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Population Dynamics and Long-Run Economic Growth
Casey, Gregory; Galor, Oded - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper applies insights from theoretical and empirical research in economic growth to analyze the impacts of policies affecting fertility, migration and human capital accumulation on growth and poverty alleviation. It underlines the tradeoff between having more children and investing more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195668
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Mujeres trabajadoras en el medio rural. Una aproximación a la agricultura mexicana
Reveles, Acosta; Lorena, Irma - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This article proposes a joint reading of the structural changes that are common in the Latin-American agriculture, and that operate in opposition to the labour equitable incorporation of the women in the rural zones. To observe better the process we refer to empirical information about Mexican...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260281
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Rural and historical tourism in Dobrogea
Sima, Elena - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
By its geographical location, the rural area from Dobrudgea has a diversified tourism potential, provided by the contrasting natural environmental factors, ranging from the oldest to the youngest relief units, natural protected areas, balneary resources and cultural, historical, religious sites,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011157008
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Implication of demographic dimension in sustainable rural development. Case study: Râșca Valley
Lamasanu, Andreea; Ghiurca, Ana-Andreea; Mihai, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper aims to capture the importance of demographic dimension in the sustainable development process of the rural space. From a series of statistics data we realized an analysis of demographic indicators, which it helped us to trace the development trends characteristic for our area of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011130334
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GIS in the function of development of artistic and cultural values of the rural region in Vukovar-Srijem county
Mašek, Anka; Matić, Branko; Zbodulja, Sandra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
A project called "A Program of Sustainable Development of the Traditional Crafts, Artistic and Cultural Values, and Ethnic Values of the Rural Region of Babina Greda" was started up in Vukovar-Srijem County. Regarding the fact that the woman artist Ana Verić lives in Babina Greda, and that she...
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Perceptions of female leadership from three co-ops in British Columbia
Lans, Cheryl - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
This paper presents research on existing female leaders of co-operatives and their perceptions of differences between their leadership styles and that of men. It is an early exploration with a small empirical base. Women contemplating careers in co-ops need to see or read other female leaders in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011211854
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Do Women Have More Shame than Men? An Experiment on Self-Assessment and the Shame of Overestimating Oneself
Ludwig, Sandra; Thoma, Carmen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
they overestimated themselves. Men, however, do not seem to be similarly shame-averse. This gender difference may be due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274508
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Globalization, female employment, and regional differences in OECD countries
Fischer, Justina A.V. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Accounting for within-country spatial differences is a much neglected issue in many cross-country comparisons. This paper highlights this importance in this empirical analysis of the impact of a country’s degree of social and economic globalization on female employment in 33 OECD countries,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258965
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Consumption style among young adults toward their shopping behavior:an empirical study in Pakistan
Azam, Rehan; Muhammad, Danish; Syed Akbar, Suleman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The purpose of this study was to substantiate the consumption styles of adolescents as customer. The study was executed in Karachi, Pakistan by applying consumption style inventory scale. The data covered of 1,048 respondents who are young and educated mostly students, which belong to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259640
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Employment Status, Income Equality, and Poverty in Egypt
Abd El Hamid Ali, Hoda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
examines determinants of different labor force participation by gender. The empirical analysis is based on the World Values … support a gender gap with respect to accessibility to full time paid work, only young females, regardless their computer … more properly engaged in unpaid employment. The study also finds a gender gap in job search intensity. We also conclude …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259735