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This paper investigates the process of adjustment in employment. A dynamic model is applied to a panel of six Tunisian manufacturing industries observed over the period 1971?96. The adjustment process is industry and time specific. The adjustment parameter is specified in terms of factors...
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equations are estimated using data (1971?96) for importable and exportable sectors in Tunisia. Causality tests show that … of labour increased dramatically in Tunisia as women entered the labour market. This allowed importable employment to be …
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This paper analyzes the dynamics of the youth labor market in Tunisia using unique labor force survey data from 2005 to …
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The Ottoman Empire had a profound impact in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa at the apogee of its power … Gaza ideology according to which the empire's central motivation was provided by a spirit of Holy War in the name of Islam …) was an important and independent determinant of whether the empire engaged in military conquests in Europe, North Africa …
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study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …
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of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …
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We use the compulsory school reforms implemented in European countries after the II World War to investigate the causal effect of education on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the incidence of overweight and obesity among European females. Our IV estimates suggest that years of schooling have a...
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Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses …
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sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …
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The Great Recession did not only affect European countries to a varying extent, its impact on national labour markets and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum...
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