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This paper present an overview of the state of lifelong learning in Bulgaria from a gender perspective; reviews the progress in the public debates in this area and analyzes the implemented policies for developing lifelong learning in accordance with the European strategic objectives, including...
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Abstract In the 1980s, fifty years after the Great Depression industrial countries came again to be haunted with the spectre of mass unemployment. The unemployment situation, into the 1990s, continues to be dire in several European Union countries. Double digit unemployment rates are currently...
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Many studies report empirical relationship either between fertility and labour supply or, between health and labour … market outcomes. In this paper, an extension of these ideas involves explicitly considering how fertility and health affect … results indicate that: (i) fertility and health status are significantly interrelated, thus separate estimations of fertility …
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Twin births are often used as an instrument for fertility in models investigating the impact of family size on labour … market and child outcomes. However, a large share of twin births (24% in our sample) are the result of fertility treatments … show that (a) mothers with and without fertility treatment are different, (b) twin births are still random after …
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determinants. Apart from personal attributes, household characteristics, local economic conditions, and socio-religious traditions …
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employment dividend can be reaped by productivity growth increases if the labour market starts functioning. The findings also …
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maintain high levels of employment and participation rates, especially among female and older workers, and to reduce structural …
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reduce the teenage pregnancy, government of Uttar Pradesh must generate more self employment opportunities to women and girls …. The vocational training will improve the employment possibilities among adolescent girls. Government must provide the …
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channels through which job loss affects fertility we examine also the effect on earnings, employment and divorce. The results …This paper analyzes the effects of job displacement on fertility using Finnish longitudinal employer-employee data … show that woman’s own job loss decreases fertility mainly for highly educated women. For every 100 displaced females there …
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This paper examines the spatial interaction of neighboring cities over their employment cycles. The cycles of …-similar employment cycles, but neighboring cities with similar racial compositions tend to have less-similar employment cycles …
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