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from science and engineering relative to other fields. I find that the higher relative exit rate is driven by engineering … rather than science, and show that 60% of the gap can be explained by the relatively greater exit rate from engineering of … working conditions are only secondary factors. The relative exit rate by gender from engineering does not differ from that of …
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measures of mobility to assess the evolution of weight, height, and body mass index during early childhood. We find that … mobility is quite high prior to primary school and then declines noticeably. However, there are important sources of …
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This paper studies the dynamics of human mobility during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in countries around … the world. The main goal of the analysis is to empirically separate voluntary reductions in mobility driven by the …. Google human mobility dataset is used to track the dynamics of mobility across a wide range of categories (e.g. workplace …
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results show that except for some periods of intense mobility restrictions, relative to travel patterns in 2019, mobility in …
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factors influencing the spatial mobility decisions of households, but little is known about how these factors influenced … mobility during the recent economic crisis. This paper uses rich individual level microdata from the last two Spanish censuses … mobility. Our finding suggest that the role, influence and interconnection of unemployment and homeownership in mobility …
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emigration and development was first hypothesized by the theory of the mobility transition (Zelinsky, 1971). Although several … and use it to quantify the main drivers of the mobility transition curve. Our analysis distinguishes between migration …
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Since the Middle Ages the Jews have been engaged primarily in urban, skilled occupations, such as crafts, trade, finance, and medicine. This distinctive occupational selection occurred between the seventh and the ninth centuries in the Muslim Empire and then it spread to other locations. We...
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transmitted between generations and neighbourhood poverty is reproduced over time through to the residential mobility behaviour of …
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We present new evidence on the wage and mobility of young and old workers, which is difficult to explain using standard … factor driving the lower mobility among this group. Because of the higher moving costs, older workers require a higher wage …
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Assessing the migration potential and predicting future migration streams are among the most relevant, yet least well understood topics of migration research. The usual approach taken to address aggregate-level prediction problems is to fit ad hoc specifications to historical data, and to...
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