; - A thorough assessment of the migration-related drivers of growth and the optimal functioning of markets; - An assessment of ethnic inequality in the labour market as a barrier to competitiveness and innovation in EU member states. - A set of policy recommendations that contain concrete guidelines as to how migrants can contribute to the EU economy and society These deliverables are realised by putting forward a scientifically innovative research agenda that combines a variety of methods and crosscutting expertise. Our consortium contains economists, sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists who have made outstanding contributions to the field of migration and inequality research. Furthermore, our empirical approach is multi-method; we make use of survey, experimental and qualitative research methods to advance knowledge.
Year 2015
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86 Project

GEMM: Growth, Equal Opportunities, Migration and Markets

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The Horizon 2020 programme of the European Commission provides an important opportunity for advancement of our knowledge of growth and innovation in the European Union labour markets as well as the dynamism that creates inclusive but competitive social environments. The GEMM project relates in particular to the Migration, Prosperity and Growth Dimension of the Call on the European Growth Agenda. With over 30 researchers located in several EU member states and Norway, our consortium will approach the topic and deliver: - An analysis of the obstacles to the successful incorporation of migrants and in particular to the attraction and retention of highly-skilled migrants; - A thorough assessment of the migration-related drivers of growth and the optimal functioning of markets; - An assessment of ethnic inequality in the labour market as a barrier to competitiveness and innovation in EU member states. - A set of policy recommendations that contain concrete guidelines as to how migrants can contribute to the EU economy and society These deliverables are realised by putting forward a scientifically innovative research agenda that combines a variety of methods and crosscutting expertise. Our consortium contains economists, sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists who have made outstanding contributions to the field of migration and inequality research. Furthermore, our empirical approach is multi-method; we make use of survey, experimental and qualitative research methods to advance knowledge.
Year 2015
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87 Project

The Labor Market Integration and Impacts of US Immigrants

Year 2015
Book Title Handbook of the Economics of International Migration
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88 Book Chapter

AfricanBioServices: Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services in the Great Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem (GSME) - drivers of change, causalities and sustainable management strategies

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The direct dependence of humans on ecosystem services is by far strongest in developing regions where poverty restricts access to resources. This dependency also makes people in developing countries more sensitive to climate change than their developed counterparts. Increasing human populations deteriorates natural habitat, biodiversity and ecosystems services which spiral into poverty and low human welfare. This calls for innovative solutions that encompass the entire socio-ecological-economic system, as recognized on a global scale in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. However, innovative and practical solutions require downscaling to regional levels for identifying concrete sets of drivers of change. For Africa specifically, the interplay of human population growth, land use change, climate change and human well-being is a major challenge. This project focuses on the Serengeti-Maasai Mara Ecosystem and associated agricultural areas, a region in East Africa that encompasses parts of Kenya and Tanzania. The ecosystem is world-famous for key aspects of its biodiversity, such as the migration of 1.3 million wildebeest. This ‘flagship ecosystem’ role will enhance the international interest in the project. In this project, internationally leading researchers from Norway, the Netherlands, Scotland, Denmark and Germany are teaming up with strong local partners in Tanzania and Kenya. The research will be organised in seven interlinked work packages: 1) assemble and integrate the so far separate Kenyan and Tanzanian relevant data on the region; 2) quantify the connections between human population growth, land use change, climate change and biodiversity change; 3) test how biodiversity change leads to changes in key ecosystem services; 4) quantify the dependence of human livelihoods on these ecosystem services. We will implement innovative ways for communication and dissemination of the results of ‘continuous engagement’ by local stakeholders.
Year 2015
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89 Project

Evaluation of Immigration- and Integration Policies

Principal investigator Daniel Auer (Principal Investigator ), Flavia Fossati (Principal Investigator ), Carlos Vargas-Silva (Principal Investigator ), Stefanie Kurt (Principal Investigator ), Dennis Egger (Principal Investigator ), Johannes Kunz (Principal Investigator ), Damaris Rose (Principal Investigator )
Description
"In this project, we investigate the (sometimes unintended) consequences of policies that have been implemented to regulate immigration and to subsequently facilitate the socio-economic integration of newly arrived immigrants. (1) Networks: First, we exploit a natural experiment in Switzerland, where asylum seekers are randomly assigned to cantons. This immigration policy can be regarded as a transparent and neutral way of distributing refugees across a country to “share a burden”. At the same time, such restrictions regarding free movement within a country come with hefty consequences for the persons affected. On the one hand, a large share of jobs are found through referrals within social networks: in the US, for instance, around 30-60% (Bewley, 2007). At least since Granovetter (1973), a rich theoretical literature has rationalized this fact by modelling networks as non-market institutions that help overcome information frictions inherent in the labor market. From workers' perspective, networks grant their members preferential access to information on high-quality job openings, e.g. as in Calvo-Armengol and Jackson (2004). On the firm side, networks may help alleviate the asymmetric information problem in hiring leading potentially to a better job-match, e.g. as in Beaman and Magruder (2012). In our study, we focus on the value of social networks from the perspective of workers. Swiss asylum policy provides a unique natural experiment to study the effects of social networks on labor market outcomes. Because of the truly exogenous placement, long horizon over which the policy was in place and the large sample size, we can delve deeper into the mechanisms of how social networks affect labor market integration than previous studies have done and look at network structure beyond simply its size. Our findings will enable us to distinguish among a large set of theoretical models of the value of networks from the point of view of individual job seekers. (2) Maternity: At the same time, such immigration policies also affect the social integration of immigrants and, in our case, individual health and wellbeing. Specifically, we exploit the same unique setting to assess the relevance of information on infants' health. Random allocation of asylum seekers in Switzerland allows us to first, study the spatial differences in health care provision across the country. Further, by exploiting that French-speaking refugees are randomly placed in French- or non-French-speaking regions, we can credibly identify the language-match-health-gap, based on refugees that do not speak French as a control group and placed on either side of the language border (in a Difference in Differences framework). By extending the language to a novel (continuous) measure of language distance, we are able to factor out country of origin effects using bi-lateral regressions. A second strand of policies targets the (economic) integration of immigrants and generally of persons outside the labor market. A common approach is to provide measures, so-called Active Labor Market Programs (ALMP) that enhance a jobseeker’s employability (e.g., through additional human capital) or that keep a person close to the labor market through occupational programs. (3) Access Bias: Some measures, however, can negatively affect labor market outcomes, such as unemployment duration and post-unemployment wages, because of factors such as human capital deprivation or lock-in effects. Based on encompassing registry data that allow researchers to control for usually unobserved employability variables, we find evidence of a systematic access bias whereby caseworkers in Switzerland assign unemployed immigrants to activation measures based on what we call a competition logic that is mainly driven by and conforms to an economic rationale and the job center’s performance evaluation. From the perspective of immigrants’ labor market integration, this may be problematic because it results in an overrepresentation of immigrants in measures with little efficacy rather than in measures that could compensate for (some of) their employability disadvantages. Conversely, we find that Swiss citizens are relatively advantaged in the ability to access more measures that promote human capital enhancement (compensation logic) and that have been shown to be successful tools for labor market reintegration. It is plausible that a stronger reliance on the competition logic by caseworkers and the consequential overrepresentation of migrants in low-efficacy measures amplifies migrants’ general labor market disadvantages. (4) Priming: This rather negative stance on integration measures in the form of ALMPs is further advanced by a study where we present indications that ALMP participants are pushed into lower paying jobs compared to equally qualified non-participants. In this study on the effect of subjective beliefs on employment outcomes we find that the employment chances one year after the start of unemployment increase for both ALMP participants and non-participants when self-control and employment beliefs are high. In contrast, higher initial reservation wages increase employment chances for non-participants but substantially reduce them for ALMP participants. Previous studies have shown that beneficial effects of activation measures are often abrogated by lock-in effects, human capital deprivation, and/or negative signals to prospective employers, all of which are particularly harmful for highly skilled workers and higher-paying jobs. We argue that these detrimental effects ultimately push ALMP participants into jobs below their expected salary, where the negative consequences of activation measures are less pronounced. (5) Heterogeneity: A related aspect that is crucial from an integration perspective is whether such effects of ALMPs differ across groups, that is, whether the participation of “natives” turns out to have different consequences for their labor market performance compared to participating immigrants. In this study, we argue that effect heterogeneity between native and migrant participants can provide information about the type of discrimination that migrants face in the labor market. Using encompassing administrative data from Switzerland, we observe all registered jobseekers in 2004 and follow their monthly labor market trajectories over 10 subsequent years. Our findings are consistent with earlier evaluations of ALMPs in Switzerland and elsewhere, which find that participation effects of ALMPs are limited and sometimes even negative. However, findings show that employers value the additional productivity-related information of ALMP participation more if participants have a foreign nationality. We infer that labor market discrimination against migrants is dominated by statistical reasoning on the part of prospective employers. (6) LM-Index: Eventually, we provide a meta-analytical study where we argue that comparative assessments of integration policies fail to properly take confounding factors into account. That is, immigrant groups exposed to integration policies in different countries differ in their characteristics because immigration policies and migrants’ destination choice induce an ex-ante bias. To circumvent this limit to comparative analyses, we aspire to collect and generate data on all existing policy dimensions and subsequently provide a comparative analysis of immigrants’ labor market integration in industrialized countries."
Year 2018
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90 Project

Dissatisfied, feeling unequal and inclined to emigrate: Perceptions from Macedonia in a MIMIC model

Authors Marjan Petreski, Blagica Petreski
Year 2015
Journal Name MIGRATION LETTERS
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91 Journal Article

Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services in the Great Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem (GSME) - drivers of change, causalities and sustainable management strategies

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The direct dependence of humans on ecosystem services is by far strongest in developing regions where poverty restricts access to resources. This dependency also makes people in developing countries more sensitive to climate change than their developed counterparts. Increasing human populations deteriorates natural habitat, biodiversity and ecosystems services which spiral into poverty and low human welfare. This calls for innovative solutions that encompass the entire socio-ecological-economic system, as recognized on a global scale in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. However, innovative and practical solutions require downscaling to regional levels for identifying concrete sets of drivers of change. For Africa specifically, the interplay of human population growth, land use change, climate change and human well-being is a major challenge. This project focuses on the Serengeti-Maasai Mara Ecosystem and associated agricultural areas, a region in East Africa that encompasses parts of Kenya and Tanzania. The ecosystem is world-famous for key aspects of its biodiversity, such as the migration of 1.3 million wildebeest. This ‘flagship ecosystem’ role will enhance the international interest in the project. In this project, internationally leading researchers from Norway, the Netherlands, Scotland, Denmark and Germany are teaming up with strong local partners in Tanzania and Kenya. The research will be organised in seven interlinked work packages: 1) assemble and integrate the so far separate Kenyan and Tanzanian relevant data on the region; 2) quantify the connections between human population growth, land use change, climate change and biodiversity change; 3) test how biodiversity change leads to changes in key ecosystem services; 4) quantify the dependence of human livelihoods on these ecosystem services. We will implement innovative ways for communication and dissemination of the results of ‘continuous engagement’ by local stakeholders.
Year 2015
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92 Project

Relational Equality and Immigration

Authors Daniel Sharp
Year 2022
Citations (WoS) 7
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93 Journal Article

Trends and Determinants of Income-Oriented Livelihood Transitions in Rural China

Authors Rui Sun, Jianing Mi, Shu Cao, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
Citations (WoS) 6
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95 Journal Article

Channels and Consequences of Knowledge Flows from Developed Economies to Central and Eastern Europe

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In this project, I study how economic development is shaped by cross-country knowledge flows via trade, foreign direct investment (FDI), and other channels. Using novel micro data for several Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, I measure the quantitative importance of three channels: technical knowledge embodied in imported machinery, technical and organizational knowledge embodied in expatriate managers, and disembodied knowledge transfers taking place within multinational firms. I then analyze what impact foreign knowledge has on the firms and the workers of the host economy, and what are its implications for aggregate productivity and income inequality. The project relies on several existing databases for Hungary and Romania, which will be complemented with newly purchased, collected and compiled data. The outcome of the project will be seven research studies and a collection of firm-level data sets covering CEE countries, including a large cross-country firm survey on the local supplier linkages of multinational companies. My proposed project improves upon the state of the art in four ways. First, as a comprehensive study using novel micro data, it uncovers new facts about the relative importance of the channels of knowledge flows. Second, it improves the identification of causal effects relative to existing studies by exploiting the detailed micro data. Third, it uses the micro estimates to quantify the aggregate impact of foreign knowledge on the economy. Fourth, it discusses how foreign knowledge affects different firms and workers differently, and, more specifically, how it may contribute to income inequality. More broadly, the research findings help evaluate the relative efficacy of trade, FDI, and immigration policies in promoting economic growth and can inform theories about the channels and barriers of productivity convergence.
Year 2012
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96 Project

The Inequality Effect of Urbanization and Social Integration

Authors Chen Yunsong, Zhang Yi
Year 2016
Journal Name SOCIAL SCIENCES IN CHINA
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97 Journal Article

Internal and External Migration

Authors Georgeta Cristina Pencea, Adrian Bogdan Curteanu
Year 2020
Journal Name POSTMODERN OPENINGS
Citations (WoS) 2
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99 Journal Article

"Tolerated One Way but Not the Other'': Levels and Determinants of Social and Political Tolerance in Hong Kong

Authors Francis L. F. Lee
Year 2014
Journal Name Social Indicators Research
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100 Journal Article
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