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The pace of structural change, cyclical shocks and unemployment dynamics : simulations using an empirical flow model
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Dijk, Mark van - 1997
During the last decade The Netherlands witnessed an increase in the pace of job creation and job destruction. A sensitivity analysis using an empirical model of labour market flows shows thatthe congestion in the matching process due to the increase in the pace of job creation and destruction...
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A tourism financial conditions index
Chang, Chia-Lin; Hui-Kuang, Hsu; McAleer, Michael - 2014 - Revised: May 2014
The paper uses monthly data on financial stock index returns, tourism stock sub-index returns, effective exchange rate … returns and interest rate differences from April 2005 – August 2013 for Taiwan that applies Chang’s (2014) novel approach for … constructing a tourism financial indicator, namely the Tourism Financial Conditions Index (TFCI). The TFCI is an adaptation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350798
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A Tourism Conditions Index
Chang, Chia-Lin; Hsu, Hui-Kuang; McAleer, Michael - 2014
Taiwan. The foundation of the TCI is the Financial Conditions Index (FCI), which is derived from the Monetary Conditions …This paper uses monthly data from April 2005 to August 2013 for Taiwan to propose a novel tourism indicator, namely the … Tourism Conditions Index (TCI). TCI accounts for the spillover weights based on the Granger causality test and estimates of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227695
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Remittances and their effect on emigration intentions in Egypt, Morocco and Turkey
Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Groenewold, George; Fokkema, Tineke - 2005
What determines remittances – altruism or enlightened self-interest - and do remittances trigger additional migration? These two questions are examined empirically in Egypt, Turkey and Morocco for households with family members living abroad. Results show, first, that one cannot clearly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343282
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Age-differentiated QALI losses
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2001
In this paper we evaluate the QALY loss, which may be assigned to the prevalence of specific chronic illnesses and physical handicaps. The analysis is based on an individual self-rating health satisfaction question asked in the British Household Panel Survey data set. This question provides a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326417
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Mostly sunny : a forecast of tomorrow's power index research
Kurz, Sascha; Maaser, Nicola; Napel, Stefan; Weber, Matthias - 2014
Power index research has been a very active field in the last decades. Will this continue or are all the important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350000
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Age-differentiated QALI losses
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001647213
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Recognition and classification of urban shapes
Medda, Francesca; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000965003
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Transmission of government spending shocks in the Euro area : time variation and driving forces
Kirchner, Markus; Cimadomo, Jacopo; Hauptmeier, Sebastian - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003973297
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Transmission of government spending shocks in the Euro area : time variation and driving forces
Kirchner, Markus; Cimadomo, Jacopo; Hauptmeier, Sebastian - 2010
This paper provides new evidence on the effects of government spending shocks and the fiscal transmission mechanism in the euro area for the period 1980-2008. Our contribution is two-fold. First, we investigate changes in the macroeconomic impact of government spending shocks using time-varying...
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