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Macroeconomic Determinants of Workers’ Remittances: Host vs. Home Country’s Economic Conditions
Vargas-Silva, Carlos; Huang, Peng - EconWPA - 2005
This study examines the determinants of worker’s remittances. Variance decompositions, impulse response functions and Granger causality tests derived from a vector error correction model are used to test if remittances are affected by the macroeconomic conditions of the host (remittance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119455
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Productivity and the structure of employment
Barnes, Paula; Johnson, Rick; Kulys, Anthony; Hook, Scott - EconWPA - 2002
The paper examines the structure of employment defined by industry, skill, age, part-time and casual employment status … and the distribution of earnings. Employment patterns, and changes in employment profiles, are examined for differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125799
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SOLVING THE POVERTY CRISIS IN NIGERIA: AN APPLIED GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH
NWAOBI, GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2003
(COMPUTABLE)GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH, THAT IS A RENEW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY , EMPLOYMENT AND INEQUALITY THAT EARLIER STRATEGIES …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561515
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Aging, Labor Markets and Pension Reform in Austria
Christian, Keuschnigg; Mirela, Keuschnigg - EconWPA - 2004
This paper investigates the dynamic consequences of demographic change and various pension reform scenarios for Austria. The analysis is based on a computable overlapping generations model with life-cycle labor supply, savings, and search unemployment. The public sector is decomposed into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125671
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Optimal Unemployment Insurance and Voting
Pollak, Andreas - EconWPA - 2005
The framework of a general equilibrium heterogeneous agent model is used to study the optimal design of an unemployment insurance (UI) scheme and the voting behaviour on unemployment policy reforms. In a first step, the optimal defined benefit and defined replacement ratio UI systems are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125042
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Micro Takes Over Macro
Gani, M - EconWPA - 2004
An analytical innovation enhances microeconomics, enabling it to answer all questions of macroeconomics. It combines the production and consumption decisions of the individual in one model. For each individual, it identifies the customers of what he sells, and the suppliers of what he buys. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412698
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A double gender-family inequality phenomenon in the international mobility of young researchers
Moguérou, Philippe - EconWPA - 2004
In this paper, we raise the question of gender differences in the geographic mobility of young researchers. We try to answer to three main questions regarding the international mobility of young researchers during the post-doc period: Are there differences among genders? Does “family” have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556413
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IMMIGRANTS IN SPAIN: SKILLS ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT. A REGIONAL STUDY.
Díaz-Emparanza, Ignacio; Espinosa, Alexandra M. - EconWPA - 2001
The consequences of international migration for development in countries of origin and destination remain hotly debated … if origin countries recognize the qualifications of immigrants or contribute to the acquisition of skills. Correspondence … analysis is used to determine the relation between education level, job position and legal situation of immigrants in Spain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408307
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The Role of Endogenous Skill Choice in an Aging Economy
Jaag, Christian - EconWPA - 2005
- by the capital- skill complementarity - also employment of high skilled labor. The mobilization of highly productive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408449
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Determinants of Economic Growth and the Role of Human Capital in New Growth Models [in Turkish]
Kibritcioglu, Aykut - EconWPA - 2005
This paper briefly summarizes and discusses that type of new growth models which are based on externalities created by investments in human capital. ***** TURKCE OZET: Bu makalede, yeni/içsel buyume modellerinin beseri sermayeye dayali turlerini ozetlemekte ve degerlendirmektedir. [Calisma...
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