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Labour Market Integration, Remittances and Optimal Tax Policy [PDF]
, 2014 This paper, using a model comprising two labour sending countries and one labour receiving country, analyses the optimal tax/subsidy policies of countries to control international migration when labour markets are integrated.
Braun S. +2 more
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Nutritional profile of Syrian refugee children before resettlement
Conflict and Health, 2019 Background The year 2015 marked the highest number of refugees globally and included record numbers of Syrians moving to neighboring countries. Half of the Syrians were children aged ≤18 years. Our study sought to examine undernutrition and overnutrition
Sweetmavourneen Pernitez-Agan +5 more
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F1000Research, 2020 Backgrounds: The signing of the peace accords in Colombia created challenges that are inherent to post-conflict transitions. One of those is the process of reintegrating ex-combatants into society, in which ensuring their rights to health is a ...
Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño +6 more
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The Lancet Global Health, 2015 Background: Trafficking is a crime of global proportions involving extreme forms of exploitation and abuse. Yet little research has been done of the health risks and morbidity patterns for men, women, and children trafficked for various forms of forced ...
Dr. Ligia Kiss, PhD +12 more
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Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2023 Introduction Continued smoking by patients with tuberculosis (TB) and people living with HIV (PLHIV) leads to adverse treatment outcomes. Estimates of tobacco use among the population are scarce in the Eastern Mediterranean region, where the burden of TB
Ayaka Teshima +5 more
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Determinants of International Student Migration [PDF]
, 2015 © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This paper considers what factors determine the migration of overseas students, when students cross borders for higher education.
Abbott, Andrew, Silles, Mary
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Aid and Internal Migration in Malawi [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 This paper uses geographically disaggregated data to investigate the role of foreign aid as a pull factor for internal migration in Malawi over the period 1998-2008. Employing a standard gravity model of migration, we show a positive relationship between the volume of foreign assistance a district receives and the number of immigrants.
Mauro Lanati +2 more
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, 2015 Immigration is on the rise in recent decades. In this article, we first provide an overview of the recent evolution of global migration flows. We then analyze the main drivers of international migration, and how they have changed over time. Finally, we review the theoretical and empirical findings of the growing literature that analyzes the economic ...
G. Facchini, T. Frattini, A. M. Mayda
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Internal migration related factors among dengue patients in Western Province, Sri Lanka
Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2019 Introduction: In recent years, Sri Lanka has experienced a surge in the incidence of dengue. Among other reasons, internal migration of people into dengue-high risk areas is thought to be an important factor for the rising case load.
Sharika Peiris +3 more
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Information, Intermediaries, and International Migration
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 Job seekers face substantial information frictions, especially in international labor markets where intermediaries match prospective migrants with overseas employers. We conducted a randomized trial in Indonesia to explore how information about intermediary quality shapes migration outcomes.
Bazzi, Samuel +3 more
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