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Title The economics of immigration and social diversity / edited by Solomon W. Polachek, Carmel Chiswick, Hillel Rapoport
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, 2006
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Research in labor economics, 0147-9121 ; v. 24
Research in labor economics ; v. 24.
Contents Is immigration good or bad for the economy? : analysis of attitudinal responses / Christian Dustmann and Ian Preston -- The effects of incomplete employee wage information : a cross-country analysis / Solomon W. Polachek and Jun (Jeff) Xiang -- The impact of immigrant dynasties on wage inequality / Michael Ben-Gad -- Does immigration affect labor demand? : model and test / Örn B. Bodvarsson and Hendrik Van den Berg -- Lenient policy proposal for the struggle against illegal immigration / Nava Kahana and Tikva Lecker-- The linguistic and economic adjustment and economic adjustment of Soviet Jewish immigrants in the United States, 1980-2000 / Barry R. Chiswick and Michael Wenz -- Multi-generation model of immigrant earnings : theory and application / Joseph Deutsch, Gil S. Epstein and Tikva Lecker -- Ethnic origin and multidimensional relative poverty in Israel : a study based on the 1995 Israeli census / Joseph Deutsch and Jacques Silber -- Immigrants in the Israeli hi-tech industry : comparison to natives and the effect of training / Sarit Cohen-Goldner -- What do wage differentials tell about labor market discrimination? / June E. O'Neill and Dave M. O'Neill -- Cultural diversity, status concerns and the organization of work / Chaim Fershtman, Hans K. Hvide and Yoram Weiss -- Ethnic diversity, market structure and risk sharing in developing countries / Mohamed Jellal and Yves Zenou -- On the law of return in rural-urban interactions : an economic approach to solidarity with return migrants / Carine Drapier, Hubert Jayet and Hillel Rapoport -- An economic perspective on religious education : complements and substitutes in a human capital portfolio / Carmel U. Chiswick
Summary This volume is a collection of papers dedicated to the memory of the late Tikva Lecker
Notes Title from PDF title page (viewed 2 Dec., 2009.)
Selected conference papers
Festschrift for Tikva Lecker
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Subject Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- Congresses
Immigrants -- Economic conditions -- Congresses
Cultural pluralism -- Economic aspects -- Congresses
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Cultural pluralism -- Economic aspects.
Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
Immigrants -- Economic conditions.
Immigratie.
Minderheden.
Sociale politiek.
Multiculturele samenlevingen.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Form Electronic book
Author Lecker, Tikva.
Chiswick, Carmel U.
Polachek, S. W.
Rapoport, Hillel.
ISBN 9781849503907
1849503907
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9781280629952
9786610629954
6610629951