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Is a policy of free movement of workers sustainable?
Picard, Pierre M.; Worrall, Timothy - 2014
This paper studies the costs and benefits of the adoption of the policy of free movement for workers. For the countries to agree on uncontrolled movement of workers, the short run costs must be outweighed by the long term benefits that result from better labor market flexibility and income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257603
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An empirical survey of the ramifications of a green economy
Heshmati, Almas - 2014
The unprecedented deterioration of our global environment has increased the necessity of relying upon Green Economic policies as critical and effective environmental management tools. The current situation has stimulated extensive research and debate among global interest groups. This has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339613
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Can women's self-help groups contribute to sustainable development? : evidence of capability changes from Northern India
Anand, Paul; Saxena, Swati; Gonzales Martinez, Rolando; … - 2020
This paper offers an evaluation of a supported women's self help program with over 1.5 million participants in one of the poorest rural regions of the world (Uttar Pradesh, India). Methodologically, it shows how indicators from the direct capability measurement literature can be adapted for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164699
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We already live in a degrowth world, and we do not like it
Naudé, Wim - 2023
The Degrowth Movement calls for "degrowth" - a reduction in GDP in advanced economies - to avert an ecological crisis. This paper argues that the Degrowth Movement misses that the West is already in a state resembling degrowth - a Great Stagnation. This state of degrowth and its correlates,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014286501
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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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Gender, time use and public policy over the life cycle
Apps, Patricia (contributor); Rees, Ray (contributor) - 2005
countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. We discuss the extent to which gender differences and life cycle variation in time use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003287687
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From golden age to golden age : Australia's "great leap forward"?
Frijters, Paul (contributor); Gregory, Robert G. (contributor) - 2006
use ; institutional reform ; Australia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003304680
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Competing approaches to forecasting elections : economic models, opinion polling and prediction markets
Leigh, Andrew (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2006
. While the evidence for economic voting has historically been weak for Australia, the 2004 election suggests an increasingly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003334619
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Cultural transmission of work-welfare attitudes and the intergenerational correlation in welfare receipt
Barón, Juan D. (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper considers the potential for the cultural transmission of attitudes toward work, welfare, and individual responsibility to explain the intergenerational correlation in welfare receipt. Specifically, we investigate whether 18-year olds' views about social benefits and the drivers of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793492
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Labour market dynamics in Australia : what drives unemployment?
Karanassou, Marika (contributor); Sala, Hector (contributor) - 2009
The debate in Australia on the (constant-output) elasticity of labour demand with respect to wages has wrongly … area which is particularly relevant for Australia. This paper attempts to fill this void by estimating a multi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793964