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Okun's law and youth unemployment in Germany and Poland
Dunsch, Sophie - 2015
The unemployment rates, especially youth unemployment rates, increased in various countries of Europe over the last … years. This paper examines youth unemployment developments in Germany and Poland with Okun's law to test the hypothesis that … different age cohorts. The results show that youth in Poland is more sensitive to the business cycle than adults, while in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011341092
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Youth and gender-specific unemployment and Okun's law in Germany and Poland
Dunsch, Sophie - 2017
The unemployment rates, especially youth unemployment rates, increased in various countries of Europe over the last … years. This paper examines gender-specific youth unemployment developments in Germany and Poland with Okun's law to test the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011760116
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Does labor force participation rates of youth vary within the business cycle? Evidence from Germany and Poland
Dunsch, Sophie - 2016
Unemployment rates, especially among youth, have increased in various countries of Europe over the last years. As labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011536205
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How Child Costs and Survival Shaped the IndustrialRevolution and the Demographic Transition:A Theoretical Inquiry
Strulik, Holger; Weisdorf, Jacob - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2010
This study provides a unied growth theory to correctly predictthe initially negative and subsequently positive relationship between child mortalityand net reproduction observed in industrialized countries over the courseof their demographic transitions. The model captures the intricate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870762
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Poverty, Voracity, and Growth
Strulik, Holger - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2011
This article investigates economic performance when enforceable propertyrights are missing and basic needs matter for consumption. It suggests anew view of the so-called voracity eect according to which windfall gains inproductivity induce behavior that leads to lower economic growth. Takinginto...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302589
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The Voracity Effect: Comment
Strulik, Holger - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2011
In an inuential article Tornell and Lane (1999) considered an economy populatedby multiple powerful groups in which property rights in the formal sectorof production are not protected. They obtained conditions under which thegroups appropriate output from the formal sector in order to invest it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302590