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A lost generation? Long term socioeconomic outcomes in orphans
Bozzoli, Carlos - 2010
educational achievements, but that it may also leave a long-lasting imprint in terms of employment and fertility patterns. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285723
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The good governance indicators of the millennium challenge account: How many dimensions are really being measured?
Knoll, Martin; Zloczysti, Petra - 2011
This paper assesses the validity of the perception-based governance indicators used by the US Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) for aid allocation decisions. By conducting Explanatory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of data from 1996 to 2009, we find that although the MCA purports to measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286626
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Offshoring and sequential production chains: A general-equilibrium analysis
Harms, Philipp; Jung, Jaewon; Lorz, Oliver - 2014
In this paper, we develop a two-sector general equilibrium trade model which includes offshoring, sequential production … technological change affect equilibrium offshoring patterns. We show that, against common belief, a reduction in trade costs lowers … the range of tasks offshored even though the aggregate volume of offshoring may increase. …
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Female labour force participation in Arab countries: The role of identity
Caris, Tobias; Hayo, Bernd - 2012
We investigate why female labour market participation is low in the Arab region. Utilising Akerlof and Kranton's (2000) identity economics approach, we show in a simple gametheoretic framework that women socialised in a traditional family environment violate their identities by taking a job. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294358
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Do ethnic minorities 'stretch' their time? Evidence from the UK time use survey
Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
This paper investigates the effect of ethnicity on time spent on overlapped household production, work and leisure activities employing the 2000-2001 UK Time Use Survey. We find that, unconditionally, white females manage to stretch their time the most by an additional 233 minutes per day and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271380
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Gender, Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie F.; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, … - 2006
The European Union?s strategy to raise employment is confronted with very low work participation among many minority …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272284
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Household survey data for research on well-being and behavior in Central Asia
Brück, Tilman; Esenaliev, Damir; Kroeger, Antje; … - 2012
This paper summarizes the micro-level survey evidence from Central Asia generated and analyzed between 1991 and 2012. We provide an exhaustive overview over all accessible individual and household-level surveys undertaken in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289808
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Accounting for poverty differences between the United States, Great Britain, and Germany
Biewen, Martin; Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2002
across years), and use it to compare levels and patterns of relative poverty in the USA, Great Britain and Germany during the … 1990s. The higher aggregate poverty rates in the USA and in Britain relative to Germany were mostly accounted for by higher …-relevant characteristics, in particular higher employment rates. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260639
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Zur Dynamik von Erwerbstätigkeit und ehrenamtlichem Engagement in Deutschland
Erlinghagen, Marcel - 1999
Auf der Suche nach Strategien zur Überwindung der langanhaltenen hohen Arbeitslosigkeit in vielen (westlichen) Industriegesellschaften geraten seit einiger Zeit - insbesondere in Deutschland - auch sogenannte "Zivilgesellschaftliche Dienstleistungsnetzwerke" (wieder) in das Blickfeld der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260731
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Ganztagsschulen und Erwerbsbeteiligung von Müttern: Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie für Deutschland
Beblo, Miriam; Lauer, Charlotte; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2005
Der Ausbau von Ganztagsschulen genießt derzeit – u.a. auf Grund des schlechten Abschneidens deutscher Schüler bei der PISA-Studie – hohe Priorität in der politischen Agenda. In diesem Beitrag soll untersucht werden, wie sich der Ausbau von Ganztagsschulen auf die Erwerbsbeteiligung von...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260930