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This study models and forecasts the components of population growth in Arkansas through 2017. A structural econometric model is developed and used to generate ex-ante forecasts. The model includes equations for births, deaths, and net migration. These three variables, in combination with...
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We develop an endogenous fertility model of social stratification with two hereditary classes: warriors and peasants. Our model shows that the extra cost warriors must incur to raise their children and to equip them for war is the key determinant of (1) the relative sizes of both classes, and...
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Immigration dynamics have varied across time and across countries and immigration flows can have a significant economic, social, political and cultural impact on host countries. The challenge for policy makers and academics is to better understand to what extent public policy decisions can...
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-making mechanisms within firms. The results obtained from an empirical study in Spain during the period 2001-2008 show how the …
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service firms in Spain operate only in their local markets, whereas one-third of the examined service firms trade with non …-local areas of Spain, and fewer than 20% of Spanish service firms trade with other nations. Similar to those in the manufacturing … participate in bidirectional trade. Service firms that trade with non-local areas of Spain also exhibit similar premia relative to …
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sector within Spain, including the university programs known as Diplomatura in Librarianship and Documentation (equivalent to … paradigm, on the one hand, and the academic strategies of the discipline in Spain, which are largely trapped in a traditional …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between export status and productivity in a major service exporter, Spain, during …
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what proportion of this segment corresponds to Spain. This paper has to be considered only a first step towards a working …
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The onset of the Great Recession has been followed by increasing saving rates, which may reflect precautionary behaviour of households. In spite of a broad agreement on the theoretical implications of uncertainty on saving rates, empirical work has not yet reached a consensus on which is the...
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analysis offers the figures of the long term evolution of IIT between Portugal and Spain, and also its distribution between …
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