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Alone but Better Off? Adult Child Migration and Health of Elderly Parents in Moldova
Böhme, Marcus; Persian, Ruth; Stoehr, Tobias - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
Increasing labor migration and simultaneous aging of societies are two important demographic developments many poor countries face. Elderly people who are left behind may experience a decrease in welfare when their children migrate. This paper investigates the e ect of migration on various...
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Migration Experience, Aspirations and the Brain Drain - Theory and Empirical Evidence
Böhme, Marcus H.; Glaser, Toni - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
We develop a theoretical model of human skill formation and emigration. Additionally to existing brain drain models, we partly endogenize the heterogeneity of the individuals, by introducing aspirations. Emigration of an individual will result in a migration experience, which increases the...
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Creativity, Education or What? On the Measurement of Regional Human Capital
Bode, Eckhardt; Villar, Lucia Perez - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
This paper substantiates the debate following Richard Florida’s suggestion to measure regional human capital by creative occupations rather than education. Consistent with Florida’s notion of creativity, it suggests a microfoundation that relates creativity to workers’ cognitive and...
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More Coffee, More Cigarettes? Coffee Market Liberalisation, Gender, and Bargaining in Uganda
Golan, Jennifer; Lay, Jann - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
has traditionally been a male domain, higher income from this activity might increase gender disparities. In addition …, gender-related inefficiency in household production might undermine the positive impact of improved incentives. Using data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755275
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A note on economic growth and human capital in Eastern Europe
Foders, Federico - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
This paper addresses the poor economic performance of Eastern Europe in the 1990s and the future development potential of the region in the light of the theories of economic growth and human capital and their empirical tests. It concludes that Eastern Europe is likely to have fallen into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276484
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Regional competitiveness and training in Germany
Foders, Federico - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1997
This paper analyses the German training system from the point of view of regional policy. The problems and prospects of the German system of first and further vocational training are addressed followed by an overview over macro and micro approaches to an empirical assessment of the regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276612
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An Inquiry into the Determinants of Graduate Entrepreneurship in Hong Kong and Guangzhou (Mainland China)
Bickenbach, Frank; Dohse, Dirk Christian; Liu, Wan-Hsin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
determining entrepreneurial intentions of students in Hong Kong and in Guangzhou (mainland China). The two cities are culturally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886879
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The fading productivity of schooling in East Asia
Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on … changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors … should indicate declining relative schooling productivity. We find that the price of schooling increased by more than the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982733
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Economic reasoning on the correlation between life expectancy and economic development: Exploring alternative routes
Wittmann, Nadine - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Regarding the connection between economic development and public health, the statistically evident correlation between a country's gross domestic product and life expectancy is widely discussed. An important aspect that keeps resurfacing in discussions on why the relationship between the latter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010961613
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Setting the Bar - An Experimental Investigation of Immigration Requirements
Khadjavi, Menusch; Tjaden, Jasper D. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Many Western countries face the challenge of reconciling future labor demand with growing public opposition to immigration. The dynamics and underlying processes of setting immigration requirements remain unclear as research so far mainly focuses on context-specific empirical studies. We use a...
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