Saeed Isazadeh; Ezatollah Abbasian; Ahmad zia Noori
Abstract
Afghanistan is a country having the most refugees in the world. The existence of a long common border and linguistic, religious and cultural similarities between Afghanistan and Iran has created a situation in which the vast majority of Afghan immigrants (43 %) stay in the Iran. After taking up the process ...
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Afghanistan is a country having the most refugees in the world. The existence of a long common border and linguistic, religious and cultural similarities between Afghanistan and Iran has created a situation in which the vast majority of Afghan immigrants (43 %) stay in the Iran. After taking up the process of the voluntary return of Afghan refugees with the UNHCR program, 6.2 million people have returned to the home country since 2002. This study is going to use questionnaire data to examine the impact of immigration to Iran on the education and skills of Afghan labor force during the period of 2002-2017. The research results indicate that immigration to Iran has a positive and significant effect on education and skills of Afghan labor force. Besides, the acquired skills, the level of immigrant literacy, the opportunities for education and skills, the type of profession and the duration of their stay in Iran have a significant effect on the employment rate of returning persons. Also, there are significant relationships between: 1) the type of immigrant profession and income, 2) the legality of the immigration process and the opportunities for education and skills in Iran. It also shows that immigration for migrant households is profitable and they are satisfied with immigration to Iran. Hence their satisfaction leads to immigrate again.
Saeed Isa Zadeh; Akbar Ahmadzadeh
Volume 13, Issue 40 , October 2009, , Pages 1-28
Abstract
The neo-classical growth models explain the difference between economic growth of economies as a result of difference in economic factors such as capital (in the form of fiscal and human) and factor productivity، but according to new institutional economist those differences in fact originate from institutional ...
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The neo-classical growth models explain the difference between economic growth of economies as a result of difference in economic factors such as capital (in the form of fiscal and human) and factor productivity، but according to new institutional economist those differences in fact originate from institutional qualities and structures in different countries. In this regard، the main reason of having low level of per capita income in less developed countries is the lack of good quality institutions for economic activities and capital accumulation.Researches show the positive impacts of institutions on economic growth in different economies. In this study، we investigate evaluate the effects of institutional qualities and other economic factors on economic growth in 50 countries for the period of 1996 - to 2005. Institutional quality is formed by combination of six basic indices as followes: voice and accountibility، political stability، control of corruption، rule of law، regulatory of quality، and government effectiveness. The results show athe direct relationship between economic growth and institutional qualities.
