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Strengthening data and research tools on migration and development (2009)
Journal Article
Black, R., & Skeldon, R. (2009). Strengthening data and research tools on migration and development. International Migration Review, 47(5), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00575.x

This paper reviews available data sources for the study of migration and development through both retrospective and continuous data collection systems. It is argued that much basic data already exists for the study of international migration but that... Read More about Strengthening data and research tools on migration and development.

The role of occupational taxpaying cultures in taxpaying behaviour and attitudes (2009)
Journal Article
Ashby, J. S., Webley, P., & Haslam, A. (2009). The role of occupational taxpaying cultures in taxpaying behaviour and attitudes. Journal of Economic Psychology, 30(2), 216-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2008.08.005

Many individuals embark on their careers as tax novices and become acculturated into their occupational sector’s taxpaying culture (i.e. its norms and values) over time. This paper uses a social identity framework to investigate whether perceptions o... Read More about The role of occupational taxpaying cultures in taxpaying behaviour and attitudes.

Return migration and entrepreneurship in Ghana and Cote d'lvoire: the role of capital transfers (2009)
Journal Article
Black, R., & Castaldo, A. (2009). Return migration and entrepreneurship in Ghana and Cote d'lvoire: the role of capital transfers. Journal of Economic and Human Geography, 100(1), 44-58. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00504.x

This paper explores the relationship between international migration and entrepreneurship, drawing on data on around 300 return migrants to two West African states, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The paper reviews existing evidence on the role of entrepren... Read More about Return migration and entrepreneurship in Ghana and Cote d'lvoire: the role of capital transfers.

Moral authority, modernity, and the politics of the sacred (2009)
Journal Article
Hopgood, S. (2009). Moral authority, modernity, and the politics of the sacred. European Journal of International Relations, 15(2), 229-256. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066109103138

Capitalist modernity's paradox is to erode explicitly the social capital it relies on implicitly to mobilize people to act in concert when they share neither an identity nor an interest. Monetization and rules are the exemplary mechanisms for realizi... Read More about Moral authority, modernity, and the politics of the sacred.

The distinct role of group-central and group-peripheral norms in taxpaying behaviour (2009)
Journal Article
Ashby, J. S., Haslam, A., & Webley, P. (2009). The distinct role of group-central and group-peripheral norms in taxpaying behaviour. The Journal of socio-economics, 38(2), 230-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2008.11.001

In recent years, a social identity approach has been used to help understand why people do or do not pay tax [see Taylor, 2003; Wenzel, M., 2002. The impact of outcome orientation and justice concerns on tax compliance: the role of taxpayers' identit... Read More about The distinct role of group-central and group-peripheral norms in taxpaying behaviour.