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concentration of migrants with low parental education, while migrants with high parental education are found to have no impact. The …
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When estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by the regions' shares in the national population. Although this approach is widespread, its adequacy has not received attention in the regional science literature. This paper proves that such approach is...
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This paper examines the determinants of economic growth, income inequality, and their relationship in the context of education inequality. The econometrics indicate that a higher level of human capital and the relative dispersion of human capital have a disequalizing relationship with income...
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In this paper we examine the mobility of Polish households with regard to saving rates during the years 2007-2010 and … compare it with the households’ saving mobility during the years 1997-2000. The analysis for 2007-2010 is based on the …-2009 and 2009-2010 from the Household Budget Surveys. We use the Markov mobility matrix and estimate the long-term ergodic …
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labour market. Thirdly, we propose a measure of mobility based on our similarity measure, and estimate a regression model … that relates mobility to worker and job characteristics and to the economic cycle. Finally, these tools are included in an …
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We propose a dynamic general equilibrium model to address the effects of technological progress on immigrant skill composition. Our results from this positive model suggest that neutral and skill-biased technological change imply essentially different immigration policies. On the one hand,...
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management of transport management and mobility, thought from the welfare and urban competitiveness, as part of a process of … territories in Medellín, through the development of mobility, seeking to generate a positive effect on access to downtown, saving …
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This study analyzes determinants of business relocation and identifies regional characteristics which attract relocating firms. Results indicate that the relocation decisions of firms are sector-dependent, and the migratory behavior of firms in knowledge-intensive sectors notably differs from...
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Variations between the diverse pension systems in the member states of the European Union hamper labour market mobility … accounts. This would have macroeconomic benefits and provide a solid pension provision that can enhance mobility, instead of …
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construction, or on the design, or even on the mobility systems. How one can face these problems, and how it can be so decisivelly …
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