Showing 1 - 10 of 116
Some Remarks on Lujo Brentano's View of Labor Market Problems Lujo Brentano (1844-1931) aimed for "realism" in economics. Regarding labor market theory, two topics are of particular interest: His investigations on "Hours and Wages in Relation to Production" (Scribner's 1894) and his analysis "On...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005187283
. When child mortality falls from lower prevalence, as in western Europe, labor productivity improves, fertility falls and … die from infectious disease, childhood health affects human capital and noninfectious-disease related adult mortality … that life expectancy at birth is a poor indicator of population health unless morbidity falls with mortality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258348
lacks fertility control and management framework. This forms the rationale for this study to access the trend of factors … Nigeria) and developed nations (Germany and United States). The trend analysis revealed that fertility rate, crude death rate …, birth rate, mortality rate, and life expectancy are the major determinants of rapid population growth rate, while youth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114111
What are the effects of childhood immunization program (UIP) on women's fertility and birth spacing? I examine the … effect of this immunization program on women's subsequent fertility and birth spacing by exploiting district … reduces the likelihood of subsequent and cumulative fertility of women and increases the birth intervals between first and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756294
This paper contributes to the literature by conducting the first empirical investigation into the determinants of prosocial behaviour in the Palestinian territories, with a focus on the role of trust and institutions. Drawing on a unique dataset collected through the administration of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257842
gender and sector. The paper utilizes Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) Labor Force Surveys for the years 1999 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258352
Despite the expectations of economic theory, a century of Arab-Jewish economic interaction in Palestine has not led to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552823
This study aims at discerning the extent to which Arab economic behavior is effectively separate from that of the Israeli economy as a whole: is the Arab sector simply a regional or "national" branch of the Israeli economy, or does it rest on foundations which are distinctive and autonomous?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008871171
cornerstone study on Palestine. It adopts a strictly neoclassical perspective, in which price-driven adjustments and the Armington … the paper describes a heterodox/structuralist perspective on Palestine. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008873556
This paper proposes that the Rentier State and Resource Curse theories be considered as two elements of the same paradigm which, despite a growing body of contrary empirical evidence, retains a hegemonic influence in political economy discourse. It will be suggested that a number of reasons...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109574