Search Results - subject:"Life Histories"

Precarious transitions and labour market disadvantage : using longitudinal data to explain the nature of work-welfare cycling

McCollum, David - In: Regional studies 47 (2013) 10, pp. 1752-1765

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Population inertia and its sensitivity to changes in vital rates or initial conditions

Koons, David N.; Holmes, Randall; Grand, James B. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

Many studies have examined Keyfitz’s population momentum, a special case of inertia in long-term population size resulting from demographic transition to the stationary population growth rate. Yet, population inertia can be produced by any demographic perturbation (i.e., not just perturbations...

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Narratives, Stories and Tales: Understanding Poverty Dynamics Through Life Histories

Kothari, Uma - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2005

poverty dynamics. It considers the strengths and limitations of using qualitative evidence and the role of life histories in …

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Vulnerability, Poverty and Coping in Zimbabwe

Bird, Kate; Prowse, Martin - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

This paper uses five life histories from three locations in Zimbabwe?one peri-urban, one urban and one rural?to provide …

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Optimal semelparity

Vaupel, James W.; Missov, Trifon I.; Metcalf, Jessica - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2008

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Mixed Signals: to what extent does male wage scarring vary with the characteristics of the local labour market in which unemployment was experienced?

Ball, Philip - School of Economics, University of Nottingham

? Continuous work-life histories are matched to the regional context in which individuals reside. This novel data set permits …

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The Influences on Female Participation and Progress in the Labor Force: Implications for Human Resource Management in the United Arab Emirates

Kemp, Linzi - Department of Economics, School of Business Management

This paper reports on the first qualitative research study of women’s life histories in an investigation of their …

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