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The economics of assisted reproduction
Kossoudji, Sherrie A. (contributor) - 2005
Typically, when two people decide to become parents, they procreate by copulation and produce a child. What do people do if, for some reason, they can't produce their own children but want to be parents? Today, a prospective parent can go to the web, drop a vial of sperm from a donor with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002549126
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Happiness and the human development index : Australia is not a paradox
Leigh, Andrew (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2006
In "Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia," Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … apparent puzzle: they claim that Australia ranks highly in the Human Development Index (HDI), but relatively poorly in … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003320917
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Immigration, human capital formation and endogenous economic growth
Ehrlich, Isaac; Kim, Jinyoung - 2015
Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428114
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Immigrant-native differences in welfare participation : the role of entry and exit rates
Hansen, Jörgen (contributor); Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor) - 2006
; labor market behavior ; transition ; state dependence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359294
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Survey of models on demand, customer base-line and demand response and their relationships in the power market
Heshmati, Almas - 2012
market. After characterizing the general demand models, it reviews consumer baseline based on which further study the demand … case for possible application to the electricity market and discusses the implications of the results. In the literature … and demand response in the power market and their relationships. It enhances demand response in the electricity market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548648
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Micro-evidence on product and labor market regime differences between Chile and France
Dobbelaere, Sabien; Lauterbach, Rodolfo; Mairesse, Jacques - 2015
simultaneously product and labor market imperfections, this paper quantifies industry differences in both types of imperfections … Hall's econometric framework for estimating price-cost margins by nesting three labor market settings (perfect competition … market imperfections. Consistent with differences in institutions and in the industrial relations system in the two countries …
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Improving the peer review process : a proposed market system
Frijters, Paul; Torgler, Benno - 2016
-preserving system based on an open two-sided market in which buyers and sellers of peer review services would both be subject to a set … such an open market in which all elements are subject to peer review will over time lead to specialized reviewers in … market set-up would both professionalize the peer review process and make it completely transparent, an innovation long …
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On market forces and human evolution
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002
, and to offset their weaknesses by purchasing adequate goods on the market. Absent trade, people must allocate their time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414433
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Job market outcomes of IDPs : the case of Georgia
Torosyan, Karine; Pignatti, Norberto; Obrizan, Maksym - 2018
investigating the issue of labor market outcomes of IDPs. We aim to fill this gap in the literature using 13 years of Integrated …. Our analyses indicate that the labor market outcomes of IDPs are much worse than those of local residents. Specifically …
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Do migrants get good jobs in Australia? : the role of ethnic networks in job search
Mahuteau, Stéphane (contributor);  … - 2008
We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants' job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of settlement. We find that there are initial downward movements along the occupational ladder, followed by improvements. As a result of restrictions in welfare eligibility since...
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