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Combed Cotton Yarn Exports of Pakistan to the US : A Dispute Settlement Case
Hussain, S. M. Turab - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
flowing from the migrants to the family members left behind. All decisions, migration and remittance, are based on altruism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363434
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Rural to Urban Migration and Network Effects in an Extended Family Framework
Hussain, S.M. Turab - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
degree of personal and community level networks potential migrants have at the destination. However in this particular paper …-Todaro type job rationing in the urban sector having greater numbers of previous migrants at the urban end does not necessarily … extended family framework with urban equilibrium unemployment in the model. A larger stock of previous migrants at the urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365373
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The Global Economic Crisis : An Opportunity for Strengthening Asia’s Social Protection Systems?
Asher, Mukul G. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The current global economic crisis has led to greater prominence for the issue of strengthening social protection systems in Asia. This paper analyzes the key factors determining and the possible avenues for strengthening social protection systems in Asia. The choice of an appropriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363321
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Public Policy Towards the Elderly in Indonesia : Current Policy and Future Directions
Arifianto, Alex - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
livelihood in old age. At the same time, they will no longer be able to depend exclusively on assistance from their children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363955
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Social Overhead Capital Development and Geographical Concentration
Aso, Yoshibumi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
In recent economic geography, it is emphasized that the effect of cost decreasing in transportation on agglomeration is nonlinear. It is said that the influence of traffic infrastructure investment and the change in transportation cost on urban agglomeration does not appear until the cost is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365505
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Changing Population In Japan and A Life-Long Active Society To Cope With It
Seike, Atsushi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
Japan's population ageing is unprecedented in modern industrial economies. An ageing population in Japan requires policy measures to encourage lifelong social and economic participation in order to counteract a shrinking workforce and productivity declines. This paper suggests several policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277963
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Demographic change in the Asian Century : Implications for Australia and the Region
McDonald, Peter - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
From the demographic perspective, the 21st century is the population ageing century. Population ageing is well underway in all Asian countries as a result of the spectacular falls in both fertility and mortality rates in the second half of the 20th century.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277972
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Changing Population In Japan and A Life-Long Active Society To Cope With It
Seike, Atsushi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
Japan's population ageing is unprecedented in modern industrial economies. An ageing population in Japan requires policy measures to encourage lifelong social and economic participation in order to counteract a shrinking workforce and productivity declines. This paper suggests several policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277974
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Economic growth, wellbeing and sustainability : measuring Australia's progress
Halderen, Gemma van; Baker, Joanne - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
In 2002, the Australian Bureau of Statistics became the first national statistical agency to produce a broad-focused measuring tool for assessing national progress, developing what was then known as Measuring Australia’s Progress. MAP was developed to help Australians assess whether life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277988
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Demographic change in the Asian Century : Implications for Australia and the Region
McDonald, Peter - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
From the demographic perspective, the 21st century is the population ageing century. Population ageing is well underway in all Asian countries as a result of the spectacular falls in both fertility and mortality rates in the second half of the 20th century.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277992