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Taste Heterogeneity, Labour Mobility and Economic Geography
Tabuchi, Takatoshi; Thisse, Jacques-François - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper investigates the impact of the heterogeneity of the labour force on the spatial distribution of activities. This goal is achieved by applying the tools of discrete choice theory to an economic geography model. We show that taste heterogeneity acts as a strong dispersion force. We also...
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Does Fertility Respond to Financial Incentives?
Laroque, Guy; Salanié, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
There has been little empirical work evaluating the sensitivity of fertility to financial incentives at the household level. We put forward an identification strategy that relies on the fact that variation of wages induces variation in benefits and tax credits among 'comparable' households. We...
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The Ethical Foundations of Population Policies
Dasgupta, Partha - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1984
of future population size. The essay begins with a summary of welfare economic theory as it pertains to situations where … population size is not subject to choice, and notes that a symmetry (or anonymity) axiom on social welfare functions has almost … invariably been invoked in the theory. It then summarizes optimum population theory and emphasizes that the existing theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666921
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Immigration and Australia's Population in the 21st Century. An Open Door or Fortress Australia: Policy Choices for Australia in the 21st Century.
Hassen, R.; Jamrozik, A. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996
As we approach the 21st Century, Australia needs to thoroughly its future population and immigration policies. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967977
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Immigration and Australia's population in the 21st Century. Household Saving, Immigration and the Current Account.
Taslim, M.A. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996
There is some concern that immigration contributes to a larger current account deficit in a net borrowing country like Australia. The reason is believed to be that the immigrants on balance have a lower net saving than those born in the country.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971416
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Immigration and Australia's population in the 21st Century. The Australian Immigration Parogram: Policy Design and the Case of Reform.
Clarke, H. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996
This study analyses reform of migration policy. We organise discussion around two main issues- the need to base policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977272
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Immigration and Australia's population in the 21st Century. Examining teh Validity of the Remittance-Decay Hypothesis from Survey Data on Pacific Island Migrants in Australia.
Brown, R.P.C. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1996
The main focus of this paper is on the determinants of migrants' remittances, based on a study of the Pacific island migrants in Australia.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977289
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Size Really Doesn't Matter: In Search of a National Scale Effect
Rose, Andrew K - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
link the population of a country to a host of economic and social phenomena. Using both graphical and statistical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498014
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New Evidence on the Fertility Transition in Ireland 1880-1911
O'Gráda, Cormac - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991
Recent analyses of Ireland's marital fertility transition based on the Princeton Ig and the Stanford CPA measures are reassessed. Revised county estimates of Ig are subjected to regression analysis, and added insight into CPA is offered by comparing Ireland with Scotland and applying the measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005281369
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Taxation and the International Mobility of Inventors
Akcigit, Ufuk; Baslandze, Salomé; Stantcheva, Stefanie - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
This paper studies the effect of top tax rates on inventors' mobility since 1977. We put special emphasis on "superstar" inventors, those with the most and most valuable patents. We use panel data on inventors from the United States and European Patent Offices to track inventors' locations over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272707