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The Impacts of China's Rise on the Pacific and the World
Wei-Chiao Huang and Huizhong Zhou
This book provides the perspectives of a group of noted China experts on how China's economic expansion and internal reforms are impacting its neighbors in the Pacific region as well as the United States and the rest of the world.
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The Human and Economic Implications of 21st Century Immigration Policy
Susan Pozo
This volume collects the lectures of distinguished immigration scholars delivered at Western Michigan University (WMU) during the 2016-2017 academic year, with cosponsorship from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
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Confronting Policy Challenges of the Great Recession: Lessons for Macroeconomic Policy
Eskander Alvi
Confronting Policy Challenges of the Great Recession: Lessons for Macroeconomic Policy
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Globalization and International Development: Critical Issues of the 21st Century
Sisay Asefa
This collection is based on the papers presented at the 2007-2008 Werner Sichel Lecture-Seminar series held at Western Michigan University. These papers address the issue of globalization with a special emphasis on its impact on poverty.
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The Time Use of Mothers in the United States at the Beginning of the 21st Century
Rachel Connelly and Jean Kimmel
This book focuses on the time use of mothers of pre-teenaged children in the United States from 2003 to 2006.
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The Economics of Natural and Unnatural Disasters
William S. Kern
The essays presented here give the reader a sample of the sort of research now being undertaken on the economics of disasters. Several themes long dominant in this literature are thoroughly discussed. These include the ability of potential disaster victims to accurately assess the risks they face, the role of incentives in ensuring that mitigation efforts are undertaken, the adequacy of our evaluation of the impact of disasters on economies, and discussion of the effectiveness of current government policies toward disaster prevention and relief.
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How Do We Spend Our Time?: Evidence from the American Time Use Survey
Jean Kimmel
After years of study the Bureau of Labor Statistics initiated the annual American Time Use Survey in which respondents report how they spend their time, these detailed data open a window on how americans spend their time and afford economists the opportunity to gain a better understanding of everyday life.
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Achieving the American Dream
Alfred Ho
This work examines the lives of 163 elite immigrants who have achieved the American dream while gaining fortune and fame. With this sample of immigrants, Professor Emeritus Alfred K. Ho provides a portrait of a successful candidate for U.S. immigration. Through his study, he presents detailed analyses of what fields these immigrants have achieved in, why they immigrated, and what they chose to do with their fortunes. Ultimately, Achieving the American Dream is a testament to the American democracy and open society that is the main attraction to these immigrants who are as necessary to the U.S. as we are to them.
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Immigrants and Their International Money Flows
Susan Pozo
International migration with an emphasis on workers' remittances. Chapters cover the impact of remittances on economic development and the interplay of immigration policies with human capital acquisition and labor markets in out-migration areas. Included are: * Migration and Remittances, by Susan Pozo. In her introductory chapter, Pozo discussues why remittances have become such an important topic to immigration researchers. * International Migration and Economic Development in Low-Income Countries: Lessons from Recent Data, by Robert E.B. Lucas. Lucas contributes a general overview of international migration and notes that, while understanding the connections between poverty and migration is important for furthering our understanding of population movements and their effect on the receiving country, it is also important to understand the economic impacts of migration for those areas experiencing out-migration. This leads to a crucial point: the immigration policies of in-migration areas can and do significantly affect economic development in low-income areas of the world. * The Effect of International Migration on Educated Employment, by Oded Stark and C. Simon Fan. * How Does Migration Affect Local Development? What Mexico's Experience Tells Us, by Christopher Woodruff. * Remittance Patterns of Latin American Immigrants in the United States, by Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes. * Remittances in the Pacific, by David J. McKenzie. McKenzie accesses survey data found in the Pacific Island-New Zealand Migration Survey (PINZMS) to support an informative case study of the migration of Tongans to New Zealand. Since some one-third of Tongans have emigrated and their remittances comprise 39 percent of Tonga's gross domestic product, this is an especially interesting case study that reveals several conclusions relating to the impacts of the long-term flow of remittances. * The Power of Home: Remittances to Families and Communities, by Leah K. VanWey.
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China's Reforms and Reformers
Alfred Ho
Ever since the death of Mao, China has undergone a transformation almost as radical as the Communist Revolution that Mao instigated. This book tells the stories of the many difficult economic, political, and social struggles that have taken place in post-Maoist China. Using both Chinese and non-Chinese sources, Alfred K. Ho unravels the complexities of life in China during the past generation. As Ho explains, contemporary Chinese are seeking to find solutions to their problems that reflect their own cultural values. As such, reform in China cannot be seen solely as an effort to emulate the West, especially the free market and democratic United States. Rather, Ho places current efforts at reform as part of a prolonged and continual process by Chinese to deal with their internal problems as well as the challenges and opportunities they face as a result of greater contact with the outside world.
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China's Economic Globalization through the WTO
Ding Lu, Guanzhong James Wen, and Huizhong Zhou
This work provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of policy development and change in China in the context of China's accession to the World Trade Organization. The contributors to the volume provide a unique mix of outsider and insider perspectives and should ensure a valuable assessment. The authors of the first two papers are principal researchers in Chinese government institutions directly or indirectly involved in policy making towards foreign trade and economic cooperation. Their views provide readers with a rare opportunity to understand the rationale behind Beijing's decision to participate in economic globalization through WTO membership. The other contributors to the volume are mainly based in western universities. Thus the volume offers both the outsider's broad perspective together with an insider's sensitivities to nuances and details.
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The Economics of Work and Family
Jean Kimmel and Emily P. Hoffman
Conflicts arise daily among American families over how to balance the demands of work and family. At risk is nothing less than the economic security of the family and the bonds between parents and children that are so important and rewarding. The issues fueling the work/family struggle attract researchers interested not only in spotting and tracking trends that highlight the difficulties families face, but in finding policy solutions to those difficulties that are effective and economically sound.
Jean Kimmel and Emily P. Hoffman present a set of topical, non-technical papers authored by nationally known experts in this field. Using an economic perspective, they confront work/family issues including child care (potentially the biggest obstacle to parents successfully integrating work and family priorities), how parents balance time between work and family obligations, links between women's childbearing and their economic outcomes, the success of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the relationship between family structure and labor market outcomes. They also argue for specific policies designed to alleviate the stresses related to these issues
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The Globalization of the Chinese Economy
Shang-Jin Wei, Guanzhong James Wen, and Huizhong Zhou
This volume offers insights into the globalization of the Chinese economy and its accession to the WTO. The contributors provide contemporary accounts of developments in the Chinese economy as it prepares to join the WTO and examines the implications of China's accession for the rest of the world. Firstly, the volume offers an overview of possible changes in industrial policies and analyses developments in some important sectors, including agriculture, telecommunications and automobiles. It addresses some concerns in China regarding it entry into the WTO, such as whether the WTO membership will cause massive unemployment and/or exacerbate inequalities among regions. Finally, it evaluates the implications of increased trade and financial ties with China for the rest of the world, investigating the conditions facilitating foreign direct investment in China and assessing potential trade disputes as trade between China and the rest of the world grows.
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Abstracts of EAF International Conference on Contemporary Development Issues in Ethiopia 2001
EAF International Conference on Contemporary Development Issues in Ethiopia, Sisay Asefa, and Adugna Lemi
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Proceedings of EAF International Conference on Contemporary Development Issues in Ethiopia 2001
EAF International Conference on Contemporary Development Issues in Ethiopia, Sisay Asefa, and Adugna Lemi
Volume I
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