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Family Planning Policy in China: Measurement and Impact on Fertility

Wang, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The extent to which China's family planning policy has driven its fertility transition over the past decades is … measure estimates the effect of policy on fertility and generates negative regression coefficients that well reproduce the … history. As for the contribution of the policy to fertility transition, the measure explains a sizable level shift of …

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Is the fertility response to the Australian baby bonus heterogeneous across maternal age? Evidence from Victoria.

Sinclair, Sarah; Boymal, Jonathan; Silva, Ashton J de - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

find that all age groups except teenagers show a positive fertility response to the policy. The results suggest that the … policy may have elicited fertility behaviour change, evidenced by a higher cumulative growth in fertility of maternal age …

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The determinants of fertility in southeast and south Asian countries: an analysis of panel data

Teguh, Dartanto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The fertility rate in Southeast and South Asia is relatively high compared to other region in the world, but the trend … tends to decrease rapidly. This paper aims to quantitatively explore the factors influencing fertility rate in Southeast and …-2008 panel data, this study found that the infant mortality rate is an important factor influencing the high fertility rate in …

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Enlarging the European Union: Taxation and Corruption in the New Member States

Hoek, M. Peter van der - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This paper addresses the run up to the recent European Union enlargement. It considers the accession of 10 Eastern European countries in view of the pre-existing economic conditions. The paper also raises the question how the new member states can tackle their deficit problems. In particular,...

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El empleo de los jóvenes en España: Del bloqueo en la entrada del mercado de trabajo a los programas de Garantía Juvenil

Malo, Miguel; Cueto, Begoña - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The objective of this article consists of analyzing the impact of the economic on working careers of different birth cohorts. We use the micro-data of the Spanish Labour Force Survey from 1976 to 2013 to calculate the labour market trajectory of men and women by birth cohort. During the crisis,...

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A numerical model of Philippine population growth: child policy, quantitative insights and challenges

Talabis, Dylan Antonio; Manay, Erick Justine; Babierra, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The study investigates the effect of imposing an n-child policy by forecasting the population of the Philippines using a discrete age-structured compartmental model. Based on the results of the projection, a policy promoting a maximum of two children per couple leads to a transient stabilization...

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Human capital and the probability of divorce

zax, ori - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Concern about the high poverty rates experienced by children in female-headed households has led to policies aimed at increasing these households' income. In this paper we present a model that analyzes decisions made before and during marriage to invest in the human capital of parents and...

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Unintended Consequences of Childcare Regulation in Chile: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

Villena, Mauricio G.; Sanchez, Rafael; Rojas, Eugenio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

In several countries governments fund childcare provision, but in many others it is privately funded as labour regulation mandates that firms have to provide childcare services. For this latter case, there is no empirical evidence on the effects generated by the financial burden of childcare...

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Öffentlich geförderte Kinderbetreuung in Deutschland

Rainer, Helmut; Auer, Wolfgang; Bauernschuster, Stefan; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Am 28. Oktober 2011 wurde in Berlin der 8. Familienbericht an die Bundesministerin für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend übergeben. Er beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema »Zeit für Familie« und mit den Notwendigkeiten und Möglichkeiten einer Familienzeitpolitik. Für die Erstellung des...

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Youth unemployment and employment policy: a global perspective

O'Higgins, Niall - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

This study discusses in depth the youth unemployment "problem" and examines the various policy responses to it, including education and training, and active labour market policy. It emphasizes the need for adequate labour market information, policy monitoring and programme evaluation to help...

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