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investments, reduced unemployment and increased labor migration. In the paper the system dynamics model, which describes …; import, its relation to internal producing; and migration processes are considered. Model functioning is measured considering …
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Britain and Sweden. In these countries salaries were substantially higher than in Latvia, which contributed to labor migration … from Latvia. The migration process has a significant influence on the labor market in Latvia: on the one hand it reduced … common EU labor force migration model by consolidating migration data of particular member states. Common EU labor force …
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Abstract: Economic studies on migration of skilled labor are mainly related to those trained in the country of origin … schools such as those of medical sciences and architecture could be also driving further migration. The internationalization … expected low local wages. This paper expands early models of skilled labor migration to account for students. Empirical …
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Innovation is currently seen as a cornerstone not only for economic development but also as an intrinsic human activity that could help to face the great challenges of human kind. Given the importance of innovation in the new European 2020 Strategy, measuring progress but also monitoring what...
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OBJECTIVES I propose a distinction between recall error and recall bias and examine the the effect of childhood financial hardship on adult health, subject to such recall problems. Studying the effect of childhood hardship on adult health is a prototypical investigation in life course studies...
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This paper analyses life course variations by means of Hierarchical Age-Period-Cohort-modelling (HAPC) of time use data for thee welfare states: the USA, Norway, and the Netherlands. By means of analyzing time use data insight is gained in the (relative) importance of various life spheres as...
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To gain insight in variations in life courses during last decades, and the factors underlying these variations, time use data seem suited. By means of analyzing time use data insight is gained in the (relative) importance of various life spheres as paid work, household work, volunteer aid, care,...
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and economic theory suggests that in the absence of market failures, they are inefficient compared to taxes and trading …. This study uses an agent-based model of technology diffusion and exploratory modeling, a new technique for decision … adopters. We find that if decision-makers hold even modest expectations that such social benefits are significant or that the …
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Discerning family resemblances in the world of theories can be useful for several reasons. For one thing, noticing that two theories share the traits of a family of theories may help us to understand each of them better. Secondly, noticing the family resemblances may help us to model them more...
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In this paper we build an agent-based model based on a threefold financial accelerator: (i) leverage accelerator - negative shocks on firms' output make banks less willing to loan funds, and firms less willing to make investments, hence a credit reduction follows further reducing the output;...
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