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Is the fertility response to the Australian baby bonus heterogeneous across maternal age? Evidence from Victoria.
Sinclair, Sarah; Boymal, Jonathan; Silva, Ashton J de - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
find that all age groups except teenagers show a positive fertility response to the policy. The results suggest that the … policy may have elicited fertility behaviour change, evidenced by a higher cumulative growth in fertility of maternal age …
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The effect of job displacement on couples' fertility decisions
Huttunen, Kristiina; Kellokumpu, Jenni - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
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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Adolescent pregnancies and health issues in Uttar Pradesh: Some policy implications
Rode, Sanjay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
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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The Employment Cycles of Neighboring Cities
Wall, Howard J. - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013126966
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Demography, Employment, Productivity in Italy and in Italian Regions [third part of the project "Present and Future of PayGo in Italy, Europe and Us"]
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The circular interplay between demography-employment-productivity-PayGo is investigated for Italy and Italian …
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Demography, Employment, Productivity in Europe and Us [fourth part of the project "Present and Future of PayGo in Italy, Europe and Us"]
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The circular interplay between demography-employment-productivity-PayGo is investigated for Europe and Us. Looking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112836
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Policies to Promote Growth and Economic Efficiency in Mexico
Arias, Javier; Azuara, Oliver; Bernal, Pedro; Heckman, James - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper discusses the problems facing the Mexican economy. It operates under a heavy burden of monopoly and regulation. We focus on two issues that should receive more attention in discussions of Mexican policy. (1) The family is under stress in Mexico and this retards the growth of skills of...
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Flexibility, but for whom? : A new approach to examining labour market flexibility across Europe using company level data
Chung, Heejung - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Labour market flexibility continues to be one of the key issues in the reform of labour markets in welfare states. The way in which various countries adapt to this need differs according to their institutions and prevailing strategies. Despite the vast numbers of studies addressing this issue,...
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Do countries matter? Explaining the variation in the use of numerical flexibility arrangements across European companies using a Multi-level model
Chung, Heejung - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Do countries matter, especially compared to other aspects that affect the flexibility behaviours of companies? Many studies on the labour market assume that there are country differences, cross-national variances, and that it is a crucial factor in explaining the actual practices of the labour...
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Employee engagement practices in private hospitals: a cross sectional study in mayiladuthurai
Swaminathan, J.; Gowrishankar, U - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Employee Engagement has become a hot topic in the world of human resources management.Employee Engagement is a state of emotional and intellectual involvement that employees have in an organization. The private hospitals in India have become the happening industry. The corporate culture has...
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