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Children, kitchen, church: does ethnicity matter?

Zaiceva, Anzelika (contributor); … - 2007

Gender role attitudes are well-known determinants of female labor supply. This paper examines the strength of those attitudes using time diaries on childcare, food management and religious activities provided by the British Time Use Survey. Given the low labor force participation of females from...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561643

Too many graduates? : an application of the Gottschalk-Hansen model to young British graduates between 2001 - 2010

O'Leary, Nigel; Sloane, Peter J. - 2014

There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates of return to graduates or graduate mark-ups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising supply of graduates, the literature on over-education...

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International migration, ethnicity and economic inequality

Kahanec, Martin (contributor); … - 2008

While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...

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Celebrating 150 years of analyzing fertility trends in Germany

Kendzia, Michael Jan; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012

in the Journal. Fertility naturally plays an important role in population economics. Its size has decreased significantly … from the 1900s. Long time-series regarding fertility and basic trends in Germany are documented and analyzed. We identify … three different explanatory approaches for the decline in fertility, according to which the various articles of the Journal …

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The mortality crisis in East Germany

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Riphahn, Regina T. - 1998

A number of studies suggest that mortality rates among East German men increased in the wake of reunification, in particular between 1989 and 1991, in some age groups by up to thirty percent. This study first examines the developments of mortality and cause of death statistics based on detailed...

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Migration and globalization : challenges and perspectives for the research infrastructure

Kahanec, Martin (contributor); … - 2008

International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration...

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Migration in an enlarged EU : a challenging solution?

Kahanec, Martin (contributor); … - 2008

The 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the European Union were unprecedented in a number of economic and policy aspects. This essay provides a broad and in-depth account of the effects of the post-enlargement migration flows on the receiving as well as sending countries in three broader areas: labour...

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Labor mobility and the integration of European labor markets

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

This paper outlines the importance of labor mobility for the improvement in allocating and distributing economic resources. We are faced with an increasing lack of skilled workers and a growing tendency of unemployment amongst the low-skilled. A central political objective for the future will...

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Lessons from migration after EU enlargement

Kahanec, Martin; Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

continued to go predominantly to Italy and Spain. To date, there is no evidence that these primarily economic migrants would …

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Circular migration : counts of exits and years away from the host country

Constant, Amelie (contributor); … - 2007

The economic literature has largely overlooked the importance of repeat and circular migration. The paper studies this behavior by analyzing the number of exits and the total number of years away from the host country using count data models and panel data from Germany. More than 60% of migrants...

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