During the past decades, international migration has assumed much prominence. Manifested in flows of permanent settlers, asylum seekers, refugees, contract workers and undocumented migrants, the global stock of international migrants has increased steadily. The current stock of …
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The three models developed in this dissertation seek to account for the notable features of the 1994–95 crises in Mexico and Argentina, and the 1997 crises in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and South Korea. In each model, financial market imperfections can lead to strategic compl…
Labor market discrimination can be a very persistent phenomenon, where pre-market and on-the-market factors can lead to and preserve labor market disparities, which otherwise are not explained by human capital differences. I also find that not all workers of broadly the same ski…
This dissertation analyzes the religious beliefs and practices of the Shadhiliya/'Alawiya Sufi order of Sana'a, Yemen. As a system of symbols and practices religion plays formative roles in the experience of its adherents. The thesis of this essay is that religion functions to m…