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Pulls, pushes and entitlement failures in labor markets: does the state of development matter?

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Dimova, Ralitza; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 2006

This study adapts a relatively novel model of off-farm labor supply to the changing conditions of Bulgaria during the 1990s. The model's parameters are estimated separately for each of the three different waves of the Bulgarian Integrated Household Survey, each reflecting remarkably different...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267929

Temporary labour migration and welfare at the new European fringe: a comparison of five Eastern European countries

Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara - 2009

This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269293

Can economic crises be good for your diet?

Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Gbakou, Monnet Benoit Patrick - 2011

With fortuitously timed data - collected before, during and after a major macro-financial crisis in Bulgaria - we revisit several hypotheses in the economics and nutritional literature related to the tendency of households to smooth their nutritional status over time. We explore the dietary...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278592

Economic Returns to Speaking the Right Language(s)? Evidence from Kazakhstan's Shift in State Language and Language of Instruction

Aldashev, Alisher; Danzer, Alexander M. - 2014

This paper investigates the economic returns to language skills and bilingualism. The analysis is staged in Kazakhstan, a multi-ethnic country with complex ethnic settlement patterns that has switched its official state language from Russian to Kazakh. Using two newly assembled data sets, we...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468150

Pulls, Pushes and Entitlement Failures in Labor Markets: Does the State of Development Matter?

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Dimova, Ralitza; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This study adapts a relatively novel model of off-farm labor supply to the changing conditions of Bulgaria during the 1990s. The model’s parameters are estimated separately for each of the three different waves of the Bulgarian Integrated Household Survey, each reflecting remarkably different...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233812

Temporary Labour Migration and Welfare at the New European Fringe: A Comparison of Five Eastern European Countries

Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005070430

Can Economic Crises Be Good for Your Diet?

Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Gbakou, Monnet Benoit Patrick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

With fortuitously timed data – collected before, during and after a major macro-financial crisis in Bulgaria – we revisit several hypotheses in the economics and nutritional literature related to the tendency of households to smooth their nutritional status over time. We explore the dietary...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922962

Economic Returns to Speaking the Right Language(s)? Evidence from Kazakhstan's Shift in State Language and Language of Instruction

Aldashev, Alisher; Danzer, Alexander M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011078394

Labor Supply and Automation Innovation

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Gaessler, Fabian - 2020

supply on automation innovation by exploiting an immigrant placement policy in Germany during the 1990s and 2000s. Difference …-in-differences estimates indicate that one additional worker per 1,000 manual and unskilled workers reduces automation innovation by 0 …-skilled workers. Labor market tightness and external demand are plausible mechanisms for the labor-innovation nexus. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270107

Military Spending and Innovation: Learning from 19th Century World Fair Exhibition Data

Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia; Feuerbaum, Carsten - 2023

We provide quantitative evidence on the relationship between military spending and innovation in the 19th century …. Combining innovation data from world fairs and historical military data across Europe, we show that national military spending … is associated with national innovation towards war logistics such as food processing, but less towards war technology …

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