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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Internal migrants"”.
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Cultural adaptation and mental health among male internal migrants
… Migration can impact the mental health of migrants due to the adversities migrants endure or support they enjoy as they acclimatise to the new environment. The focus of this research project is on understudied migration category, namely, internal migration. The way internal migrants …
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Internal migrants and everyday Islam in the Turkish context
This thesis explores the interplay between internal migration and religion. Specifically, it examines internal migrants’ reconfiguration of boundaries and spaces of belonging, as well as the impact that migration has on the religious lives of migrants and those who are left behind. These topics are …
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Internal migrants and labour market discrimination in Shanghai’s manufacturing sector
… of economic reforms in 1978. Millions of migrants seek job opportunities and higher incomes in cities where economy booms. Without local permanent residential status (local hukou), migrants are subject to social and economic constraints. This thesis examines the extent to which migrants …
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Cu' nesci, arrinesci? Mobilità sociale e mobilità geografica dei migranti interni italiani
… economic benefits, social advantages for Italian internal migrants. The goal is to understand if geographical mobility corresponds to social mobility, if geographical mobility is a channel through which to ensure greater social mobility, and whether migration reduces inequalities both of …
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Internal Migration and House Prices in the UK
… dissertation investigates the causal effect of internal migration on house prices in the UK. Historical migration networks are leveraged to identify exogenous variation in internal migration flows, to enable a Card-type shift-share instrumental variable (IV) research design. Contrasting previous …
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Migration and Housing Markets - Evidence from Sweden
… from refugees from other continents, to labour migrants from neighbouring countries. The aim of this PhD thesis is to examine the impact of these migration flows, as well as internal migration, on the housing market. The thesis examines the impact of different forms of migration on the different …
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Migrants and the Brazilian boom-city: Manaus from 1850 to 1940
… century and first half of the twentieth century, migrants crucially strengthened the links between Manaus and both the Brazilian Northeast and the huge Amazon hinterland. These connections were key to the underlying processes associated with the expansion of the capital of Amazonas through …
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An Exploration of The Education Inequity of Rural-To-Urban Migrant Students in Nanjing, China
… been accompanied by the world’s most significant internal population movement. Hundreds of thousands of internal migrants migrated to cities in search of better work and educational opportunities. Due to the restrictions from public policies, rural-to-urban migrant children have long been …
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Three Essays on Social Networks in Labor Markets
… examines the importance of job connections for internal migrants. In this chapter, I develop a theoretical model where labor market networks provide labor market information with less noise than information obtained in the formal market. This model predicts lower initial wages and greater wage …
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Urbanization and Demographic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Three essays on fertility and child mortality differentials in a rapidly urbanizing context
… "urban effect" of lower fertility among internal migrants in West Africa. Results suggest an association of urban residence and lower fertility, as women who moved either to or from urban areas have lower annual odds of a birth compared to both rural non-migrants and rural-to-rural …
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Governing Masculinity: How Structures Shape the Lives and Health of Dislocated Men in Post-Doi Moi Vietnam
Since the start of Doi Moi (Renovation) over twenty years ago, Vietnam has increasingly opened its society and economy to the global capitalist economy and culture. The country has witnessed numerous changes in all aspect of everyday life, affecting individual men and women, their relationships …